Blaze in Mine Broken Hill Fire Broken Hill
Referring to the outbreak of fire in the Central mine, the manager (Mr. James Hebbard) stated a general inspection was made yesterday, the concen[?]s of opinion…
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Fires & bushfires, 1923
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Judge in a Fire Wax Model Empire Exhibits Burned LONDON
The wax model of a judge, wearing a black cap. sentencing a prisoner, emblematic of British justice, is among the thousand Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dora Creek Fire Short Blaze Post Office And Store
The post office and general store at Dorn Creek were burnt to the ground on Saturday night. The post office was attached to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Men Entombed Explosion And Fires
A disastrous explosion following a series of fires at Malt by colliery, Rotherman, entombed 28 behind debris, to which fire prevents access…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Dora Creek
A telephone message was received by the Newcastle police on Saturday night that Cleaves' general store at Dora Crock, which was also used as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Launch on Fire Engine-room Blaze BRISBANE
While a motor launch, the Nancy III., was proceeding up the river with a party of between 60 and 70, she suddenly took fire, but was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Garage on Fire Sydney
A fire occurred at 7.29 o'clock last night in a building of two floors used as a garage by Frederick William Tarleton, Milson-street. North…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steel Works Fire Outbreak At Lithgow LITHGOW
Yesterday a fire was discovered in the rocf above the steel furnace at Hoskins's works. After two hours' strenuous work the five brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Central Mine Fire Broken Hill
A statement issued by Mr. J. Hebbard, manager of the Central mine, respecting the fire is as follows:— "There is little difference in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Amoy Under Fire
A message from Amoy, China, states that the British and Japanese Consuls there have requested Hongkong to despatch gunboats to protect their nationals…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burnt to Death Peasants' Awful Fate Shanty On Fire LONDON
Nine peasants assembled in a shanty at Bainsazza, Italy, which caught fire. The men fled into the field, with their clothing In flumes, and all were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sugar Cane Fires Queensland Losses Kerosene Rag Found BRISBANE
Several fires occurred almost simultaneously in sugar cane crops at Gordon Vale, in the far north, and about 7000 tons of cane, valued at between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Central Mine Fire Broken Hill
Mr. James Hebbard (manager of the Central mine) made the following statement last night in connection with the fire which is raging in that mine:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Launch on Fire "Kia-ora" Destroyed
The steam launch Kia Ora, owned by Mr. Arnold Woodward, of Catherine Hill Bay, was totally destroyed by fire on Lake Macquarie last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Fire Blaze At Flats
The residents of Wallsend were awakened at 2.50 this morning by the clanging of the fire bell. The brigade received an alarm that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Wallsend Splendid Save
A fire occurred at Nelson-Street, Wallsend, at 2.15 this morning, when the brigade, consisting of nine men, under Captain Fogo, turned out with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'Bus on Fire Sydney
Through petrol coining in contact with the exhaust-pipe, a 20 h.p. motor bus, owned by Samuel Henry Miller, was severely damaged by fire in Croydon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Fire Station Wanted At Waratah
Alderman Hughes moved at Waratah Council meeting last night that the Fire Commissioners be requested to erect a new fire station in the municipality of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Fight Fire Water at Stockton From Tanks Into Pipes
At Garden Suburb, Stockton, yesterday afternoon, the Mayor (Alderman Cody) turned the water on from the overhead tanks into the pipes laid under the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lighter on Fire Sinks At Pyrmont Wharf SYDNEY
A lighter carrying several tins of chemicals caught fire at the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's wharf at Pyrmont about 10 a.m. to-day, with the result that…
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