Fire at Fairfax and Roberts' Shop
While passing the jewellery shop of Fairfax and Roberts, Limited, to-day a pedestrian saw smoke coming from the first floor of the building. It was no…
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Fires & bushfires, 1922
401 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 21
Big Blaze at Megan. BRIGGS & Sons' Mill Razed. Heavy Damage
On Saturday night last Messrs. G. L. Briggs and Sons' mill at Megan together with a large quantity of sawn pine, was totally destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cut Off by Fire. Experience at Annandale Sydney
With their retreat cut off by a flaming staircase two families who occupied a shop and dwelling in Parramatta Road. Annandale. were forced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Escape Through Flames. Two Families in Peril. Fire at Annandale. Sydney
A fire broke out this morning in Parramatta road Annandale, in a shop conducted by William Land green, aged 80, who with his wife and two children occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Adams’ Fire. Sydney
The inquest into the death of Fireman Brown through a ladder collapsing was continued to–day. Leslie Fisher, a fireman, said that when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Blaze at Megan. Briggs and Sons' Mill Razed. Heavy [?]amage
Oo Saturday night last Messrs. G. L. Briggs and Sons' mill at Megan, together with a large qu[?]tity of sawn pine, was totally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Goal Bunkers on Fire. Cape Town
A wireless received at Durban from the steamer Langton. Hall states that the coal aboard is burning fiercely and the ship is making for Durban, being 750…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fifty Dead. Terrible Forest Fires. Toronto
Fifty are known to be dead and several towns destroyed, the property damage amounting to between seven and fifteen million dollars, as a result of terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires. Sydney
The first bush fires of the season were reported yesterday. The outbreak occurred on the Port Hacking side of National Park, and raged throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush and Grass Fires. Sydney
During yesterday and last night over fifty outbreaks of fire were reported in a radius of fifty miles of Sydney. It is estimated that the flames passed over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reduced Fire Insurance Charges
The Grafton Chamber of Commerce urged a reduction in fire insurance charges in Grafton and South Grafton some time ago. The chief argument…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer on Fire. Passengers and Crew Rescued. Vancouver
The steamer City of Honolulu, of 17,000 tons, is on fire and has been abandoned by passengers and crew 1400 miles east of Honolulu…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →QUEENSLAND Big Fire at Cloncurry. Railway Officer's Brave Act. the Sugar Bungle. Brisbane
A disastrous fire occurred at Cloncurry last night. The outbreak occurred in the Imperial Hotel, which was quickly destroyed, also four shops occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Lawrence. Private Residence De
The private residence of Mr. A. McQueen, of Lawrence, together with the contest, was on Friday night about 9 o'clock totally destroyed by fire. No…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Rabbit's Courage. Mr. Hughes Opens the Campaign Running Fire of Interjections. the Way to Save Australia. Melbourne
Mr. Hughes delivered the first speech of the Federal campaign at Warragul (Victoria) last night, when the Prime Minister declared that the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Croydon. Man Dances While House Burns Inmate's Narrow Escape. Sydney
The residence of Stanley Evans, at Croyden Park, Was partly destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. Evans was awakened by the crackling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coronial Inquiry. Megan and Deervale Fires
At the Dorrigo Court House on Thursday, Mr. F. T. Stennett, Coroner, conducted an inquiry into the recent, fire which destroyed Messrs. G…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tasmanian Racecourse Fire. Hobart
A fire which is believed to be due to the act of an incendiary, broke out among the horse boxes, at the Northall racecourse Tasmania, to-day. The horse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Racecourse Fire. Follows Four Explosions. Caulfield Buildings Destroyed. Damage Estimated. at £20,000. MELBOURNE
The members stand, official offices, judge's box, weighing room, press room, and telegraph office at Caulfield racecourse were destroyed by fire this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spectacular Fire. Big Blaze in Paris. Paris
There were strange pyrotechnic effects at a great fire near the Place de Republic, Paris, when a four-storeyed tannery, owned by Messrs. Herron and…
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