Fire at Paxton
Shortly after mid-day on Friday a fire broke out in a four-roomed cottage at Paxton owned and occupied by Mr. Prior. The rear portion…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 45
Abermain Anxiety No Water to Fight Fires
Through the Abermain Progress Association, Kearsley Shire Council, on Friday night, received a petition from Abermain residents requesting…
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Sydney, Monday. At the Central Police Court to-day Albert Thomson (28), labourer, was charged with having maliciously set…
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A fire broke out early this morning at the shop of P. L. Shepherd and Sons, seed merchants, Parker-street, Sydney. Firemen, although they had a hard fight,…
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Mr. H. M. Webb, secretary to the Board of Fire Commissioners, has written to Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., informing him that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Reliance Destroyed by Fire
The passenger steamer Roliance was destroyed by fire at an early hour at Port Stephens on Monday morning. About 3 o'clock the crew of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colliery Fire. a Remarkable Spectacle
A Clermont (Q.) message is that a fire has been raging since Monday in the Old Bluff Colliery, Blair Athol, which has been unoccupied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Byron Bay Council Chambers Destroyed
The most destructive fire that has happened in Byron Bay occurred on Sunday night, when the whole of the Byron Bay Shire Council office, stores,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Outbreak. at Lord Lascelles' Winter Home. London, Oct. 24
A fire at Portumna Castle, Lord Lascelles' winter home, which broke out lat night, is believed to have been due to an accidental…
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In the matter of the Kearsley Shire Council's request for the application of the Fire Brigades Act to Ellalong Paxton, Crawford, Greta…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Merriwa District News. (Reprinted from Merriwa and Cassilis "News.") Suggested Recognition. Fire-fighters' Splendid Services
Speaking at Saturday's meeting of landholders in connection with the firefighting organisation, Mr. J. R. Telfer said that as president of the Merriwa…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ulmarra Fire Business Block Suffers. Eight Shops Burnt Out
Extensive damage was done by a fire which swept half the main business block at Ulmarra early on Monday morning…
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Considerable damage was done by a fire which broke out at the produce store of Messrs. Lord and Fry, King-street, Newcastle, shortly before 11…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Midnight Blaze. Broadmeadow Dance Hall Gutted
Shortly after the dancers left at midnight on Saturday, the Palais Royal Majestic dance hall at Broad-meadow was burned to the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire at Paxton. Cottage Damaged
An outbreak of fire partially destroyed a four-roomed weatherboard cottage owned and occupied by Mr. Prior, of Paxton, at 12.15 p.m., on the…
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A Clermont (Q.) message is that a fire has been raging since Monday in the Old Bluff Colliery, Blair Athol, which has been unoccupied…
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A fire, the cause of which is unknown, destroyed the Paton Steel company's foundry in Denby-lane, Marrickville, on Saturday afternoon…
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A fire broke out early this morning in the shop of P. L. Shepherd and Sons, Ltd., merchants, Parker-street, City…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Drought and Fire Farmers Suffer in Northern Queensland
An Innisfail message states that acute drought conditious prevail in the area between Townsville amd Tully, where farmers suffered much loss…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Arson. Fire in Dwelling House. Labourer Remanded. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day, Albert Thomson, 28, a labourer, was charged with having maliciously set fire to the dwelling of William…
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