Guest House Fire
THIS BLACKENED MASS is all that was left of a guest house, Ainsworth Farm, Springwood, after fire had gone through it yesterday. It was owned by Mr. R. C. Johns…
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Gordon Fire Station
The new fire station at Gordon is of two stories. It is of brick and has a tile roof. The top floor and the drill yard at the rear of the engine-room are of hollow block…
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The Chief Secretary. Mr. Chaffey, announced yesterday that in order to fill the vacancy on the Board of Fire Commissioners, caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Factory Fire Like Explosion
Shortly after midnight a fire occurred in A. Cook and Sons, Ltd.'s building in Wattle Street, Ultimo, but by the prompt action by firemen it was…
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A large stack of timber at the premises of Smith Bros., Ltd., box manufacturers, of Botany Road, Waterloo, was severely damaged by fire…
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LONDON, Monday.--A fine Sunday brought out millions of holidaymakers, and with them the first forest fire of the year, started by a burning…
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The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) announced yesterday that an election would be held on June 15 to fill the vacancy on the Board of Fire Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cottage Destroyed by Fire. Wollongong
A cottage in Elizabeth-street, Reidtown, was destroyed by fire this morning during the absence of the occupants, George Joseph Copas and family. The house, which was owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Killed Man and Caught Fire Car Tested by Police
While the police were testing, in the Domain, a car which had fatally injured James Miller (62), in Market Street, yesterday, petrol carried under…
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A CAR which knocked down and caused the death yesterday afternoon of an elderly man in Market Street, City,…
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Qulrindi, Wednesday. -- Fourteen hundred gallons of tar, which was being heated for use on the Northern Highway, became ignited in Qulrindi…
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A family lost its home and belongings in Wade Street. Campsie, lass night. when a fire broke out with startling suddeness. and spread…
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M. Les, Hogan, a relief worker has had the misfortune to have had his home and the contents totally destroyed by fire. The local…
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Woy Woy Fire Brigade [?] to Blackwall this afternoon, where about three acres of scrub was alight. There were several houses in the vicinity. The flames were…
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Fire last night destroyed the stock and fittings of a restaurant in the main business section of the town, and until the fire brigade gained…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fire in Printing Works. Wellington (N.z.)
A fire on the top floor of the premises of the printing firm of C. B. Smith, Ltd., Stafford-street, Dunedin, caused damage estimated at £12,000, Valuable machinery and…
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Finding a car which Mr. Thomas Potts, of Tivoli-street, Paddington, had left in Curlewis-street, Bondi. late last night, when he ran short of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Blaze At Holmes Bdatshed
HOLMES' boatshed-at McMa hon's Point was the scene of a spectacular blaze early this morning…
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Continued on Trove, page 27 →Fires at Kogarah
Sparks from the Kogarah steam tram engine caused a fire near the tram sheds at Kogarah last Tuesday afternoon. Grass was burnt and…
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