Queensland Woolshed Destroyed by Fire. Damage Twenty Thousand. BRISBANE
The Leichhardt Downs shearing shearing containing stocks of wool, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is nearly £20,000. A…
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Fire at Trangie
A fire occurred at the Trangie local hall and burned also the cinema machine and the theatrical property of Gallipolli Strollers Company…
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A fire occurred at Bourke, yesterday, which destroyed the stores of Messrs. Hale and Co. Ltd., and several shops and offices. The damage is about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country Fires. At Lithgow and Epping
A fire at the Collosseum Theatre Lithgow on Sunday morning caused the total destruction of a gas engine cinema plant, and the proprietor's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables. Motor Bus Catches Fire. Seven Passengers Incinerated. LONDON
Seven persons were incinerated and five others sent to hospital in consequence of a motor bus catching fire at Nuneaton yesterday. The bus…
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The fire in the Wonthaggi mine was extinguished yesterday. Following the air tests electric fans will be set running for 24 hours to ensure the safely of the…
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It is proposed, by the Board of Fire Commissioners for N.S.W., to institute a wireless service for State-wide operations by the brigade. Experiments…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Fire on a Farm. Nine People Incinerated. LONDON
A party of men and women engaged at a farm as potato gatherers, were sleeping in a loft above a barn at Dundonald. The barn ignited, and…
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Just after 12.30 p.m. on Friday last the ringing of the firellboll caused an alarm in Berrigan and people hurriedly left the dinner…
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Several shops in King-street, Newtown, wore damaged by a fire, which followed closely upon the wool stores, fire at Botany. Here again the…
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Sensational fire took place in the cinema quarters of London and forty-fire engines were engaged. An explosion occurred in the premises of a…
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Damages amounting to £940 19s were claimed in the Circuit Court this week, before Mr Justice Gordon and a jury, by John Leetham, farmer, from the Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A December Fire LEETHAM V. Railway Commissioners. Verdict For, £752 DAMAGES
On 13th December, 1923—13 days after the Victorian Railway Commissioners took charge of the D. and. M. railway line—a lire spread from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bonegilla Bush Fire Brigade
At the annual meeting of the above a balance-sheet presented by tho secretary, Mr. T. Cummins, showed a credit balance of £3/7/1. The brigade…
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Twenty-one persons were killed, and thirty injured as a result of a fire, which this morning consumed over 600 barracks buildings here housing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big New Zealand Fire. Wellington (N.z.)
A fire, which ocurred at Lambton Quay, destroyed the wine and spirit store of Harold Brown & Company. Three floors collapsed, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Films Explosion. Fire in London. London, October 23
A sensational fire has occurred in the cinema quarter of London. Forty fire engines were in action. An explosion on the premises of the Ideal…
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There was a large and representative gathering at the meeting held on Monday evening for the purpose of forming a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in New Zealand. Destroys Drill Half. WELLINGTON
The Government drill hall at Lower Hut, has been destroyed by fire, together with howitzers, rifles and ammunition. The loss is £10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Smyrna Fire. Claims £20,000,000. LONDON
An important test case, arising out of the great fire at Smyrna in 1922, has been begun in London. Twenty millions is involved. The American…
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