Sensational Evidenced Inquiry Into Club Fire. Witnesses' Remarkable Statements. Sydney
An inquiry was held to-day concerning the fire at the Strangers' Club sometimes known as the Greek Club, Cas lereagh street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1923
421 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 22
Big Fire in Sydney. Employees Escape Over Roof Tops. Sydney
A fire broke out in Corbett's Building, Kent street this afternoon, with the result that £10,000 worth of damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods and Fire. Seventeen Persons Dead. Tornado in Texas. Farm Homes Destroyed. Vancouver
A message from Colorado City (Texas) states that seventeen were killed and one hundred injured, while 300 are homeless as a result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. Fire at Dungog. Sydney
A fire at Dungog destroyed a general store and boarding house Many occupants of the latter had a narrow escape, and lost practically, all their personal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire at Mullumbimby
At 4'clock on Thursday morning a fire was discovered in a building in Burringbar street, owned by F. I. Ward, and occupied as a billiard saloon by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →71 Deaths. Schoolhouse Fire. Panic During Concert. Vancouver
A message from Columbia, South Carolina, states that sixty persons were burned to death or killed in jumping from the upper storeys of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fire. £100,000 Damage. Timber Yards Destroyed. a Wonderful Spectacle. Sydney
In an hour and a half last night a fire reduced much of Langdon. and Langdon timber yards at Glebe to a mass of glowing embers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Perth. Perth
A big fire this morning at Padbury department stores completely destroyed the drapery department, and but fur the strenuous efforts of the brigade would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Panic. Bishop's Residence Burned. Fire at Armidale. Armidale
Bishop's Court the residence of the Anglican Bishop of Armidale Diocese, was completely destroyed by fire early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£15,000 Damage. Big Fire in Sydney. 200 Thrown Out of Work. Sydney
A fire broke out early this morning Sydney House Abererombie street with the result that three floors with the contents were destroyed, and wat[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rats Cause Fire
A correspondent writes to the "Northern Star": The danger from rats setting fire to buildings was fully demonstrated on Saturday night last, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Fire. Vancouver
At Mexicali (Mexico) five bodies have been recovered, forty people arc still missing, and property damage amounting to two million dollars was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire-poking. One of London's Strange Trades
The trades of London are many, and some of them seem very strange to an American, comments the "New York Herald." One occupation by which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland. Big Fire at Chillagoe. Two Hotels and Two Shops Destroyed. Brisbane
There were no changes in the elections to-day. The state of the parties remains:--Labor 43, United party 16, Country party 13…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Fire Insurances
The Fire Insurance underwriters' Association have forwarded to the Grafton City Council a plan showing the amended boundary of Grafton for fire insurance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fireworks Cause Fires. Thousands of Founds Damage. Sydney
No fewer than seven serious fires [?] caused fast night by fireworks in the city and suburbs. The damage ran into s[?]ral thousands of pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Big Fire. Meat Works Gutted. Inadequate Water Supply Sydney
The Sandown meat works, on the outskirts of Parramatta, were totally destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£200,000 DAMAGE. Sandown Meat Works. Destroyed by Fire. 70 Insurance Companies Affected. Sydney
The huge Sandown meat works, on the outskirts of Parramatta, were total[?]y destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at between £200,000 and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Picture Theatre Fire. Manager Allays Panic. Auckland (N.z.)
A fire in a picture theatre at Devonport threatened to create a panic among its audience, but the alarm was allayed by the manager, who announced that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade and "Reds." Fight with Hose and Revolvers. London
According to Reuter's Berlin correspondent a conflict in which fire and water contested for superiority as humanly employed weapons occurred…
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