Lorry on Fire
A motor lorry caught fire on Mount Ousley Road early on Thursday morning and extensive damage was caused to the…
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Fire Damages Home
A storeroom, laundry and contents were badly damaged by fire at the home of Miss Kathleen Day, 12 Flinders Street, on…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—Fire severely damaged a packing manufacturing factory under a railway…
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It was fortunate that the Independent office was not destroyed on the 1st October, 1899 when a fire destroyed some sixteen shops and…
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Wollongong firemen, yesterday put out a grass fire on vacant land near the southern end of Port…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Tues.—A detective said today he believed a deliberate attempt had been made to kill four members of a Macedonian family. Detective-Sergeant…
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Corrimal firemen on Sunday took an hour to put out a fire in a large heap of grass on an East St…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—A 72-years-old man was badly burnt about the body to-day when the bed on which…
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A car caught fire as it was being driven along the road between the top of Mount Ousley Rd. and…
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Fifteen acres of vacant land in Rothery Rd., Corrimal, were burnt off on Wednesday night when a spark from an incinerator set fire to some dry grass…
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SYDNEY, Fri.—A huge fire, which tonight destroyed a four storey factory in Redfern…
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A woman said at the Coroner's Court at Bulli yesterday that while she was in a shop opposite her home at Coalcliff on March 1 she heard someone say, "He's…
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The Gerringong Bush Fire Brigade has now been established and the following officers have been elected:—…
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The Wollongong Fire Brigade was called to two small fires over the weekend…
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A 61 years old retired miner, Samuel George Rees, of 13 Main Road, Coa[?]cliff, was committed for trial on a charge of arson at the Bulli Coroner's Court on Friday morning. Rees was committed after the hearing of an inquest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Firemen Fight Fire in Salvage Depot for Five Hours
Eleven firemen fought a five-hour battle in the early hours of yesterday morning to bring under control a fire which destroyed a Wollongong salvage…
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Wollongong firemen yesterday prevented a grass fire on a vacant allotment in Prince's Highway, Fairy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Damages Bridge at Coledale
Picnickers are blamed for a fire that spread to a wooden bridge over a creek at Stockyard, near Coledale…
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A gaunt, black skeleton of burnt framework was all that remained, of a five-roomed weatherboard…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—A prison van used to convey prisoners to Long Bay gaol caught fire today on the…
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