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SERIOUS grass fires broke out at Napier during the week-end, threatening the stricken city with further damage, but a naval party succeeded in extinguishing the flames just as they were menacing houses…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ray Barringham. 12 and Gordon Johnston E. victim of Sunday's fire in the undertaking and joinery establishment of Barringham and Johnston, died…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BRISBANE, Monday .--Failure of lights at the Tambo Hotel. Central Queensland, brought an agonising death to G. Lemerry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire destroyed a granary and a large machinery shed on Comerang Farm at Arrawa[?] yesterday morning. The granary contained 50 bags of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two of the four boys who were badly burned when a fire broke out in the storeroom of Messrs. Barringham and Johnson, undertakers, in Vincent-street, Cessnock, yesterday, died…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →BLASTS from aeroplane propellers halted a bush fire recently, in a field bordering a California airport. When the advancing flames threatened thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Mr. J R Scott, who conducted [?] on two previous Coroners—Messrs George Brown and J.T. Richardson—will hold the inquiry into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At least four men were too badly burned for identification and more than 80 fine horses were killed when a fire destroyed the Oakland (California) horse show buildings just after…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A fire occurred last night at Messrs. Fogg and Curry's paddock, between the irrigation canal and the Murrumbidgee River, and extended to Mr. W. J. Weir's paddock, about…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Damage estimated at about £5000 was done by a fire which destroyed both the hardware shop and living premises of Mr. A. Froome, in Nelson-street, Wallsend, early this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A fire, which started in Mr. Sydney Kensit's property, Kingaloola, spread to a number of other properties and eventually covered a front of seven miles. Four hundred men…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Catholics of the Vicariate and the community generally entend their deepest sympathy to the parish priest and parish ioners of Mareeba on the loss of their fine…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →An acetylene plant m damaged by fire this afternoon at the Marrickville Margarine Factory, Edinburgh-rd, Marrickville. The flames were extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire in the premises of N. Sharfstein, second-hand dealer, Campbellst, city, early to-day, destroyed the whole of the stock, and damaged the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →If a fire starts under the hood, don't lift the hood except as a last resort. If you have a fire extinguisher, shoot the extinguishing fluid through the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hurstville Fire Brigade received a call from South Hurstville, at 2.24 a.m. last Sunday. On arrival at Kyle Parade, Kyle Bay, it was found that a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →M. G. Scull, of Guildford, has complained again to Holroyd Council of scrub near his property in The Esplanade. The inspector said the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A residence on the Neirawang property, owned by Mr. C. Willmott, was destroyed [?] fire to-day. This is the second fire in the district this week, a cottage owned by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Unfortunately the nomination of Ald. Gillies as a candidate for the Board of Fire Commissioners arrived too late for his name to be included…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association has received the following cable advices.—"Maloja, 1195 bags of wheat marked…
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