Fire at Balmain
An outbreak of fire occurred early yesterday morning at the rear of premises at 265 Darling-street, Balmain, occupied by Mr. L. W. Geddes, ironmonger. As the flames had…
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Incendiary at Work in Mudgee. Five Fires Started. Mudgee
An incendiary, operating in the town, has created alarm. Four fires broke out early this morning at different points. Some of the larger and most…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Five Fires Mystify at Mudgee City Detective Investigating Town Excited
MUDGEE, Sunday.--Five mysterious fires, which broke out within three hours in different parts of the town soon after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass Fire Near Mudgee. Mudgee
A bushfire destroyed 600 acres of grass on Bones Estate, Erundree, and the adjoining property, owned by Mr. Gordon Pyne. The fire was caused by sparks from the fire of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bullet Explodes In Kitchen Fire. Broken Hill
Mrs. H. T. Burgess was in the kitchen at her home on Saturday afternoon when a bullet exploded in the fire and passed through her face near the mouth. A doctor inserted…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Toll at Mudgee Town Hall Alight: Work Of Maniac Say The Police MUDGEE
THERE was a further outbreak of fire at Mudgee this morning, when the Town Hall caught fire. Detective-Sergeant Arnold was brought from Sydney to investigate a series of eight mysterious fires…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chain of Fires Causes Panic at Mudgee Suspected Incendiary in Town Brigade Is Called Five Times Special Detective To Leave From Sydney Much Damage Mudgee
Believed to have been the work or an irresponsible incendiary, five outbreaks of fire in the town on Saturday night and in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man's Tragic Death Fighting Cowra District Fire Crushed by Tree Huge Area Burning; Miles Wide Army of Volunteers on Verge of Exhaustion Wireless Appeal
YOUNG, Sunday.-- One volunteer met a shocking death to-day in the fight by 1500 men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bushfires in Koorawatha. Township Surrounded by Flames. Koorawatha
Fierce fires are burning in the Koorawatha district, and the township is surrounded by flames. Many properties have been swept by the fires…
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YOUNG, Monday.--The fire situation late this afternoon was well in hand, and the weather calm. Many hundreds of men are burning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Twelve Dead in Fire
Stockholm, Monday.--Seven men and five women, aged between 70 and 80, perished in a fire at Sverdsjoe poorhouse at night time. One died…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Long Bay
A temporarily unoccupied house at Long Bay, owned by William White, of Summer Hill, was destroyed by Are early to-day. Sergeant Frost is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cartridge in the Kitchen Fire Broken Hill
Through the explosion of a cartridge, which is stated to have been inadvertently left in a billet of wood that was placed in her kitchen fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seeking a Fire-bug Investigation of Mudgee Outbreaks Arrest Soon
MUDGEE, Monday.--An early arrest is expected in connection with the mysterious series of fires which broke out…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BUSHFIRES. 500 Men Still Engaged. Breakfast Creek Tragedy. Young
Bob Pratt, who was killed when fighting bushfires near Breakfast Creek on Sunday night, was a splendid type of bushman He had been battling with the flames for 36 hours and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Maroubra
Mrs. Davidson's weatherboard cottage in The Boulevarde, Long Bay, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning, while the owner was absent. Fire brigades from Maroubra…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Fire Board Warns Vandals
Commenting on the continued thefts and vandalism in connection with fire alarms, the Fire Brigades Board, in its annual report tabled in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Farm. Tamworth
A fire destroyed three sheds at Mr. W. J. Chaffey's farm, Warral, containing 35 tons of hay, a motor car, a waggon, shearing plant, and harness. Mr. J. Parsons lost a waggon,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mutiny and Fire at Dartmoor Prison
Portion of the burning building, which, it is suggested, was set alight by convicts. Many of the prisoners mutinied, and part of the building was completely gutted by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Burn and Destroy! Fire-fiend Asserts His "Importance" a Kinked Mind
Mudgee has a "fire-bug." Police suspect that the local incendiarism is the work of a lunatic. When a series of fires occurs which…
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