To-day's Wires £8000 Damage Fire in Sussex Street Sydney
A three-storey factory and warehouse in Sussex Street was gutted by fire last night. The occupants were M. Mercer, of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1925
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Mysterious Fires Inquiry Continued. Little Boy Convicted
Further evidence was gone into at the Forbes Court House on Friday in connection with the four mysterious fires, as reported in our last issue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire and Explosion Building Lifted in the Air Occupants Fate Unknown (By Wire) Sydney
Melbourne.—Following an outbreak of fire, an explosion completely wrecked a two-storied brick building in Bridge Road, Richmond, after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire at Chicago Wheat and Elevators Destroyed (By Wire) Sydney
Chicago.—A tire destroyed two million bushels of wheat and two elevators…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2,000,000 Bushels of Wheat Destroyed Huge Fire in Chicago. Chicago
A fire has destroyed two million bushels of wheat and two elevators…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Fire Mr. J. O’dwyer’s “Bally Owen” Homestead Totally Destroyed. the Occupants Escape in Their Night Clothes. the Owner a Very Heavy Loser
One of the most disastrous fires in the district for a long time was that which totally destroyed Mr. Jos. O’Dwyer’s “Bally Owen” homestead,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Girral Post Office and Store Destroyed
About 5.30 a.m. on Saturday morning last a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. W. W. Rees at Girral, which consisted of his general store…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grenfell Mysterious Fire
On. Saturday last a fire occurred in a shed owned by Mr. F. H. .Buttenshaw, Forbes Road, wherein he had stored an engine, chaffentter…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Best New Books Hodder and Stoughton's Publications. Views and Reviews. "Sure-fire Rainey."
Books of America's vanishing West em life are now becoming more and more stale to the reading public, but every once in a while we stumble…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About That Fire Engine
After Saturday morning's disastrous are it is again being asked when the new motor fire engine is coming along. The council has tried hard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Saturday Morning's Sensaton Large Store Burnt Down. Big Blaze in Rankin Street
Forbes has had many fires, but it is a fair time since the town saw a blaze to equal that of the destruction of Anderson and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire in Melbourne Warehouse Gutted (By Wire) Sydney
A big fire occurred in Melbourne last night, in Flinders Lane, when the three upper floors of a largo warehouse, with several tenants, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Darktown Fire Brigade
Ours is surely a "Darktown Fire Brigade." On Sunday night the firemen had to run in a couple of horses for the fire waggon before they could…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Current Topics Anderson and Foreman's Fire
The big blaze which destroyed the building of Anderson and Foreman in Rankin Street a little while ago is still a matter of current conjecture in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sunday Night's Fire. Six-roomed Cottage Burnt
There was a lot of noise when the fire bell rang last Sunday night about ten o'clock.' People were just wandering homewards;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Commissioners As Nero. Tuesday, June 9, 1925
Forbes is not first as far as the Board of Fire Commissioners is concerned; in absolute, fact it seems to be non-existent, otherwise the Board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gone Up in Smoke the End of a Ford Motor Lorry. Tyres Taken and Badly Damaged by Fire
This morning the Coroner (Mr. P. G. Westphalen) held an inquiry into the damage caused to a motor lorry on the Canowindra road on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Engine for Forbes
After a long, long weary wait of many many months, and persistent agitation by the Mayor, Alderman Thomson, and the Municipal Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire in Main Street Brick Premises Gutted Leadbitter's Garage Has Narrow Escape
Shortly after 5 o'clock on Thursday morning, residents were awakened from their slumbers by the clanging of the fire bell. On investigation, it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Big Fire. Inquiry Held Yesterday. No Suspicion Attached to Owner or Occupier
Mr. W. Gilchrist, District Coroner, conducted an inquiry into the fire which destroyed Anderson and Foreman's premises on the…
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