Trail of Destruction by Storm and Fire Big Fire at Cremorne Water Shortage Fight Against Odds
THE inadequate supply of water in the Northern Suburbs was said to be responsible for loss,…
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Half Million Pound Fire Devastation at Woy Woy
THE MACHINERY ROOM of the Cumberland Paper Mills blazing in the early hours of this morning. DETERMINED TO HAVE HER MORNING TEA at all costs she saved the kettle from the ruins of one of the week-end cottages at Ettalong. LOST THEIR ALL.--Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler looking at the ruins of their cottage at Ocean Beach. The dog held by Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Many Hurt Fire and Gale Buried in Debris Rescuer's Injury
TWO men were injured at the Paper Mill's fire yesterday and several others wore hurt as a direct result of the…
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The Coronation Box Factory, in Aber cromble-street, Redfern, was laid in ruins by fire early on Saturday afternoon, and it was only by the strenuous efforts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fires and Storm. Sweep Large Area. 45 Cottages Destroyed. Paper Mills Burnt. Gale Does Extensive Damage
Tremendous damage resulted yesterday from a violent westerly gale which was experienced in the city and suburbs, and in many other parts of the State. The city wag encircled by bushfires, and many buildings were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Steamer's Engine-room Flooded Fire Brigade Called to Pump Out Water
MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Water rushed into the engine-room pf the inter-State steamer Ormiston at her river berth to-day, when repairs were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Paper Mills Go Lane Cove Enormous Damage Due to Scrub Fire
THE Cumberland Paper Board Mills Lane Cove. were completely destroyed by fire. Enormous damage was done, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Adds to Gale's Terror Tell Us All ! Govt. to 'Bus Men Proprietors Demur
A CURIOUS [?] has been created by the state Governments demand for vital information form the motor bus prop[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Water Dilemma at Cremorne Fire Block Threatened Brigade Uses Pumps to Get Pressure
A great block of shops in Military-road, Cremorne, was threatened with swift destruction by fire to-day. Certainly, if the firemen had had to depend upon the water resources at the rear of the buildings, where…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →45 Cottages. Destroyed by Fire. Near Woy Woy. Damage About £20,000. Woy Woy
Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused by a bush fire which swept through the bush country surrounding Ocean Beach, Ettalong, and Booker Bay to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods and Fire Follow in Wake of Disastrous Cyclone Floods Settlers' Warning Rising Rivers Half-submerged Roads Albury
Landholders on the river flats have been advised to be on the alert, as the rivers are rising and floods are likely…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Forty Cottages Burned at Woy Woy Yesterday Week-enders's Plight Amid Desolation Bash Fire Swept Everything Before It, and Left People With Only Their Bathing Costumes Estimated Damage, £30,000
A raging busk fire, fanned by a terrific gale, swept, through the Woy Woy district yesterday afternoon, destroying 40 cottages, and leaving behind it a trail of smoldering desolation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Second Worst Cyclone in History Hits the State Gale at Sixty-three Miles an Hour Leaves Heavy Havoc in Its Trail Mountains Ablaze Over Wide Area Big Paper Mills Destroyed in Scrub Fire Orsova Waits to Pick Up Lights
SYDNEY suffered damage aggregating an enormous sum, when the second worst cyclone in history swept City and suburbs yesterday. From all quarters come reports of damage and desolation. In most cases bush and scrub fires were the beginnings of conflagrations which carried all before them…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage by Storm and Fire. Havoc in the Country. Extensive Bush Fires Still Burning
Messages from all parts of the State indicate that the damage by Sunday's westerly gale and fires was widespread. The damage amounted to many hundreds of thousands of pounds. The ruins of the Cumberland Paper Mills at Lane Cove were still…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coalfields Aflame Bush Fires Many Buildings Destroyed Enormous Damage Cessnock
THE f[?]st gale and bush fires which have ever been known in the Maitland and coalfields' district wrought untold havoc…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Moruya Menaced Gale Fans Bush Fire Moruya
A WESTERLY gale and bush fires are still raging. Gundary a thickly populated suburb of Moruya, is in danger. All employees at Dorman and Long's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Grass Fires'
Two small grass fires, broke out in Rainbow-street, Randwick. and Mount-street, Coogee, shortly after midnight last night, but were put out…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Car Fire
"Usually, a fire which damages a motor car is highly suspicious, and one is apt to think a good deal more than one says about them, but I am quite satisfied that this was a pure…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In the North. Fires Subsiding. Newcastle
The fires along the coast between the Hawkesbury and Newcastle are burning themselves out. Reports from Lake Macquarie this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Harbor Scare Fire on Benalla
A SENSATION was caused at Milson Point to-day. when heavy clouds of smoke were seed issuing from the Benalla, lying at Dorman Long's…
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