Fire in Tent Child Fatally Burned Two Others Suffer Serious Injury. Narromine
While John Henry Pattison, his wife and three young, children, were sleeping in a tent, the flame of a candle set fire to the canvas…
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Fires & bushfires, 1927
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Bush Fires Esk District Swept Settler's Tragic Death Morse Forced Through Flames. Brisbane
Bush fires, which have been sweeping the Esk district during the past few days, caused far more damage than was at first realised…
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The second death has occurred in connection with the fire which destroyed a tent near Narromine on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Car on Fire Passenger Badly Burned. Junee
Charles Norman Fraser was seriously burned about the face, hands and body when the back of a motor car in which he was riding suddenly burst into flames,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dog As Fire Alarm Family Rush From Burning House. Wagga
Awakened at midnight by the barking of a dog, Mr. and Mrs. McCleland and family just managed to escape from the public school residence at Malebo,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Shop Adelaide Woman Acquitted Adelaide
At the Criminal Court, Mrs. Dora Edwards, 42, was charged with having maliciously Set fire to a shop at Kircaldy. It was alleged that he woman was in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£30,000 Fire Big Manilla Store Destroyed. Manilla
A disastous fire which occurred at Mackenzie's general store at Manilla last night, totally destroyed the premises and caused damage estimated at £30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Southgate Hay and Shed Destroyed Damage Estimated Ai £600
A hay shed, with its contents, consisting of about 25 tons of hay, and farming machinery, was destroyed by fire at Southgate on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TELEGRAMS £4000 Damage by Fire. Lithgow
Damage estimated at over £4000 was caused by a fire which destroyed Robin's boot shop early to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blackheath Hotel Fire Charge Against Licensee's Wife. Sydney
At the conclusion of the inquiry into the circumstances of the fire which broke out recently at the Blackheath hotel, the coroner committed Mary Ryan, wife of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires at Bonville
The strong winds towards the end of last week fanned up fires in variout parts of the district and sent them raging through dried grass and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams Fire at the Quay. Sydney
Several thousand pounds worth of damage was caused by a fire, which broke out in an old stone building at the Quay this morning. The premises were occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Fire at Cessnock Seventeen in Three Months. Cessnock
Damage to the extent of £3000 was caused by a fire which destroyed a ham and beef shop and outfitters stors early to-day. This is the seventeenth fire in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Outbreak at Rappville Village's Close Call. Rappville
On Saturday a bush fire originated on the Rapp Estate, on the eastern side of the railway line. The origin of the fire has not yet been ascertained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Canberra Fire Maliciously Caused Opinion of Fire Officers. Canberra
That the fire which destroyed the contents of the premises occupied by John Arbuckle, tobacconist, at Eastlake, Canberra early on the morning, of September…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Outbreaks at Casino
Prompt action by the Casino Fire Brigade on Saturday afternoon averted what would probably have been a serious blaze in a shop occupied by Mr. A. W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narrow Escape From Fire. Melbourne
When a fire broke out at the residence of T. Schydler, in Middle Park, Melbourne, early this morning, several persons were trapped by the flames. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Sawmill. Brigade's Fine Work
Reporting the fire which went close to destroying Doepel's sawmill at East Bellingen about midday last Saturday, the "Courier" gives high…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Bug Again Attempt to Destroy Shops
The Dorrigo fire bug who has been lying low for the past few months came to light again on Monday night last, when a deliberate attempt was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Constable Under Fire. Melbourne
While Constable George Gray, of Brunsick, Victoria, was searching in a timber yard for men who had hidden there late on Saturday night, four revolver shots…
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