Last Straw Kempsey's Woe What Flood Left Destroyed by Fire Kempsey
MANY Kempsey people who had stored their furniture out of reach of rising flood water, saw it destroyed by a…
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Ghostly Ordeal Disabled Man Watches Bush Fire Creep Towards Him Rescued by Neighbors
PERTH, Tuesday. -- Mr. K. V. Hope, a settler living alone on a selection on the Warren River, was working a harrow when the horses bolted, and his…
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The Ellerman & Bucknall steamer City of Bath, which left Dunedin on February 10, returned to Port Chalmers with a fire in No. 2 hold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Kempsey. Great Damage. Fire Engine's Dash Through Floodwater. Kempsey
The most destructive and spectacular fire that has ever occurred in Kempsey broke out at an early hour this morning, when the large general store of Mr. James W…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire Hydrants. Fixing by Country Councils
At a meeting of the Executive Council of the Local Government Association of New South Wales, approval was given to the suggestion from the Local Government Department that…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Eyes of Death Gazed on Murderer Blown Out by Bullets "For God's Sake, Don't Fire" London
"THE policeman was lying on his back, groaning. Browne said, I'll finish him.' I said, For God's sake don't fire any more, the man's dying." "The policeman's eyes opened. Addressing him, Browne said:…
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Between two and three o'clock this morning, the stock and fitting of Charles F. Main, draper. of New Park-side, were completely destroyed by fire…
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Cessnock, Thursday.--An empty six roomed weatherboard cottage, near the hospital, owned by Mr. B. McGrane, of Dover-street, Rose Bay, Sydney was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire Station for Guildford
The secretary of the Board of Fire Commissioners has informed Granville, Council that a tender has been accepted for the erection of a new fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Dairy. Tumut
An outbreak of fire destroyed the milking sheds and dairy plant of Mr. John Naughton. Tumut Plains. Mr. Naughton was engaged, filling the petrol engine tank when the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Boy's "Bumper" May Have Started Fire
"As some of the children attending, the school admitted they were cigarette smokers, it is possible one of them may have dropped a lighted cigarette…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on Launch Fishermen Struggle in Harbor
With his clothes on fire and in frightful agony from severe burns, John Payne, a fisherman, jumped from his burning motor launch into the harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Launch on Fire. Man Almost Drowned. Courageous Rescue
When the motor launch from which they were fishing in the harbour on the western side of Garden Island [?] fire at 7.30 o'clock last night, the flames drove the two…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →£20,000 Damage. Fire in Western Austraia. Perth
Damage estimated at about £20,000 was caused by a fire which broke out at 3.30 o'clock this morning in Johnston-street, Bruce Rock, a prosperous [?] district, about 30…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Big Fire in W.A. DAMAGE £15,000 PERTH
Damage estimated between £10,000 and £15,000. was done by fire, which swept a block of buildings in Johnston Street, opposite, the railway station. at…
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Mr. E. E. Collins, of Wagga, has been re-elected representative of country municipalities and shires on the Board of Fire Commissioners. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire and Flood at Kempsey
Early on Tuesday morning, when the flood waters of the Maeleay were creeping into the town, Kernpsey's largest store was found to be on fire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dash for Liner on a Fire Engine
DURING the recent heavy [?] in England a scarlet six-whealed fire engine made a journey across country, on that Mr. W. R. Morris, the motor manufacturer, might reach…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sacrifice Noble Welsh Girl Tragic Fire London
A sister's sell-sacrifice and a brother's heroism marked a tragic fire in the Welsh village of Felinfoel, when two boys and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →News Brevities Home and Abroad Cable Phone and Letter Flood and Fire
While the North Coast floods were at their height, a fire occurred at Kempsey (N.S.W.) on Tuesday morning, as a result of which the large…
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