Fire at Redfern
A fire which broke out in the mercer's shop of H. Goldsmith in Regent-street, Redfern, last night destroyed the contents and did considerable damage to the shop…
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Town Menaced by Fire Grave Peril in S.A. Paddock Blaze Streets Covered in Ashes Still Burning Adelaide
With the streets ankle-deep in ashes, Riverton, a town in South Australia, is in imminent peril of being swept by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Ramsgate
A ham and beef shop, at 122 Rocky Pointroad, Ramsgate, occupied by Albert Charles Berry, was destroyed by fire at 1.30 a.m. yesterday. The building, which was of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Slept While Fires Blazed Kogarah Family and Man Who Smoked
While flames issued from his lock-up shop in Rocky Point Road, Kogarah, in the early hours yesterday. Albert Charles Barry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood and Fire Holroyd Resident's Ordeal
In dry weather, residents of Harris-street and Fairview-street live in perpetual dread of fire; in wet weather, both streets are quagmires…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stripped Naked and Started Fire Melbourne
A YOUNG foreigner, employed as a rouseabout at a house in Orrong Road Toorak, suddenly ran amok…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Rotten Shame" Contribution to Fire Board Heavier Every Year
"It's a rotten shame that, although the basic wage is decreasing, ratepayers are forced to contribute more and more each year to the Fire Board," said Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bushfire Perils Burning Three Days Melbourne
Airesay burning fiercely on a three-mile front, a three-day-old bushfire at Stony Creek, north-west of Snowy River, a few miles from Orbost threatens…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires at Gunnedah. Gunnedah
A fire destroyed Mr. N. Carrigane home and its contents on the Gunnible subdivision on Friday night. The occupants were in town. The school teacher's residence at Meermaire…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire at Portland Portland
Fire last night destroyed a two-roomed house belonging to Mr. J. T. King, of K[?]n-street. The furniture was saved by volunteers who got the fire under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Danger Outbreak on Oil Tanker
A cable message received this afternoon by the Murine Underwriters' Association states that a fire occurred on the oil tanker Anatina (5236…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →BUSHFIRES. Raging in Victoria. Property Endangered. Melbourne
A forest fire has broken out in the Snowy River district near Orbost. It has assumed alarming proportions and has crossed the river, destroying piles of newly-hewn sleepers…
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BUSHFIRES are raging throughout Victoria. One severe outbreak in the Trafalgar district threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vic. Bush Fires Still Blazing Melbourne
THE bush fire in the Orbost district is spreading. Forest officers, with a force of volunteers are fighting the blaze at various points…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£6000 Blaze at Bankstown Live Wire Peril
THE joinery works of Stanley fox, at the corner of Liverpool-road and Stacey-street, Bankstown, were totally destroyed by fire shortly after…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"Fires Deliberately Relit" Melbourne
Describing his fight against bush fires in the West Alberton forest, near Yarram, over the week-end, Forest Officer Hayden declared that after he…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Joinery Works
Mr. S. Fox's joinery works at the corner of Liverpool-road and Stacey-street, Bankstown, were destroyed by fire early this morning. The flames spread rapidly, fed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Tanker on Fire. Much Damage Done
Cable advice was received by the Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association yesterday that a fire had broken out on board the tank steamer Anatina while the vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Anatina on Fire. Towed to Sourabaya
The Sydney Marine Underwriters Association are in receipt of cable advice to the effect that the tanker Anatina, while en route from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£6000 Fire at Bankstown: Hyde Park Oasis
500 TAXIS GO IN SMOKE.—A taxi cab company in Philadelphia recently burned 500 of their old types of cars, which are being [?] placed by new models…
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