Newtown Fire Sequel Sweet Brothers' Store Sixty Firemen's Big Fight
OF hundreds who watched Sydney's biggest fire in months in King Street, Newtown, on Saturday, only two…
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Cause of Fire Is Mystery £50,000 Damage Done When Store Gutted Many Hurt
THE fire which destroyed Sweet Bros. store, King St., Newtown, on Saturday afternoon, causing damage unofficially estimated at £50,000…
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After burning fiercely throughout Sunday night in the hill country near Rosebud, a bush fire was fanned to fresh fury by the northerly winds to-day, and it advanced towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →£15,000 BLAZE Rice Mills Destroyed GRIFFITH
Damage of £15,000 was caused by a Are, which, at 2 a.m. to-day, destroyed rice mills owned by Hall and Co. at Yenda…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Here's a Blaze Burning The Art Gallery Fiery Letters
Mr. John H. Young (Macquarie Calleries) writes:-- "If your 'Art Critic' can do no better than what appears in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Homes Menaced By Fire Serious Outbreak in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Spelling further loss for property holders, fires, fostered by another day of unbroken…
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AFTER two days and nights of resistance, the settlements behind Rosebud, on the Mornington Peninsula, are still menaced…
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Owing to the fact that diver J. Archer could not make an inspection in the bay, the damaged oil tanker Vardaas was brought to the…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Rosebud township had another narrow escape from flames to-night. Every man was rushed to fight a fresh outbreak advancing towards Wattle Road…
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WITHIN half an hour this morning, fire destroyed the felt factory of Federal Felters Pty., Ltd.,…
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SINCE Sunday morning severe bushfires have been raging on the Mornington Peninsula, and, despite the gallant efforts of hundreds of…
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A fire, which broke out early this morning destroyed a weatherboard cottage in Darlingstreet, owned by Mr. F. Chalton, and occupied by Mr. Arthur Sunderland, who was…
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When their fishing launch caught fire after an explosion in Seal Rocks Bay last night, James Nicholson and Thomas Gaudron, of Tuncurry, tried…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Big Fire at Yenda Griffith
One of the worst fires ever experienced in the district completely destroyed the rice mills owned by Hall and Co., at Yende to-day [?]…
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It is estimated that the average annual cost of damage caused by fire in Great Britain is £9,000,000 and one British insurance company is said to have paid claims aggregating over £1000 a day in a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Sequel to Fire. Man Killed by Wall. Widow Claims £3000. Emporium Occupier Sued
The hearing was begun yesterday by Mr. Justice Bavin and a jury of four of one of the most unusual actions that have come before the Supreme Court. Suing under the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sequel to Fire at Cessnock £3000 Damages Claim For Loss Of Husband Wall Collapses
AN action possessing unusual features and forming the sequel to a tragic Cessnock are came before Mr. Justice Bavin and a jury in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Tragedy Two Little Children Perish Died in Beds Fearful 15 Mins. Mother Ablaze Heroism in Vain Melbourne
TWO children, Una Agnes Murray, 2 years, and Nancy Joyce Murray, 6 months, were burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Beyond Control Victorian Bushfire MELBOURNE
Two miles south of Belgrave, in the Dandenong Ranges, a bush fire is out of control, and sweeping towards four week-end homes…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Disastrous bush fires, the worst for several seasons, raged in several parts of Victoria…
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