Hartlepool Fire
TWENTY-EIGHT fire brigades were brought to deal with a big fire at Hartlepool (England). The fire lasted 27 hours, and covered eight…
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Fires & bushfires, 1922
83 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 5
News of the World Fire in Bordeaux. Millions of Francs Damage. Paris
The Compagnie Transatlantique stores at Bordeaux, where a large quantity, of lubber and sulphur were stored, were destroyed by fire. The…
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About 2.30 a.m. yesterday (Tuesday) sleeping Taree became dreamfly aware of the clangor of the firebell, and many of those in the…
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A fire occurred about 2.30 a.m. on Tuesday morning last in the wellknown store at the corner of Manning and Victoria streets, Taree, which was…
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An extensive fire was started at Mr. Byran (S.A.) by lighting, which struck a tree and set fire to the grass. The flames spread…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Acres of Flame. Great Fire Sweeps Glasgow
A Glasgow report dated Saturday, states that two acres of buildings, including the railway goods store, the largest in Great Britain, have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Big Fires. Estimate of Damage. Sydney
The fire at Grace Bros. looked like a £500,000 fire, but it was checked by the heroic efforts of the firemen. Officials of the Company are able to state…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Fires. Grace Bros. Furniture Stores. "A Mass of Flames." Sydney
Considerable damage, which has not yet been estimated, was caused by a fire at Grace Bros.' furniture factory in Camperdown this morning. The fire…
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Rolling comfortably along Wylie's-avenue, Lakemba, the other afternoon, a road roller, owned by the Canterbury Council suddenly burst into flames,…
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Early last week Mr. H. Daley's four-roomed weatherboard cottage on his property at Taylor's Arm' was burnt to the ground. It had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Wires. Sydney, Thursday. Mysterious Fires
A series of extraordinary tires in a house at Darling Point have caused great excitement to neighbors. It appears that within about two days…
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The careless methods of robbers of bees' nests have more than once caused serious damage to persons and properties, but one of the worst…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Iceland. the Land of Fire!
THE land which has come down in history as Iceland might with more accuracy have been given a diametrically opposite title, and called "The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Ball Through a House. Sydney
A message from Kiama states that a crash of thunder was followed by a blinding flash of lightning and a ball of fire passed through a house, leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mystery Fires. Fresh Outbreaks. Sydney
The mystery fires at Darling Point, after a lull, broke out again yesterday. Mr. W. G. Rendell, the occupier of the house in Old South Head road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific Bushfire. Sydney
Terrific bushfires are raging in the Henty district, an area of 60 square miles being affected. At one period it was feared Henty would be burnt. All…
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The inquiry by Mr. Hodge, District Coroner, regarding the destruction by fire of the house on a property 20 miles above Bowraville,…
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Messrs [?]bbeck and Turner's [?] had a narrow escape from destruction by fir on Sunday last. The flames were first noticed by Mr…
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On Friday last, about 4 o'clock, a fire broke out at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. Hadley. Tinonee. Mr. Hadley was at Wingham at the time,…
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A Lismore wire on Wednesday says that the combined general store and dwelling at North Lismore occupied by Joseph Bracks and family…
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