Early Morning Fire Cottage and Contents Burned
A large old weatherboard cottage in Gordon Street, Parkes, occupied by Mr. and Mrs, Vic. Cole and family, was practically totally destroyed early…
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Fires & bushfires, 1927
309 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 16
Motor Fire Engine for Cowra Under Construction in Board’s Workshops
THE gratifying news was contained in a letter from the Fire Brigades Board at last night’s meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DESTROYED Fire at Berrigan Audience Escape Safely (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening
Half of Migra's picture hall and Myer's Royal Hotel at Berrigan were destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The picture show was crowded at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rubber Co. Destroyed by Fire At Surry Hills (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening
Damage estimated at £9,000 was caused by fire which partly destroyed the factory of the General Rubber Co. at Sury Hils this morning…
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Parkes was on the verge of yet another fire on Friday night. Mr. H. Johnson, baker, Welcome street, before closing his premises at 10.30 p.m…
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On Friday night, about 9.30, a one roomed building of wood and iron, near the Bushman's Mine, was destroyed by fire, and a waggonette, which…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Crop Insurance. Fire and Hail
A departmental explanation of the position should remove misconceptions arising out of a resolution of the last annual conference of the…
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“I think it a peculiar thing that a President of a Shire Council should not know its own regulations,” was Mr. C. A. Arnold’s comment at the…
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A wooden building, occupied by Mr. Henry Boulton, and situated at the northern end of Hill-street near the Bushman's mine, was, with its…
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Mr. Harry Johnson, baker, welcome Street, had a narrow escape from a fire at his business premises on Friday night last. When closing up his…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire in Flats Two Men Arrested Valuable Goods Found (By Wire) Sydney
At a late hour lastnight a fire was discovered in City Road flats. It was quickly extinguished, but two men on the premises were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Troubles
The question or dealing effectively with the bush fire menace was before the meeting of the Farmers Settlers' Association. It was pointed…
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On Saturday night the fire brigade made a prompt turn out to deal with a fire which was raging at a cottage owned by Mr. V. Hugo, just off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Careless Use of Fire Shire President Charged. "Should Know," Says P.M.
Daniel T. Herbert was charged at Forbes court on Tuesday with lighting a fire within 10 yards of grass land, the grass then being of an…
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Parkes had a mild sensation on Monday night, when intention was directed to the main business section of the town by the sound of an explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Garage Fire Inquiry. Talk of a Trail
All Inquiry was held by the District Coroner (Mr Jas. Swann, J.P.) on Monday into the fire which broke out at Messrs. Howell and Spicer's…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Bush Fire Menace F. & S. District Council's Views. Railways Blamed
At the meeting of the District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales, on Tuesday, the question of supplying…
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A fire broke out in one of the bedrooms at Wheeler's Queensland Hotel, Wyalong, last night. The curtains, it is thought, came in contact…
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Heat from a fire in a storeroom at the back of the Beau Monde Cafe, Parkes, in the main business section of the town, caused a tin of liquid…
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The detached kitchen and other building at the residence of Mr. E. T. Clark. of Calleen, were destroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon. It…
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