Fire at Narrabri Damage £15,000
Fire destroyed a business block containing nine shops, and caused damage estimated at £ 15,000 at Narrabri early on Saturday morning…
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Fires & bushfires, 1924
805 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 41
Big Fire in City £100,000 Damage
Ballarat House, a great five storey building in Wentworth Avenue, Sydney, was totally destroyed by fire, in less than an hour on Xmas Eve. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire. Damage at Toowoomba
A big fire in the business section of Toowoomba at an early hour did damage estimated at £4000. The greatest loss was sustained by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Desperate Fight. Fire Damages Victorian Town Valuable Crops Destroyed
For six hours on Monday, residents of Wahring, near Nagambie (Vic.) waged a desperate fight against a fire which started in some grass near the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigades Art Union
Amongst the correspondence received at the fortnightly meeting of the committee of the Maitland Hospital was a communication from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Wee Waa Several Buildings Destroyed
Early on Sunday morning, a fire started in the genera] store occupied by Mrs Kennedy, at Wee Was [?] which was destroyed with the contents…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Cassilis. Damage Totals £10,000
On Monday, the branch store at Cassilis of Messrs. W. Kellett and Sons, Ltd., Mudgee, and its contents were completely destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigade
Local firemen have received their uniforms. A new bell pole is to be erected at the Memorial Hall with a new bell, Fireman A. McGlashen is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires for the Year Ending 1923
The number of the calls in the Cessnock fire area for the year ending 31 December 1923 was 25, buildings, of which 9 were and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Wangat
On Tuesday at 4 am. Wangat was disturbed by the alarm of fire! The house occupied by Mr. Westwood, situated on the hill on the left hand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Fight Fire. Organisation of Bush Brigades
The character of the present season has not been such as to make the outbreak of bush fires a very likely contingency in many districts, but every…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires. Homestead Destroyed
Extensive bush fires near Kaikoura (N.Z.) destroyed several homesteads and much stock. A settle (John Barrett) had a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Bush Fires in Nor'-west. Notified by Mail 'Planes
In Western Australia during the last few weeks serious bush fires and grand fires have raged throughout a large aret of the north-west portion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disastrous Fire. Five Shops Destroyed. Tasmanian Blaze
The biggest fire in the history of Sheffield (Tas.) occurred on Monday, when five business places in the heart of the town were wiped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Cassilis
On Monday, the branch store at Cassilis of Messrs W. Kollett and Sons, Ltd., Mudgee, and its contents were completely destroyed by fire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire. Damage at Toowoomba
A big fire in the business section of Toowoomba at an early hour did dam age estimated at £1000. The greatest loss was sustained by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Brigade. Annual Returns for Maitland District
The annual report of the B District, B Division of the New South Wales Fire Brigades, the headquarters of which are in West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seventeen Dead. Many Others Missing. Fire at Insane Hospital. New York, Dec. 26
Fourteen patients in the State Hospital for the insane at Dunning (IIinois), were burned to death in a fire, which destroyed a building…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →School Fire. Many Brave Acts. Pet Kittens Saved From Blazing Stables. London, Dec, 30
Many brave, acts were performed during a fire at the Adel Reformatory school, near Leeds. One boy was awakened in the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Disastrous Blaze. Damage in Queensland. 16 Buildings Destroyed. £80,000 Damage
A message from Nambour states that the most disastrous fire in the history of that town occurred on Saturday night, 16 buildings in the…
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