North Hill Fire Coronial Inquiry
"It is an extraordinary thing that the house should catch en fire when sworn evidence shows that there was no inflammable…
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Fires & bushfires, 1930
273 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 14
Recent Fire on Merringreen Road
In connection with the recent fire on the Merringreen Road, Ungarie, where by a large quantity of farming machinery, sulkies, motor car, etc.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →5,541 FIRES In N.S.W. Last Year (By Wire) Sydney
The report of the New South Wales Fire Commissioner for 1929 discloses that there were 4145 calls in the Sydnew district and 1396 in other parts of…
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"The said premises were wilfully and maliciously destroyed by fire by some person or persons unknown."…
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At Thursday night's Council meeting Aid. Keane said he had caused a motion to be adopted last year asking that a permanent residence be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →47 Motors Gone Big Blaze at Geelong Safeblowers to Blame? MELBOURNE
Forty-four cars and three motor trucks were destroyed in a fire which gutted the garage of Margett's Motors Pty., Ltd.in Merces-Street, Geelong…
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At the conclusion of an inquiry on, Friday afternoon, into the cause of a fire that destroyed a cottage at North Hill, on March 5,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miscellaneous Two Children Dead. Narrow Escapes Op Father and Mother. Terrible Tragedy at Trundle. Petrol Explosion Causes Fire
A shocking tragedy occurred at Victoria Park, about 12 miles from Trundle on Tuesday night, when Kveith O'Malley, aged eight, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Car Destroyed by Fire Electrician's Loss
A car owned by Roy McDonald, electrician, of Forbes, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Fires Inquiries by the Coroner. Open Verdicts
The District Coroner (Mr. H. W. Hall) on Saturday morining conducted two Inquiries into fires which had occurred in the Parkes district, and in each case an open verdict was returned. Giving evidence in regard to a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junee Fires Insurance Companies' Move
Many fires have broken out in Junee during past months. This has cost the various insurance offices many pounds, and one big company,…
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Mr. A. Duffy was awakened, in the early hours of Saturday morning to find that his bed was smouldering and his legs were in danger of being…
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A five-roomed weatherboard cottage, on the corner of William and Bathurst Streets, Camp Hill, was totally destroyed by fire in…
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At the Parkes Court House this morning, Mr. W. H. Hall (District Coroner) conducted an inquiry into a fire which damaged a cottage and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Risks
The Forbes Council received a letter last night from the Fire and Accident Underwriters Association. This acknowledged the receipt of Council's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Open Verdict Renfree Street Fire Coroner's Inquiry
The Coroner, Mr. Arthur Sam, returned an open verdict on Wednesday, when he held an inquiry into the cause of a fire that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ten Killed Explosion of Fire Works (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Philadelphia stales that a large area rocked by a tremendous explosion of stored fireworks in a manufacturing plant at Devon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forbes Fires Average One a Week. Does Fire-Bug Threaten All? Will Town Be Outlawed?
Since the beginning of 1930, three months, Forbes has experienced no less than 13 fires, an average of four a month, or one a week during that period. In analysing this startling sequence of destruction, Forbes might well begin to believe that it is in the grip of one or more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Tottenham
A fire at Tottenham on Thursday night totally destroyed the only hotel in the town, the damage being estimated at £7000. The building,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Fires. Parkes' Record. Cottage and Slaughter-House
About 10 o'clock on Saturday night a fire broke out at Mazzocchi's slaughter-house, Parkesborough, and the building and contents were…
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