Fire at G.P.O. Burning Plank Mistaken for Outbreak
A burning plank on the ground floor on the George Street side of the G.P.O. last night was at first mistaken for a big outbreak…
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Tragic Fire. At Picture Show. Forty Dead; Many Injured. London, Feb. 27
A report from Rome gives details of a shocking dis[?]ster at Moriago, where, 40 people were incinerated and many injured. A moving picture display was being given…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Huge Death Roll in Cinema Fire Forty Victims of Italian Holocaust Film Blazed Up Rome, Tusday
FORTY people, including many women and children, were killed in a shocking cinema fire at Morinzo. Morlazo. which is near Motello. is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cinema Fire Causes 35 DEATHS Flying Boats at Singapore Italian Audience Trapped in Granary ROME Tuesday. SINGAPORE
In a fire which broke out at a moving picture show in the village of Mariago, 35 people were incinerated, and many injured. The five R.A.F. flying-boats, which, are on the way to Australia, have arrived at Singapore. The machines will be overhauled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£100,000 Blaze at Concord Mills Gutted Brigade Blocked As Fire Rages Boy Hurt in Crush
"WHILE fire gutted Tanner and Middleton's big sawmill, in Burwood Road, Concord, shortly after 8 o'clock last night, fire…
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THOUSANDS of people in various parts of Sydney and suburbs last night speculated on the location of a great blaze which lit up the sky. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire in Kent Street
A fire which broke out at 352 Kent Street, City, in premises occupied by the Weldon Electric Company, at six o'clock last night, badly damaged the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Fire. Electrical Stock Damaged
A fire broke out at the rear of the warehouse of the Weldon Electrical Supply Company, Ltd., on the ground floor of the Utz Building, 352 Kent-street, shortly after 6…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire at Junee. Junee
A fire this morning destroyed a weatherboard house and its contents owned and occupied by Mr. H. C. Schuback. The cause of the outbreak is unknown. The furniture was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →£20,000 Damage Last Nights Big Fire
It is estimated by the police that the damage done last night at the fire at the timber yards of Tanner and Middleton, Ltd., Burwood-road…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fire at Narromine. Damage £12,000. NARROMINE
Damage estimated [?] £12,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed C. Lee's general store and H. Coulston's motor garage. Efforts of a bucket brigade prevented the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Big Change Over City Fire Brigades Platoon System To-day
The Fire Bridges enter on the biggest scheme of reorganisation in their history to-day, when all firemen will work on the platoon system--the most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire. at Concord. Timber Mills Destroyed. £100,000 DAMAGE
With amazing rapidity a fire, which followed an explosion, destroyed the timber mills of Tanner and Middleton, Ltd., at Burwood-road. Concord, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Destroys Concord Timber Plant Last Night's Damage Is Over £30,000
Huge tongues of flame leaping skywards, visible for miles, and illuminating the waters of Hen and Chicken Bay, were spectacular…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Town Menaced by Fire Shops Destroyed £12,000 Damage at Narromine Narromine
When a fire broke out in the business block early this morning, three buildings, valued at £12.000. were completely destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Destructive Fires. Timber Mills Burnt
Damage estimated at £10,000 to £100,000 was caused by a fire that destroyed the timber mills of Tan and Middleton, Ltd., of Concord (near Sydney) on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FIRE At PENSHURST
Last Tuesday night a fire broke out in a bedroom at the residence of Mr. F. Boxall, the well-known carrier of Forest Road, Penshurst. Mrs. Boxall had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire at Narromine
A fire in the business block at Narromin early on Wednesday morning completely destroyed three buildings, valued at £12,000. The whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Chief for Half a Century
To commemorate his record as captain of the Corowa Fire Brigade for 50 years, a tablet in honor of Captain P.K. Ritchie has been unveiled at the…
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Under a new award members of the Auburn Fire Brigade—in fact all metropolitan and Newcastle district brigades—will from Thursday last, enjoy shorter…
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