Destroyed by Fire. A.W.U. Organiser's Home Burnt Out
A five-roomed weatherboard cottage at Portland (NJS.W.), occupied by Mr. T. J. Lynch, Organiser of the Railway Workers' Industry Branch of the A.W.U., was…
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£6000 Blaze Factory Gutted 20 Men Out
Unable to enter the building owing to the terrific heat, eight brigades had to stand off and pump water from six hydrants into Cerutti…
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The wood-turning factory of Cerruti Spillatead and Co., a building of wood and galvanised iron in Horbor-st, Alexandria, was gutted by fire at 1 a.m…
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FIREMEN were called out early this morning to a spectacular blaze that destroyed Cerutti, Spilstead, and Co.'s wood turning factory, in Harbor…
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When a weatherboard collage in Piper Street, Portland was burnt to the ground early this morning the inmates, Mr. and Mrs. Lynch and…
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INTERSTATE visitors to the Jewish carnival leaving to visit Garden Island today…
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Damage estimated at £9000 was caused by a fire in Molesworth-street, Lismore, late last night. It was not under control until the early hours of this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →£10,000 DAMAGE. Pine Plantation Fire. Hospital in Danger. Wellington (N.z.)
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a scrub fire which spread to the Christchurch Hospital Board's pine plantation at Bottle Lake, near New Brighton, to-day…
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ULMARRA, Thursday.--F. Hall's tailor shop and, contents was destroyed by fire at about 1 a.m. to-day. The South Grafton fire…
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One of the worst fire in the history of Ryde occurred in the early hours of New Year's Eve, when the Ritz Theatre, on the Great North-road, was burned out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bank Gutted Fierce Blaze at Babinda Brisbane
A fire which broke out in the Golden Vale Cafe, Babinda, about 3 o'clock this morning, spread to the Queensland National Bank, and…
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[?] damage was caused by [?] in an [?] establishment owned by Henry M'Doncall and [?] at the [?] of the Golden Bell Garage…
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Fire broke out in premises at [?] Brougham Street, East Sydney, about 6.30 last night. Little damage was done before Bremen from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorship Wrecked. Explosion Follows Fire. Six Persons Killed. Colombo, Jan 7
The motorship Tricolor was wrecked by a terrible explosion following a fire off Bentotte on Monday afternoon. The ship sank in five minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Five Killed Balbo's Flight Marred Fire and Crashes Rome Turns to Sorrow Rome
Popular rejoicing over the success of the flight of Senor Balbo's fleet of seaplanes across the Atlantic from Bolama, in…
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Early this morning fire destroyed Frank Hall's tailor's shop, a wooden building at the corner of Coldstream and River streets, Ulmarra, nine miles from South Grafton. The…
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A fire broke out last Sunday night at a lock-up shop, 403 Prince's Highway, Rockdale, occupied by Frederick Cox, grocer. The shop and contents…
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A weatherboard five-roomed cottage, occupied by George Tuckwell and family, in Guildford-road, Guildford, was almost completely destroyed by fire last night. The flames swept…
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On Tuesday afternoon the Hurstville and Kogarah fire brigades were galled to Stewart Street, Blakehurst, where a weatherboard and iron shed, the…
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