Fire at Gosford. Four Shops Destroyed. Gosford
A fire at Gosford late last night destroyed four shops. All the buildings were of wood and iron There being no fire brigade in the town the flames were…
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Fires & bushfires, 1923
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OVER £8000 Damage. Fire at Melbourne Show Ground. Melbourne
A serious fire occurred at the Show Ground this morning several hundred horse boxes being destroyed. The damage is estimated at from £8000. tc…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Film Caught Fire. a Hall Destroyed. Screening of "The Sheik." Culcairn
Last night during the progress of a picture show at Walla Walla a serious fire occurred. The lessee. K. Bounader was screening " The Sheik" before a large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Battle in Dublin. Bombs and Rifle Fire. Five Rebels Executed. Women Prisoners Riot at Mount Joy. London
It is officially announced in Dublin that four men were executed at Roscrea and one at Carlow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Supplies. France Threatens Confiscation. Second Zone Occupied. French Troops Fire on Crowd. One Killed and Several Injured. London
France has decided on forcible measures to secure the deliveries of coal. The owners have been summoned to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Sydney Fire. Sydney
The police are enquiring into a fire which damaged a shop at North Sydney at an early hour to-day. So far the cause is a mystery. How the fire could…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chatsworth Hotel. Destroyed by Fire Two Hundred Neighbors with Buckets
About 3 o'clock yesterday morning the Britannia Hotel, at Chatsworth Island, comprising two weatherboard single-storied buildings, was burned to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blaze in Sussex Street. City Council's Property. Sydney
A fire broke out in premises owned by the City Council and let to various firms in Sussex street about midnight. The flames spread rapidly, and by the time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fires in Sydney and Melbourne. Melbourne, Friday
A big fire broke out in Bourke street etarly this morning. A bulk store containing Manchester goods of the BonMarche was burnt down the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Victoria. Furniture Factory Destroyed. Sydney
A furniture factory was destroyed by fire at East Brunswick (Victoria) last night. The houses on both sides were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in City. City Council's Buildings. Heavy Damage. Sydney
A tire broke out on premises owned by the City Council and which are let to various firms in Sussex-street about midnight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crime Wave. Eleven Rebels Executed Train Set on Fire and Wrecked Farmer Shot in Cold Blood. London
Merchants and distributors in Dublin view the situation in Ireland with alarm, holding that the attack on the Provisional Government inaugurated early this year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams a Long Voyage. Going Back to Italy. Dashed Through Flames. English Workers. Another Fire at Penrith. Work of Repatriation Department. British Service League Sports Carnival. Economy in Tasmania. Man with Ten Bank Books. Otus for Sale. Sydney, Saturday. SYDNEY, Saturday. SYDNEY, Saturday. Woman's Presence of Mind. Sydney, Saturday. London Paper's Proposal. Sydney, Saturday. PENRITH, Sunday. SYDNEY, Sunday. SYDNEY, Sunday. HOBART, Saturday. SYDNEY
The wrecked steamer O[?]us will be sold by public auction on behalf of all concerned. The barquentine E. R. Sterling, about whose safety s[?]ne anxiety was being felt, arrived, at San Francisco from Sydney after a voyage of 89 days which Over 80 of the Italian immigrants who arrived by the Re d' Italia returned by the vessel yesterday. The Consul has received a communication from Italy that Mrs. Robert Missingham. a resident of Stanmore, awoke early this (morning, and found the room in flames. Retaining her presence of mind she threw a blanket Reference was made by Mr. Calces to he suggestion in the London "Morning Post" that Australia ought to be able to absorb 10,000 laborers from England in Yesterday afternoon a fire created havoc in a block of buildings at Penrith. A shop occupied by John Hunter and Sons, bootmakers, was gutted, and Since its inauguration the Department Repatriation has handled 234,439 applications for employment in respect of these departments, and has directly president of the British Service League, has written to the Returned Soldiers' League stating that it is the intention of the British Service The Economy Board's report to the Government recommends drastic retrenchments, including the total abolition of industrial and other departments, [?] past few weeks detectives have been engaged making inquiries into an intricate matter, relating to the doings or a man who has been travelling about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Bush, Fires. Narrow Escape of Dwellings. Sydney
Destructive bush fires occurred in the Hornsby district during the week-end and hundreds of acres were destroyed. On several, occasions the flame's spread…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Sydney. Building Gutted. Sydney
A fire gutted the premises of J. McCarthy and Co. in Riley street. Two floors, about 60 feet by 1,00 feet. were used to store straw envelopes for bottles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Through the Window. Midnight Escape From Fire. Sydney
Four people were compelled to make their escape through a window when a fire occurred at a weatherboard cottage, occupied by John Stewart, at West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in Churches. Sydney
The police have expressed the opinion that fires which broke out in two churche and the public school at Gordon yesterday [?] the work of school boys…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Lismore
A weatherboard cottage, together, with its contents, in Little Keen street, Lismore, were destroyed by fire early last night. The place was occupied by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mysterious Fires. in Churches and Schools. Sydney
Fires were discovered yesterday afternoon in the Congregational Church, Church of England Hall and public school at Gordon all within a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys' Shops. Harvester Works Saved. Melbourne
A fire broke out this morning in a cabinet maker's shop at Sunshine. The James spread to the two adjoining shops, but were prevented from reaching the…
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