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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Fires & bushfires
16 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers
JUDGING by some of the remarks passed at Tuesday night's meeting of the Windsor Council, our august civic body is not going to be a very happy family. THERE was keen competition over the election of the works committee, two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SURPRISE was caused at the Windsor Court House on Monday when the District Coroner (Mr. H. S. Johnston, J.P.) recorded a verdict to the effect that a fire on the morning of January 27 last, which destroyed a cottage at East Kurrajong, the property of Leslie Harold Day, was maliciously caused by some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sir,-I read your report of the fire at East Kurrajong in your issue of the 19th instant, and I was surprised to read the statement made by Detective-sergeant Sly that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charged with maliciously setting fire to tho dwelling house of Percy William Shepherd, at Glossodia, on March 11, with intent to de-fraud, Frederick George Izzard, arid Amos…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EXTRAORDINARY suggestions were made at the Windsor Court House on Wednesday against Detective-sergeant Sly, of Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SERIOUS allegations were made against Detective-sergeant Sly, of Parramatta, at the inquiry held by the District Coroner (Mr. H. S. Johnston, J.P.) at the Windsor Court House, into the cause of the fire which destroyed the home of Percy William Shepherd at Glossodia on the night of March 11 last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AN inquiry was held by the District Coroner (Mr. H. S. Johnston, J.P.) at the Windsor Court House on Monday into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The hearing of the charge against Frederick George Izzard, of having maliciously set fire to a house owned by Percy William Shepherd at Glossodia, on the night of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WHEN the case in which Frederick George Izzard, who had pleaded not guilty to a charge of having maliciously set fire to the home of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lord Nelson is said to have been spurred to action by hearing some one scoff at his size. Napoleon was sensitive about his lack of cubits but did a few thing's in spite…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FOR the second time, the jury at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Wednesday announced that they could not agree in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. E. Duroz, electrician at the meat-work's, is on annual leave, portion of which lie is spending on the North Coast. Mrs. Gougli and family, whose home and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DAMAGE estimated at £2,000 was caused by a fire which totally destroyed two business premises at Riverstone early on Sunday morning last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One of the most successful functions held by the 1st Windsor Troop of Boy Scouts and Wolf Cub Pack was the camp fire given by them on Saturday last under the capable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FOR the third time a jury failed to agree in the case of Frederick George Izzard, a farm laborer, of Windsor, who was charged at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →IT will be 58 years ago next month since the town of Windsor suffered a terrible disaster. Old hands still talk of it with bated breath as "the big fire." The block on which the "Gazette" Office stands, bounded by Fitzgerald-street on the north, Suffolk-street on the south, Macquarie-street on the east, and…
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