Fire Commissioners Visit Running Five Hours Early
The Board of Fire Commissioners was expected to arrive in Kempsey from the North on Sunday evening about six -- they turned up at 1 p.m.,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1924
73 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 4
Fire Motor for Kempsey
Sunday last, Messrs. Harkness, Baker, Cullen, and Beswick, members of the Fire Brigade's Board, with Chief Officer Jackson, were in…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners consisting of Messrs. E. B. Harkness (president); T. Jackson (chief officer), L. Cullen (country and…
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The residents of Willawarrin were awakened at 1 on Monday morning with the much-dreaded call of fire. The blaze started in Mr. Fred, Tyne's…
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About 1 o'clock on Monday morning a fire was discovered in Mr. Fred Tyne's store at Willawarrin, opposite the hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Tyne had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Blaze at Bellingen. 13 Shops Burnt
A big fire occurred at Bellingen yesterday (Wednesday) morning, and before the flames had been subdued thirteen business premises were a heap of…
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The president of the Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. Harkness) on Thursday made the following comment on the fire which destroyed a…
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Wednesday morning last, 13 Bellingen business premises were destroyed by fire, the damage bing estimated at over £20,000. The premises destroyed…
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The estimate at the damage done at the recent fire at Bellingen is £20.000. About two yearn ago, in reply to the Bellingen's Council inquiry, the…
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A BIG fire at Bellingen on the 23rd ult. destroyed 13 shops, the damage being estimated at £20,000. The premises destroyed were:—Bank of New South Wales, Sproull…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Taree. Heavy Loss Sustained
A disastrous fire broke out at 1.30 on Saturday morning in Victoria-street, Taree, the main business centre, and did damage estimated at £80,000…
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A disastrous fire broke out at 1.30 on Saturday morning in Victoria-street, Taree, the main business centre, and did damage estimated at £80,000…
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About a quarter past one on Saturday morning, a motor driver, crossing by the ferry from Purfleet, drew the attention of the puntman to a…
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At half after one Saturday morning last, a fire broke out in the business centre of Taree, and wiped out about £80,000 worth before it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taree Fire Turbine Engine Very Satisfactory
On Monday afternoon, accompanied by Captain A. Baker and Fireman N. Nielsen. Mr. H. Coughlan (Motor Inspector and Instructor) was in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Taree. Connell's Store and Two Shops Burnt £45,000 Damages
The unenviable reputation which Taree has gained for fires during the past 15 months was capped early on Saturday morning by a fire whose disastrous effects are so far reaching as to be almost incalculable. Saturday's fire gutted the store of…
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A later estimate of the damage done by the fire at Taree last Saturday is £50,000. On Monday a unique demonstration took place at Milligan's…
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The business men who were burnt out in Saturday morning's fire have secured temporary premises and have already recommenced business…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Raiser's Wages Hired for £10 a Week
An astounding story of how for £10 a week he set fire to five laundries on the ground floor of houses in which hundreds of persons were asleep was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire at Taree. Damage Estimated at £80,000
DAMAGE estimated, at £80,000 was caused by a fire which broke out at 1.30 a.m. on Saturday in Victoria-street, the main business centre of…
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