Fires Menace Mountain Towns Four-mile Front of Flames Fighters Beat Bush Blaze
FIERCE bush fires raged through the gullies near Hazelbrook and Wentworth Falls yesterday and last night,…
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Stop Press Mountain Fire
The entire male population of Woodford, Hazelbook and Lawson turned out to fight the flames, which were still…
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About noon on Wednesday, a waggon belonging to Gcodlet and Smith's tile works at Granville was severely damaged by fire while it was standing in…
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On Tuesday afternoon a brooder at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Parsons, of Canley Vale, caught alight, and for a while flames threatened the five-roomed…
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Residents of Hazelbrook were mobilised last night to fight a fire which bore down on the town under the influence of a strong wind…
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THE whole of the male population of Hazelbrook was out last night fighting a raging bushfire which menaced homes and…
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The P.M.G.'s Department will cooperate with the fire brigades and the police in combating the bush-fire menace…
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Reports from Hazel brook yesterday stated that the bush fires which threatened several homes in the district last Thursday night were…
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A woolshed in Mr. H. N. Conn's Richmond property, four miles west of Quan[?] was burnt down yesterday. The cause of fire [?] unknown, but there was nothing to indica[?]…
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A scene of great excitement marked the arrival of Titania's Palace at David Jones' yesterday. When the steel-clad pantechnicon containing the wonderful minlature palace,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Big Fire Thieves at Work Melbourne Store High Explosives Melbourne
USING high explosives, thieves blew open three safes in the office of Maple's huge furniture store in…
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The bushfire which threatened several houses at Hazelbrook on Thursday [?]ght was under control early yesterday morning. During yesterday, several patches of scrub…
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A FIERCE city fire practically destroyed the top floor of Denyer Building in George-street, near Margaret-street, city, last night…
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Blazing curry, coffee and biscuits and flames which ate their way through the roof and leapt half way…
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Six firemen had an amazing escape from death early to-day when Maple's huge furniture store in South Melbourne was destroyed by fire…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Within ten minutes of the night shift ceasing work last night, fire broke out at the…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Damage estimated at nearly £4000 was done to the wool-scouring works of J. W. McGregor and Sons, Ltd., at West…
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Forming a bucket brigade, three policemen prevented a fire from spreading in Pyrmont Bridge-road, Glebe, this afternoon, until the…
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A deputation representing Narrabri Municipal Council, which waited on the Board of Fire Commissioners with a request that the Narrabri Volunteer Brigade's demand for an…
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A fire which broke out in W. H. Brewer's asbestos works in North Melbourne last night, caused about £8000 worth of damage. Most of…
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