Woy. Another Suspicious Fire
On Wednesday night, 7th instant, at 10.30, a glaring attempt was made by some person to fire a 3-roomed weatherboard cottage at Woy Woy Bay…
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Fires & bushfires, 1920
12 stories in Central Coast's papers
Fire at Narara
During Monday night last, a 4- roomed cottage at Narara, the property of Mrs. Geo. W. Peck, of Gosford, was totalled destroyed by fire, together…
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A "Gazette" notice, dated January 16, authorises a by-law, under the Fire Brigades Act, 1909, intended for prevention of fires. No person is allowed…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Terrigal. Another Disastrous Fire
On Thursday last, about 9 p.m., Mr. Eugene Watkins' boarding house property at Terrigal was totally destroyed by fire. It was a weatherboard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Cessnock. Woman Committed for Trial
At the adjourned inquest concerning the fire that damaged a cottage at Kenny Park, Cessnock, on the night of March 18, the coroner, Mr. G…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another Fire
At 10 p.m. on Saturday last a sixroomed weatherboard cottage in Alison Road, owned by Mr. Robert Boggs, of Cessnock, and occupied by Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wyong Creek. Returned Soldier Burnt Out
On Wednesday, 7th instant, a four-roomed weatherboard residence, with shingle roof covered with ruberoid, was totally destroyed by fire, together…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Erina. Disastrous Fire
A fire broke out last night, shortly after 8 o 'clock, at the residence of Mr Charles Mitchell, contractor. The dwelling being of weatherboard was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Disastrous Fire. £3000 Damages
Less than an hour after midnight last Saturday—Sunday morning—cries of "Fire! Fire!" aroused Mann Street people, and in a very short time…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Living Torch. Fireman Badly Badly Sequel to Phosphorus Fire
A phosphorus fire at Balmain on Thursday had its sequel in a Fixe Brigade officer's clothing bursting into flames while he was returning to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Terrigal
Last Sunday morning at 2 o'clock a disastrous fire broke out in the store and premises owned by Mr. J. V. McGee. The building, stock, and plant…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Catherine Hill Bay Fire. Postmaster Committed For Trial
Mr. C. Hibble, District Coroner, conducted an enquiry at Newcastle on Saturday into the fire which occurred at the Catherine Hill Bay Post Office…
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