Old Hotel Saved from Fire
The old South Forbes Hotel, built in the gold mining days of half a century ago, was saved from destruction by fire after a hard fight by the Forbes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1928
253 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 13
Shield for Fire Fighters
An interesting accessory which is carried on the trucks of the Berlin fire brigades is a collapsible asbestos fire screen through which the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local News Bush Fire Brigades
Suggestions made by members of R.S.S.L. League, Grenfell, for the convening of meeting, organisation, equipment, finance, etc., of Bush…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Western Champion and the Parkes District Representative Thursday, September 6th, 1928 Careless Use of Fire
Goobang Shire notifies, through our advertising columns, that during the months of October, November, December and January, the provisions of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bush Fire Brigade
The following attended the meeting in the Soldiers' Memorial Hall on Saturday night for the purpose of forming a Bush Fire Brigade:— The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forbes 32 Years Ago the Days of Yore a Destructive Fire. Damage About £5,000 OR £6,000
About 3.15 a.m. on Monday morning the firebell rang out an alarm for what proved to be one of the largest fires seen in Forbes for many years…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Country Fire. Was It Campers' Carelessness?
Between 11 p.m. on the 4th and 6 a.m. on the 5th inst., an open shed belonging to Mr. W. J. Barber, at Bindogundra, was destroyed by fire, with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Fire In Furniture Factory Sydney
Dayer's furniture factory at Redfern was practically destroyed by fire last night. The damage was estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Children Fatally Burned Kerosene on Fire Sydney
A cable from Vancouver states, that six children of Paycur were burned to death when their cousin tried to revive a fire with kerosene…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Brigades
A meeting of the temporary committee appointed for the purpose of taking steps to organise Bush Fire Brigades throughout the Grenfell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Preparing for Bush Fires Fighting Brigades Being Formed Preventing Death and Destruction Activities at Pinnacle
The fearful and devastating bushfires which have swept through this district in past seasons, reaping their harvest of death and destruction, will hot be feared so much during the coming season by the farmers at Pinnacle, and other parts of the district…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boarding House Fire. Narrow Escapes, in Night Attire. Sydney
One of the largest boarding establishments at Redcliff (Q.) was totally destroyed by fire early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Fire in Q. Monday Evening
"Orient House," the largest boarding establishment at Redcliffe, Queensland, was totally destroyed by fire early yesterday morning…
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Last Friday night about 11.30 a kitchen, the property of Mr. R. Ritchie. South Forbes, was totally destroyed by fire, with its contents, the property…
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On Monday morning last, Mr. Thos. Farnsworth's house at Wongagong was totally destroyed by fire. The morning was very windy, and at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hundreds Perish Fire in Theatre
Madrid.—It has been definitely established that several hundred persons, including many children, perished in a fire which destroyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Early Morning Blaze Broadway Garage Gutted. Great Work by Local Brigade
After a day In which nothing but dust and heat disturbed the peacc and quietness of the residents of Parkes, the sound of the fire bell, in the early hours of this morning, caused many people to leave their beds and witness a spectacular blaze In Broadway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Huge City Fire In C.S.R. Co.'s Buildings Damage Estimated at £40,000 SYDNEY
Shortly after 10 o'clock last night, the Colonial Sugar Refinery Co.'s works at Jones' Bay were almost gutted by fire. The damage is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DAMAGE £28,000 Big Fire at Orange (By Wire) Sydney
A fire at Orange yesterday destroyed a two-storey building in the main business centre of the town. Damage was estimated at £28,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newspaper Office Gutted Other Buildings Damaged Gilgandra Blaze GILGANDRA
A disastrous fire broke out in premises occupied by the Gilgandra "Weekly" newspaper in the main street of Gilgandra yesterday…
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