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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

147 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 8

Disastrous Fire in Glasgow Hundreds Homeless Enormous Damage

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 1

London.—A most shocking fire at Glasgow destroyed Kelvin Hall and many tenement houses. Hundreds are homeless, and…

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A Story of Fire and Water Condemned House Burned Down.man and Woman Committed for Trial

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 3

The Coroner (Mr. P. G. Westphalen) held an inquiry yesterday morning into the circumstances surrounding [?] by which an unoccupied…

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Fire Engine Demonstration

Western Champion · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 13

A very interesting, and successful demonstration with the motor fire engine, which is the latest addition to the equipment of the local Fire…

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Latest Telegraphic Disastrous Fire. a Melbourne Conflagration. Melbourne

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 2

A huge fire devastated the Lincoln Knitting Mills at Coburg last night. Damage to the extent of nearly half a million sterling was done. Valuable…

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Fireman Killed Two Others Injured Big Fire in Melbourne (By Wire) Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 1

One fireman was killed and another badly injured at a fire which broke out at 3 a.m. in Melbourne this morning in the three-storied brick bottle…

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Condobolin Outbreak of Fire

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 5

At about 1.30 last Thursday morning a fire broke out at the residence of Mr. Stone, of the municipal staff. After a hard fight the brigade was…

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The Fire and Water Mystery House First Submerged by Water and Then Burnt to the Ground. a Woman Who Masqueraded in Man’s Clothes and a Man Charged

Cowra Free Press · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 3

Some few weeks back when the flood waters of the Lachlan submerged the lower end of Lachlan Street, one of the buildings affected was a…

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Saturday Night's Fire

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 2

The home of Clara Morton, at South Forbes, was totally destroyed by fire about half-past eight last Saturday night. Owing to the distance and the…

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Big Fire at Grenfell

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 3

This morning at about 3 o’clock two shops and an office were destroyed by fire at Grenfell. They were occupied by a bootmaker, fruiterer and…

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Fire

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 2

THE Albion Buildings in Main-street, owned by Mr. C. J. Clear, were gutted by fire on Tuesday morning, and it was extremely…

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Tuesday Night's Fires

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 12

Two fires broke out on Tuesday night within a half-hour of each other. The first was only an outhouse on the premises being built for Mr. E. A…

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Mysterious Fires Three on Saturday Night

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 2

Between eight and nine o'clock on Saturday night three fires broke out in a manner surrounded by mystery. "Corky Cripps" bakery cart ws…

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Destructive Fire at “The Gem.”

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 2

On Saturday evening at about 8.30 Mrs. Delaney noticed a shed on “The Gem,” an adjoining property, in flames. She at once gave the alarm,…

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Fire at Coradgery

Western Champion · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 10

A fire occurred about 4 o'clock on Sunday morning at Mr. J. Sullivan's homestead, Coradgery, completely destroying the residence. It…

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“Smouldering Fires.”

Cowra Free Press · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 7

Pauline Frederick, interviewed recently at the Criterion Theatre, Sydney, where she is playing to capacity house in “Spring Cleaning,”…

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Fire in Pye Street. an Early Morning Outbreak

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 12

There was some commotion in Eugowra early on Friday morning last when it was learned that there was an outbreak of fire in…

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£20,000 Fire. Live Wires Menace Spectators. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 6

At Balmain last night a destructive fire gutted the premises of Whitelum and Catts, wood moulders. The damage is about £20,000 Live…

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Big Fire in Dublin Sensational Rescues Many Jump to Pavement (By Cable) Dublin

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 1

Sensational rescues characterised a fire in business premises in Mary Street, Dublin, wherein forty people were trapped…

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Last Night's Fire

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 September 1925 · page 10

About 7 o'clock last night a fire was discovered by Frederick Sharpe in the premises occupied by Harry Sharpe in Templar Street. The five…

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Mt. Morgan Fire. Now Under Control. Mt. Morgan

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 2

The fire in the mine is now under complete control. An investigation has shown that the fire occurred in an ore pocket at the 650ft. level, and the…

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