Fire in Bakehouse
At 12.30 o'clock on Wednesday morning a fire started in Ainsworth and Son's bakehouse, and it had a fair hold when first noticed by two…
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Fires & bushfires, 1927
96 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 5
Increased Fire Insurance Premiums
The effect of several increases in working expenses, such as wages cartage, workers' compensation insurance, etc, is felt immediately by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bowraville Fire. Coroner Returns Verdict That Fire Was Wilfully. Caused
On Friday last, at the Bowraville Courthouse, the Coroner, Mr. W. D. Hodge, J.P., conducted an inquiry regarding the…
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AN inqury into the circumstances surrounding the destruction, by fire, of Mr. Hague's residence at Tacking Point, on the 18th June last, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Balls of Fire
It occasionally happens that during a severe thunderstorm what is described as a "ball of fire" is seen to travel showly through the air, and then to burst before…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Negligent Use of Fire
Arthur Thomas Mackay proceeded against Frank Elias for £400 damages owing, it was alleged, to the negligent use and control of fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kempsey District Court. Claim for Damages Alleged Negligent Use of Fire
The case in which Arthur Thomas Mackay proceeded against Frank Elias claiming £400 damages for the alleged negligent use and control of fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early Morning Blaze. Three Buildings Destroyed at Ballina
A fire, which occurred in Ballina at 2.30 o'clock last Friday morning, completely gutted Mr. A. E. Hair's bakehouse, the salvation Army Hall,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Case. Verdict for Plaintiff
The cast of Arthur Thomas McKay proceeding against Frank Elias in a claim for £400 damages for alleged negligent use and control of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Danger of Grass Fires
It should not be necessary to remind readers of the danger at the present time of grass fres. The continued dry weather has made grass as dry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Carelessness with Fire
Quite recently Captain Lake, of the Kempsey Fire Brigade, has been troubled with calls for the brigade, only to discover that grass fires and rubbish…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Caused by Rats
Shortly after midday on Friday a fire was discovered under one of the grocery counters in Mr. E.T. Sheridan's store at Coraki. After pulling a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Inflammable Fire Preventive
When heated in air, selenium takes fire and is completely consumed, and now it acts as a preventive of fire is not cleat. Yet it is claimed to be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Comboyne
A store-room adjoining the Comboyne Dairy Company's factory and a cottage were destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. Considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Blaze at Comboyne
WHILST merry dancers were tripping in one hall and others at a concert in another building, a fire broke out in the Comboyne butter factory…
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A weatherboard building, occupied by Mr. W. J. Graham as a general store, and a cottage, owned by Mr. R. Monek, were totally destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Blaze at Comboyne
A weatherboard building, occupied by Mr. W. J. Graham as a general store, and a cottage owned by Mr. R. Monck, were totally destroyed by fire at about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Scare
Just on one o'clock yesterday an urgent call was received by the Kempsey Fire Brigade from East Kempsey. Captain Lake soon had his engine out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Important to Country Fire Brigades
The President of the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W .(the Hon. T. J. Smith, M.L.C.) visited Wellington on the 1st September, 1927, and met the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important to Country Fire Brigades
The president of the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W. (the Hon. T. J. Smith, M.L.C.), visited Wellington on the 1st September, 1927, and…
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