Big Fire at Gordonvale
CAIRNS, Monday.--Five shops and a house, in the business section of Gordonvale, were destroyed by fire early this morning…
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Werris Creek Fire Arrest
WERRIS CREEK, Monday. -- In connection with a recent fire here Phillip Horatio Whinfield, lessee of the shop the fire started in, was…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Fire Destroys Cottage. Temora
A file occurred in a weatherboard cottage owned and occupied by Mr. W. McShane, in Aurora-street it destroyed the building and contents. The loss is partly covered by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Brigades and Labor Council
FOLLOWING the decision of the fire Brigades Association of N.S.W. to withdraw its affiliation from the Trades and Labor Council, owing to its lack of…
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SIX pianos and a motor car were destroyed by a fire which broke out in a shed at the rear of the residence of Frederick William Braitling,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →£350,000 Fire. London, Jan. 12
Fire destroyed a huge grain elevator at Leith docks, Edinburgh. The building and plant were valued at £200,000, and the grain at, £150,000. A long fight resulted in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire in Railway Yard. Cowra
Fire broke out in the railway yards last night, destroying about 300 bags of wheat and a quantity of baled straw. The wheat belonged to Mr. G. Limbers and the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Caught Fire and Sank Navy Launch Destroyed
The 25 foot motor launch Emerald, used to carry the staff between Garden Island and the Man-o War Steps caught fire yesterday morning and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Eighth Fire. Tamworths Record. TAMWORTH
The eighth fire at Tamworth this year broke out at Piper and Co.'s wool and skin store at the corner of Bourke and Peel streets last night. About 10 bales of wool and a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Freemantle Estate Crown Subdivision Hangs Fire
The Government subdivision of the Freemantle Estate, in the Hill End section of the Bathurst district, has not "gone off" as well as could have…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Lorry of "Black" Coal on Fire Newcastle
A MOTOR lorry with its load of "black" coal was completely destroyed by fire on the Maitland Road this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Laundry. Three Men Burnt. Newcastle
When a petrol engine burst into flames at the Standard Laundry to-day, three men, all of whom were successfully attempting to prevent the flames from spreading to the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mountain Landmark. Destroyed by Fire. Mount Victoria
A landmark went when the Mount Victoria Hall was burned to the ground at 6 o'clock on Sunday morning. A heavy mist enveloped everything at the time, and the fire was not…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Narrabeen Fire
A three-roomed, unoccupied furnished cottage in Emerald-street. Narrabeen, was destroyed by fire last night. Narrabeen and Dee why brigades prevented the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Blaze Factory Destroyed Melbourne
FIRE gutted the premises of the Variety Manufacturing Co Munro-street Montaque shortly after 7 a.m. to-day Stacks of timber used for the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire in Factory Melbourne
A fire which broke out at 7.15 a.m. to-day in the Variety Manufacturing Company's factory, Munro-street. Montague, destroyed quantities of…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fatal Fire Elderly Woman Trapped Melbourne
Mrs. Harriet Hennessy, an elderly woman, was burnt to death when her home In Ryot-street, Warrnambool, was destroyed by fire to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Explosives Lapped by Flames Fire Brigade's Timely Save
TAMWORTH, Wednesday.--Flames were lapping fiercely round a magazine of high explosives stored at the rear of Regan, Ltd.'s, premises to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rubbish Fire. Near Explosives. Ninth Outbreak at Tamworth. Tamworth
Tamworth's ninth fire this year broke out this evening. A heap of rubbish at the rear of Regan's, Ltd., general merchants, Peel-street, in the heart of the business portion of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Saved Fire Station P.O. and Store Burned Melbourne
THE post office and store in the centre of the town of Natimuk were destroyed by fire last night. The local fire brigade was unable to cope with the blaze at the…
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