The Bluish Flame Fire Inquiry
The Coroner Mr. W. T. Gilchrist, held an inquiry on Wednesday last in connection with the fire which destroyed G. Rath and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1924
155 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 8
Choice of Death Fire or Boiling Paint?
Six men working in a long enamel oven in the Ford, Burnham automobile plant, owing to an unexpected accident, had to choose between…
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A Brisbane message states that a disastrous fire occurred at Eumundic yesterday, when a hotel and bulk store were destroyed. The damage…
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Th Fire Commissioners will be arriving in Forbes on July 27, and state they will be pleased to meet any of the citizens of Forbes and…
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A fire broke out at Corby's bulk tore, Newcastle, yesterday, and created a damage of £2000…
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A disastrous fire at Gosford on Tuesday destroyed a large garage (formerly used as a military hall), also an adjoining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fire in the Night
About 8.30 on Saturday night the fire bell sounded an alarm of fire, and the crowd in the street, attracted by the warning, were not long in…
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A Melbourne message states that S. L. Swipes' timber yards and machinery were destroyed by fire yesterday morning at East Malvern. The…
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Between 4 and 5 a.m. on Tuesday a fire broke out in Vernon's Joinery Works, in Upper Clarinda street, and the building in which the machinery…
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Reference was made by Ald. Howard at the opening of the new fire station on Thursday night to the first fire brigade formed in Parkes. This…
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Mr. W. T. Gilchrist,.JP., the Forbes Coroner, held an inquiry on Friday afternoon into the circumstances attending the fire at the northern…
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All things come to those who wait, and so to-day, after many years of delays some of which were unavoidable and sone due, no doubt, to causes over…
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The Fire Commissioners' visited Forbes last week, and had a look over the local station and fire fighting appliances. In the opinion of…
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A four-roomed cottage in Grenfell Street, owned by Mr. T. Stribley, was destroyed by fire on Monday night last. The loss was covered by…
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A disastrous fire occurred on Monday at the corner of Dandaloo and Burraway Streets. The estimated damage is about…
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The bulk store of Mr. James Railton, seed merchant, South Melbourne, was destroyed by fire last night and the damage is estimated at thousands…
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A start has been made with the erection of a new brick lire station at West Wyalong, the work of trenching for the foundations being well…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Advocate" Draws Heavy Fire From a Sydney Producer Gas Firm. Young and Wingham Electrical Engineers Favor Diesel Engines
The "Advocate's" leading article of the 1st inst. has brought forth a spirited defence of suction gas plants from Mr. W. J. Spencer, representative for the Akroyd Gas Plants. But the Electrical Engineers of Young and Wingham, after years of practical experience, declare themselves strongly in favor of Diesel engines. (To Editor Wyalong "Advocate")…
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On Sunday evening the usual quietude of Darby’s Falls, was disturbed by an alarm of fire. It was quickly seen that the…
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An Inquiry into the above fire was conducted by the Coroner (Mr. P. G. Westphalen), at the Court House to-day…
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