Fire Insurance. Big Sums Paid Out in Sydney. Sydney
The President of the Sydney Insurance Institute, referring to the enormous damage done by fire, said that huge sums were involved in the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
474 stories in New England's papers · page 11 of 24
Escaped Over Roofs Early Morning Fire
Awakening about 3.30 this morning, Albert Martina confectioner of Oxford Street Paddington found his shop ablaze He assisted his wife on to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coming Pictures "Fire Eater"
Richard Dix is now a "fire eater." He has not, however, forsaken the motion picture screen for the career of a magician or ci[?]tent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wandsworth Fire. Mr. Andrew Farrell's Loss
To retain after his day's work in the bush to find his home a boyd of smoking ashes was the experiences of Mr. Andrew Farrell, of Wandsworth,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Pa[?] Beach Boarding Ho[?] Destroyed SYDNEY
Palm Beach bo[?] house at Newport was totally [?]yed by fire last night, [?] garages beneath the residential [?] also…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£80,000 FIRE Clarence Street Building Roof Collapses Sydney
A fire which was discovered about midnight completely gutted the four-storey building in…
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About 4 o'clock on Sunday morning the ringing of bells was the first indication, to many residents, that another fire had broken out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Science Notes & News. Fire Extinguisher
According to an American technical journal, aqua ammonia--i.e., the common liquid ammonia--forms a most efficient fire-extinguisher, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warialda Fire. Business Premises Razed. Yesterday Morning Outbreak
A devastating fire broke out in Stephen Street, Warialda, in the early hours of yesterday morning. Fanned by a strong westerly wind the flames spread with remarkable rapidity totally destroying three business premises…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →My All Creek School Destroyed by Fire New Site Suggested
On Thursday evening the public school at Myall Creek was destroyed by fire. There had been a fire in The school during the day owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Business Premises Destroyed in Fire at Warialda Champion Crops New England Maize Competition Results SYDNEY
The Northern Tablelands division of the championship field maize competition, arranged by the Royal Agricultural Society, resulted:--…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Meat Depot Fire Brigades' Good Work SYDNEY
A fire was discovered last night at the Works of the Riverstone Meat Company's city depot, Harmarket-Fortunately the brigades were on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Mid-ocean Vessel Delayed 12 Days Auckland (N.z.)
The steamer Sussex, on which a fire occurred in mid-ocean on the voyage from Samarang, reached Auckland yesterday. Six holes were cut through…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Queen Contest. Results Announced
The United Charties Fire Queen Competition closed on Saturday night, when the results were announced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wandsworth
On Monday afternoon of last week, Mr. Andrew Farrell, of Wandsworth had the unfortunate experience of returning after his day's work in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Petrol Pump
A visitor to the town was filling up his petrol tank at one of Mr. L. W. Trim's bowsers late on Saturday afternoon, and while the "juice" was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Fire Hours. Sydney to Brisbane. Captain Brain's Fast Trip. Sydney
Pilot Brain. who left Sydney at noon yesterday in the "Atlanta. arrived in Brisbane five lionrs later. Hie trip averaging about one hundred miles an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Fire at Petrol Pump
A visitor to the town was filling up his petrol tank at one of Mr. L W. Trim's bowsers late on Saturday afternoon, and while the "juice" was…
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Owing to the low present of the gas yesterday, operatives in the gas yesterday, operative in departments of Messrs. Parsons…
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When an inquiry was held in the Magisterial Inquiry Court, Brisbane, into the cause of a fire which destroyed a motor car on the Sandgate…
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