Fire Visible for 20 MILES. Blaze at Moree. MOREE
A fire which destroyed the Tara boarding-house on Friday night, could be seen 20 miles away. The damage done is estimated to be…
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Four People Burned. Sons Save Mother. Petrol Blaze
When fiercely burning petrol sprayed over them yesterday, four Wahroonga residents—a mother, her two sons, and another man, a neighbour, were badly…
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Fanned by strong winds, a fire in the Richmond council's rubbish tip got out of control and swept across wheat fields belonging to the Hawkesbury Agricultural College…
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NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A fire caused £500 damage at Bolton Building, Bolton Street, tonight. Fittings in Lester's Health College, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dangerous Fire in City Arcade
Until it was subdued by the fire brigade, an outbreak which destroyed two shops and damaged several others in the Sydney Arcade, King Street, early yesterday morning, threatened several buildings. The photograph shows firemen examining a collapsed staircase in the charred interior of one of the shops…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Arrest Man After City Arcade Fire
ONLY rapid and intrepid action by city firemen yesterday morning, in extinguishing a fire which severely damaged the Sydney Arcade, George and King Streets, prevented one of the most serious…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£500 Fire Starts in Sweat Box
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Fire on the fourth floor Bolton Building Bolton Street, Newcastle, to-night caused damage estimated at £500. The outbreak occurred in Lester's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Fire Sequel Man Before Court
As a sequel to a fire in Sydney Arcade early yesterday, a young man appeared at Central Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Timely Rain in Yenda Fire Yenda
Heavy rain last night prevented the spread of fire to several shops in Main-street, Ycnda. The rain came as the fire got out of hand…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Stir At Shield Game BRISBANE
A stir was caused during the early stages of South Australia's inning., in the Shield match against Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →£15,000 Damage by Fire. Sydney Arcade. Police Arrest Man
Damage estimated at £15,000 was done by a fire which occurred in Sydney Arcade, between George and King Streets, early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →No Panic During Theatre Fire Crowded Audience Keep Their Seats
GUNNING, Sunday.--There was no panic when fire broke out in the projection room of a crowded theatre last night. There was a roar like an aeroplane as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Burned When Petrol Blazes Washed Clothes Near Copper Fire, Woman Declares
Four people were burnt in less than three minutes when a half bucket of petrol ignited at 37 Isis Street, Hornsby yesterday. Two brothers, Christopher, 31, and Stanley Hargreaves, 20, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dangerous Fire in Big City Block Damage Estimated At £15,000: Arrest Made
The Sydney Arcade, centre of one of Sydney's gravest fire danger zones, was severely damaged by fire early yesterday. Six shops and 20 offices in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Families Missing As Fires Sweep Victorian Forest Two Die of Heat: Sixty Houses Burn Cyclists Trapped: Crash In Blazing Scrub MELBOURNE
BUSHFIRES swept through Victoria today and destroyed more than 60 houses, consumed vast areas of timber, and laid bare thousands of acres of grazing country…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Forest Officers Burned to Death Families Hide in Dugouts Night Of Terror In Bushfire Zone 100 on Beach Melbourne
Two Forestry officials were burned to death last night when fighting one of a series of bushfires which have been threatening timber towns and settlements…
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THIS WAS THEIR HOME until yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Payne, of North Garfield (Victoria) looking at the rums of their home which was destroyed by bushfire. They saved their truck, galah, and cockatoo, but lost everything…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire at Bourke. Bourke
A bushfire started on Wapweelah Station, but it was extinguished after 3,000 acres of grass had been burnt. Lightning caused the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bushfire Havoc. Victoria Swept. 43 Houses Burnt. Melbourne
Bushfires which blazed over the greater part of Victoria to-day, did damage amounting to thousands of pounds. Houses, fences, haystacks,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tragic Bush Fires. Two Men Dead. Fears for Others. Big Area Ablaze. Melbourne
Two men have lost their lives in the disastrous bush fires which are raging throughout the mountainous districts of Victoria, and fears are felt…
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