Fire Brigades and Go Slow Policy
The Chief Secretary says that if members of the Fire Brigades carry out their threatite go slow, he hopes the responsible officers will dispense…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1922
83 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 5
The Blazing Wild. a Thrilling Forrest Fire
Hot sunshine in the country is a very different thing from hot sunshine in the city, and its effects in the Former case are often very much…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Blaze at Blue Mountains. Hydro Majestic Hotel Half Destroyed. Sydney
A Katoomba message states that the Hydro Majestic Hotel, at Medlow Bath, was half destroyed by fire at an early hour to-day. The blaze was first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£3,000 to Light a Fire
The news that Britain's blast furnaces have been rekindled is encouraging. For months they bad been cold owing to the prohibitive cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Go Slow. Fire Brigades Reject Proposal. Sydney
The Fire Brigade Employees' Union has rejected the go slow proposal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Fatality
Through the snapping of a 80-foot tower ladder in the early stages of a fire in George-st., Sydney, on Sunday, one fireman was killed and another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gristing Mill Fire. £1000 Damage. Sydney
Jones Bros.' gristing mill at Dulwich Hill was almost destroyed by fire, yesterday. The damage is estimated at about £1000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fire. DAMAGE, £40,000
A message from Chinchilla (Q.) states that 15 business places, including two hotels, forming all one side of Chinchila-street, were destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Near Macksville. Mr. R. McILWAIN'S Home Gutted
On Saturday night last the residence of Mr. Robert McIlwain, who was living a couple of miles down the river from Macksville, was burned to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Pola Arsenal. London
A Rome message reports that much damage was caused by a fire at Pola Arsenal. Many factories were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires in Queensland. Sydney
A message from Mitchell (Queensland) states that bush fires arc raging all over the district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge Fire. Five Towns Destroyed. London
A New York message from North Bay, Ontario, states that a fire is sweeping Northern Ontario. Thirty lives have been lost and five towns…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Feared. Sydney
A Dubbo message states there is likely to be a recrudescence of bush fires that last year swept millions of acres in the middle and far west…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Fire at Sea. Captown
The steamer "Langton Hall," en route from Buenos Ayres to Sydney, has arrived at Durban after four days' fight with a fire in her local bunkers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fire. Five Towns Destroyed. Many Lives Lost. New York Oct 6
A message from Northbay (Ontario) says it is reported that 30 lives have been lost in a fire which is sweeping Northern Ontario. Five towns have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →News of the World. Liner on Fire. Passengers Take to Boats. London
A series of urgent messages from Vaucouver were received this morning, stating that the liner "City of Honolulu," formerly the North German…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Fire Station
Mr. A. J. Druitt, Town Clerk, has received word from the secretary of the Fire Commissioners that some of the members of the Board will attend the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Racecourse Fires
Following on three loud explosions, the members' stand at Caulfield racecourse went in smoke early on Saturday, and property valued at more than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Fight Fire. Sonic Important Precautions
Every year during the summer the fire demon licks up stretches of crops and grass in this State aggregating in value a considerable fortune…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kempsey's New Fire Station
Kempsey's new fire station was opened on Saturday night, when Mr. E. E. Collins, Country representative on the Board of Fire Commissioners, cut the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →