Steamer on Fire. Twenty Persons Killed. 15 Stowaways Perish. Paris. November 24
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 20
Owing to an explosion aboard the steamer Otterburn, lying in the outer breakwater at Marseilles, ready for departure at daylight, more than 20…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Fire at Brisbane. Building Reconstructed after Former Fire
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 2
Lightning is supposed to have caused a fire at King's Buildings, Elizabeth Street, Brisbane last night. The firemen had a terrific fight to defeat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 5
On Sunday last a bush fire broke out on the eastern portion of Burrangong Estate, recently purchased by Mr. Kennedy, who was in Corowa at the time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire at Orange. Woman Burnt to Death
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 1
Daisy Birkenhead, the wife of a well known dentist, was burnt to death at Orange, through her clothes igniting at a copper fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fighting Bush Fires
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1923 · page 28
At a meeting of farmers and business men held in Finley it was decided to levy 5/ per 100 acres, if necessary, in order to obtain a motor lorry, tank…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Bush Fire Brigades
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1923 · page 26
It cannot be too often or too insistently urged that the farmers and graziers should at this season spend some of their time and their money…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Bush Fires in the Mountains. In Several Parts. SYDNEY
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 2
Bush fires yesterday were blazing in various parts of the Blue Mountains. A private hospital at Katoomba was seriously menaced for a time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fatal Fire
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 2
The residence of Mr. A. F. Ryan, secretary of the Bateman's Bay Race Club, was burnt to the ground. The rest of the family escaped in their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Near Sydney
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1923 · page 31
Bush fires raged in the suburbs of Sydney at the end of last week, and at places houses were in danger of destruction. "When a fire broke out in a…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Tank Lorry for Bush Fires. The Editor "Albury Banner."
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1923 · page 33
Sir,—In view of the daily accounts in the papers of bush fires, and the most disastrous ones that occurred at Albury last year, I beg to send you the…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Fires in Metropolitan Area
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1923 · page 22
Fires in buildings and on open land kept many of the metropolitan fire brigades active during the week-end. An outbreak occurred in a fish shop…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Bad Grass Fire
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 December 1923 · page 2
A few minutes after the Melbourne express passed the overhead bridge about four miles form Wagga on Saturday morning flames were seen to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Ballina. Damage, £9000
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 December 1923 · page 1
By a fire at Bagot Bros. timber mill, Ballina, damage amounting to £9000 was occasioned. A change of wind sayed the valuable plant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Fight Fire. Organisation of Bush Brigades
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 December 1923 · page 4
The character of the present season has not been such as to make the outbreak of bush fires a very likely contingency in many districts, but every…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire in Melbourne. Flinder Street Arcade
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 December 1923 · page 2
A disastrous fire, at 2 o'clock this morning, gutted the whole of the Empire Arcade, Flinders-street, Melbourne, presenting a tremendous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Fight Fire. Hay Trials at Leeton
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1923 · page 17
The character of the present season has not been such as to make the outbreak of bush fires a very likely contingency in many districts, but every Mr. A. N. Shepherd, of the Agricultural Department, reporting on the wheaten hay trials held at Leeton states that all the varieties on Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fire at Hill Plat. Inquiry Held
The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 December 1923 · page 2
A fire occurred at Mr. John Lethem’s property “Mafeking Hill Plain on Thursday last week and caused damage estimated at about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Inquiry at Deniliquin
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 21
The coroner held an inquiry at Deniliquin concerning a fire which occurred on 13th inst. at John Leetham's Mafeking property, Hill Plain, and…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Sydney Fire. Damage £1000.000
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 45
One of the most spectacular fires ever seen in Sydney, and one of the most destructive for some years, gutted the four-storied building occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Serious Fires in Ocean Liner. Moldavia's Hold Burning. A Stubborn Figh't. SYDNEY
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 2
At Freemantle a fire in the Moldavia's hold developed serious dimensions. The vessel's departure is delayed indefinitely. Steam jets played…
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