Spectacular City Fire
Thousands of home-going theatre patrons watched the spectacular blaze when Hoffnung's bulk store in Kent-street, City, caught fire last night…
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Big City Fire. Hoffnung's Kent St. Store Damaged
HOFFNUNG'S bulk store in Kent-street, City, was extensively damaged by fire last night, and all city brigades had a terrific fight to confine the flames to the two top floors of the five-storey building. A director estimates the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soccer Metters Reveal Old Fire; Trounce Gladesville 8-3
METTERS are getting some of their old fire back and held the whip hand throughout in their tussle with Gladsville at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Germans Will Fire Next Time Czech 'Planes' Flight LONDON
THE Berlin Press is unanimous in describing the apology of the Czech Foreign Minister, Dr. Krotas, for the flight of Czech…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Spectacular City Fire In Bulk Store Is Seen By Thousands
Ejecting a column of flame-tinged smoke, visible from many suburbs, a fire in Hoffnung's five-storey bulk store, Kent-street, City, last night, burnt out the top floor. Cordons of police at the intersections of Kent-street with…
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FIVE firemen were injured in a £40,000 blaze in the city on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Firemen Hurt In £25,000 City Blaze
Damage estimated at £25,000 was caused by a fire at S. Hoffnung and Co.'s bulk store, Kent Street, City, on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Salt Water Use in Fires
Despite the present water shortage, Sydney fire brigadesmen do not favor a suggestion that salt water should be drawn from the harbor to quell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Blaze. Five Firemen Injured. Damage of £30,000
Damage estimated to be about £30,000 was caused, and five firemen were injured and hart to be taken to hospital, iii a spectacular fire in Kent…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Radio to Aid Fire Fighting
BOSTON, July 16. -- Forest fires will be brought under control easier in the future if the plan of Adjutant-General Charles H. Cole is accepted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fighting Big City Fire From Ladder
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE in the city on Saturday night saw Hoffnung's five-story bulk store in Kent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman's Fear of Fire. Cause of Concussion
Believing her car had caught fire Mrs. Dora Spence, 43, of Short Street, [?] jumped out, slipped, and fell, suffering concussion…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →City Building Gutted by £40,000 Fire
FIREMAN scaling the 100ft. ladder to fight the big fire which de stroyed the Kent Street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Safe Blown Open. Police Fire at Escaping Thieves
Several shots were fired by police at two men who escaped with their haul after blowing the safe at the Artarmon Railway Station early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Skiers Lose by Fire Had Gear Stored At Chalet
News of the Are at the Kosciusko Chalet has caused uneasiness among leading Sydney skiers, many of whom had valuable equipment stored there…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in German Liner. About to Begin Cruise. Watchman Missing. Hamburg, Aug. 7
Fire broke out at 6 a.m. to-day in the Hamburg-Amerika Line's 19,580-ton vessel Reliance in a room in which decorations for fancy dress balls were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →British Ship Set on Fire. Bombed by Seaplanes. Crew Machine-gunned. Barcelona, Aug. 7
Two rebel seaplanes of Italian type flow over Palamos, 50 miles north-east of Barcelona, at 3.15 a.m. to-day, arid dropped 40 bombs in half ah hour…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Incidents on Last Day of Fourth Test—cleaning Up After City Fire—new Ship for Great Britain
Copies of all pictures taken by the "Sydney Morning Herald" staff photographers may be purchased from the Art Gallery at the "Herald" Office. The [?]ale of charges may be obtained on application…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Chalet Guests Nightmare Journey 11 Miles in Snowstorm After 1 a.m. FIRE Waist-deep In Drifts, 110 Struggle To Shelter Famed Resort Ruined
Surprised in their beds by a fire which early to-day destroyed the Chalet at Kosciusko, 85 guests and 25 of the staff fought their way through a driving snowstorm to reach the Hotel Kosciusko shortly before 2 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Caught Between Two Legal Fires
WOUNDED veteran of the Great War, Charles David Matthews, 48, of Riverstone, was caught between two fires yesterday. But they were legal fires before…
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