Fire in Chemical Works Near Huge Gasometer
Though, a fire occurred in close proximity to the huge gasometer at Mertlake early last night, there was no actual danger of the container…
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Firemen Subduing Blaze Have Clothes Frozen on Them Frost King Grips All Britain 'Flu Rages London
Conditions of extraordinary severity are reported throughout the whole of Europe from the ice-bound Baltic to Constantinople. The Arctic weather, which for a week has gripped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Set on Fire. Schooner Robert R. Hind. a Harbour Spectacle
An arresting spectacle on. the harbour yesterday was provided by the destruction by fire of the former American,,four-masted schooner, Robert R. Hind, in Kerosene Bay…
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Several trains were snowed up in Scotland, particularly at Stranraer, where the drifts were thirteen feet thick, and 120 men and six snow ploughs were…
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BATHURST, Tuesday.--When Henry Cole (45), who, the police alleged, was responsible for the recent, serious bush fire at Rock Forest, came before Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Grass Fires. Bathurst
Henry Cole, 45 years, labourer, was charged at the Police Court with having maliciously set fire to growing grass at Rock Forest, where serious bushfires occurred recently. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Fire at Auburn
A fire occurred at 4 p.m. yesterday in the finishing room of W. Carmichael's stove factory in North-parade, Auburn. The call was attended by the Auburn, Granville, and…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fire in Country Towns. Fire-Resisting Materials Necessary
The work of rebuilding at Coonamble after the disastrous fire that occurred there, involving damage assessed at approximately £250,000, has already been put in hand. The local…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A Smell of Fire
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Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coonamble Devastated by Fire
The most disastrous fire in the history of Coonamble occurred on Wednesday night, when the principal business block in the centre of the town Was completely wiped out. Thirty-eight business places and two residences were destroyed, the damage being estimated at £250,000. WHEN the fire broke out in the School of Arts building it spread with such, rabidity that the…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Outbreak of Fire. Wollongong
A fire broke out in the motor room of the Crown Theatre last night, but it was extinguished by the fire brigade with hand chemical extinguishers before serious damage…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Church Ablaze 100,000 See Great Fire
ONE of the most spectacular fires known in New York broke out one night recently, when Dr. Harry Fosdick's nearly completed Baptist Church was reduced to a mere…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Receding Flood-wastes Uncovered Rain Sweeps West 60-Mile Pilliga Fire Checked
Flood waters are pouring back from the low-lying country into the rivers again. While untold damage is revealed, in some districts farmers will benefit from the increased feed which will result from the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Widespread Scenes of Desolation in Europe Icy Grip of Death Intense Cold Wave Continues Holland Has Ordeal of Fires London
WIDESPREAD scenes of death and desolation are in evidence throughout Europe, which is still in the grip of an ice wave. Snow storms and heavy gales have accentuated the intense cold all over Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Quenched Raging Bushfires Narrabri Thankful Narrabri
While most other centres in the north-west received substantial falls of rain during the past week, Narrabri did not benefit until noon yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Big Blaze at Annandale in Congested Area
Though extensive damage was caused by on outbreak fire in the Wycombe Upholstery Company, Tratalgar Street, Annandale, carry last night, firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Destroys Post-office. Coraki
The Tuckurimba Post-office, which was conducted in a private residence, was destroyed by fire. The cause of the outbreak is unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →When Winter's Hand Is Against Fire Fighters
A Vivid idea of the conditions in which London firemen bottled with a blaze in Piccodilly in the freezing weather it given by that picture, which was taken under similar conditions in New York. The water froze practically as soon at it left the hoses, and rained on the flames in the form of hail…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Melbourne Timber Yard Melbourne
A fire, alleged 10 be due to incendiarism. broke out in a big stack of timber on South Wharf. The Are brigades quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Annandale. Furniture Factory. Extensive Damage
Damage estimated at many thousands of pounds was caused by a fire which practically destroyed a large furniture factory in Trafalgar-street, Annandale, last night…
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