Dress on Fire Young Woman's Terrible End Launceston
A shocking burning fatality occurred at "The Marshes" yesterday. The victim was a woman, aged 23, the youngest daughter of a well known…
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Fires & bushfires, 1923
348 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 18
Bush Fires. Damage at Blackheath
Bush fires are making themselves felt throughout the area. Volunteer fire fighters had their work cut out to prevent the burning of Messrs. Wall and Booth's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Racing Near Werriwa Werriwa
Bush fires are raging in the Werriwa district. A message from Gundagai states that the town is enveloped in smoke, and a big bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Bush Fires Merriwa and Gundagai. Properties Burnt Out. Merriwa
Bush fires are raging in the Merriwa district. GUNDAGAI, Thursday. Gundagai is enveloped in smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hargraves News Bush Fire
The most disastrous bush fire which Hargraves has experienced, broke out on Tuesday on Mr. T. C. Suttor's property, which is situated…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Big Blaze at Manly. Sydney
Shortly after e o'clock last night while th[?] of people wan at leading a [?] on the Cargo, at M[?] a -Sirs [?] out and swept…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Fiji. Suva (Fiji)
A disastrous Are occurred here last night. when the whole of Cumming -st, (known as All Nations Street) was burnt out, except [?] and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Newcastle. Victim's Shocking Injuries. Sydney
A fire which broke out in a shed at Newcastle destroyed two motor buses as well as the workshop, [?]arry Evans 17, received shocking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Not the Time for Burning Off. Big Grass Fire Near Wallerawang
A Wallerawang resident writes:-- Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of last week were about the hottest days this summer. In spite of the fact that…
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A huge bush lire in the vicinity of Detroit and Yabtree is still burning. Yabtree has lost 4,000 acres of grass and milos of fencing. Detroit has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fire Fiend Fifty Outbreaks Reported Melbourne
About fifty outbreaks of fire were dealt with by the fire brigades during the week end. The fires started in grass in the outer suburbs and many…
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During the past few weeks fires have been burning on the range, about 20 miles from Merriwa. Several grass areas have been…
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The local fire brigade las called out yesterday morning to a fire in a heap of rubbish at the rear of Mr. Bethel Wyburn's premises in…
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A are broke cut early this morning In premises occupied by paint vanish manufacturers, at Alexandria. The games, ted by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigade's Good Save Sydney
The prompt arrival of the fire brigade was the means of preventing a serious outbreak of fire at the motor works of S. Wright at Ultimo early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Oakey Park Fire. "Dog Loved the Car."
An inquiry was held by Mr. Coroner Boyd yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the fire at a shed at the residence of Mr. J. W. P. Horne, Oakey Park, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Backyard Fire
Shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon the brigade received a call to the butchery premises of Mr. Frank Eath[?]r, Main-street west. It was found that a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Shelters [?] Degrees Yesterday Grass Fires in Abundance. Sydney
After four days of pleasant weather Sydney to-day experienced a heat wave when the temperature registered 101.9 degrees at 1.45 p.m. As…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wallerawang Forest Fire. a Resident's Complaint
In connection with the fire in the new pine forest between Rydal and Wallerawang, reported in last Monday's issue, Mr. J. Clatworthy, "Bra[?]side,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →26 Killed Fire at Lunatic Asylum Vancouver
A message from New York states that the Ward Island lunatic asylum has been partly burned. Twenty-three inmates and three male…
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