A Destructive Fire. Outbreak at Parkes. Parkes, Friday Night
Considerable damage was caused by a fire in a terrace of shops in Welcome street last night. The contents of one building was completely destroyed and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1921
624 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 32
Fire at Taree. Taree
A [?] broke out under the counter in Miss Rochester's millinery shop in Victoria street this afternoon, but through the promptness of the local fire brigade the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Motor Launch. an Inquiry Held. Sydney
An inquest was opened into the circumstances surrounding the fire on the motor launch Killara on New Year's day. The launch belonged to Charles Wrigley, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Nyngan. Nyngan
Links Bros.' general stores in the main business centre of Nyngan were completely gutted by fire last night. Several places adjoining narrowly escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires in Victoria
Fierce bush fires have been raging through the Bengworden and Goon Nure districts of Victoria. At Lake Victoria the flames licked up fencing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Launch. Sydney
The inquiry by the Parramatta Coroner info the mysterious fire on New Year's Day on board the launch Killara, running in the Upper Lane Cove River service, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Abermain. Newcastle
A drapery store at Abermain, occupied by P. Davis was, with its contents, destroyed by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Charges. by Fire Brigades Union. Against Responsible Officials. Sydney
At the request of the Australian Labor party and the Fire Brigades Union, Mr. Dooley has agreed to submit to the Cabinet a recommendation for a Royal Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Film on Fire. Excitement in a Theatre. Nobody Injured. Sydney
There was considerable excitement in the Lyric Picture Theatre in George street to-night, when the film in the operating box caught alight, owing the jambling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades Officials. Serious Allegations. Royal Commission Asked For. Sydney, Friday Night
At the request of the Australian Labor Party and the Fire Brigades' Union, the Chief Secretary (Mr. Dooley) has agreed to submit to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Alexandria. Varnish Works Destroyed. Sydney
Borthwick's varnish works in Botany road, Alexandria, were destroyed by fire early this morning. The premises, which covered an area of 250 square feet, were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in the Haymarket. Brigade's Good Work. Sydney
A three-storey building in Hay street opposite the Hippodrome, owned and occupied by George Austen and Co., seedsmen and manure merchants, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Macksville. Ex-methodist Minister Charged Macksville
The Coroner found, regarding the burning of the sawmill at Macksville, that o[?] December 22 the premises were partially destroyed by fire, wilfully applied by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Destructive Fire. Knitting Plant and Stock Gone. Sydney
An early morning fire in Hay-street destroyed the whole of the top floor of Austen's, Limited, seed merchants, a thousand pounds of knitting goods…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on a Ship. Engineer's Close Call. Cut Off by the Flames. Sydny, Saturday Night
A fire which broke out in the hold of an American steamer, the Cornwall lying in Jones' Bay, to-day, was attended by sensational circumstances. One…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires in England. Sinn Feiners Suspected. London
Eighteen wheat and oat ricks were set on fire simultaneously in the Vicinity of Croydon. This, following on five being burned at Barnet a week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades Charges. Position at Broken Hill. Sydney
The State Cabinet to-day considered the matter of charges of maladministration and victimisation in the Fire Brigades Service recently made by the Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Charges. Board to Meet Premier. Sydney
The charges of maladministration and victimisation in connection with the Fire Brigade's service, made by the Union, were considered by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Alarm
At 9.5 o'clock on Saturday evening the Grafton Fire Brigade received a call to a fire at the residence of Mr. W. J. Kitchen, of 233 Prince street, but in the short time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Outbreak of Fire
Shortly after 9 p.m. on Saturday night an outbreak of fire occurred on the premises of Mr. Kitchen, commercial traveller, at the corner of Prince…
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