Fire in a Hospital
Extraordinary scenes were witnessed at Brighton when a fire broke out early in the morning in a four-storey Red Cross Hospital…
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Fires & bushfires, 1923
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Fire at Mount Morgan. Brisbane
The main street in Mount Morgan, known an Morgan-street, was the scene of the worst fire in the town's history late last night, when twelve buildings,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Free Beer From Hotel Fire Desolate Mount Morgan ROCKHAMPTON
With blackened and burnt masses of iron, and immense heaps of charred debris, with a street full of salved goods which have been drenched by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cease Fire! Rebel Surrender Headquarters' Order LONDON
The Irish rebel headquarters have ordered a cessation of hostilities. DE VALERA HAS ISSUED A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Midnight Blaze Damage at Cessnock Firemen's Good Work
The most disastrous fire in the history of Cessnock occurred early yesterday morning, when Whiteford's mercery store was completely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Kearsley
A bag humpy occupied by Wesley John Smith, at Kearsley, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday. The contents, including a piano…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vapor Ignites Fire at Chatswood SYDNEY
Fire broke out yesterday in a shed occupied by George Wilson, coachbuilder, at Chatswood. Some spirit vapor came in contact with a flame…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central Fire Station Hamilton Site Approved
Hamilton Council has been advised by the Board of Fire Commissioners that the Valuer-General has been Invited to acquire the two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Open Verdict Sandgate Motor Fire Suspicious Circumstances
The adjourned Inquiry Into the burning of a mtorr lorry, owned by Mrs. Sarah McDonald, at Sandgate on February 19, was concluded before…
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The destruction by fire of a motor lorry, the property of Sarah M'Donald at Sandgate, on February 19. following another outbreak on the previous day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Trouble at Neath
A few days ago all the shiftmen and 18 pairs of miners were called in to the Wickham and Bullock Island Company's mine at Neath, to cope…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Escaping the Flames Home on Fire Sydney
When awakened by a policeman and informed that the house was on fire, William Crowley, tobacconist, of Botany-road, Waterloo, and his five children…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Blaze Timber Yard Gutted £410,000 DAMAGE Spectacular Fire
A fire estimated to have caused ovor £40,000 damage, destroyed the sawmill and Joinery works of Messrs. Armstrong and Royse,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Hamilton
A five-roomed house, occupied by Mr. R. Steel, at Gordon-avenue, Hamilton, was severely damaged by fire shortly before five o'clock yesterday afternoon. Upon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cessnock Fire
Mr. G. Brown, the District Coroner, held an inquest at the Cessoock Courthouse, yesterday, concerning the fire which occurred in premises in Vincent-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disastrous Fire. Armstrong & Royse Timber Yards. Estimated Damage £45,000 to £50,000
One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Newcastle occurred last night, resulting in the almost total destruction of the sawmill and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Merewether
A fire broke out in the kitchen of the Terminus Hotel, Merewether, about 8.30 last night, and a motor detachment from headquarters and the…
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The fire at the sawmill and joinery works of Messrs. Armstrong and Royse, Limited, Carrington, burned all day yesterday, and was still burning last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Hotel Glebe Outbreak
Newcastle headquarters fire station received a call at 8.30 last night for a fire at the Terminus Hotel. Merewether. A motor detachment, under District Officer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Blaze by Night
The fire at Armstrong and Royse, Limited's timber yard at Carrington lit up the surrounding area so well that Mr. Daniels took this photograph of the fire at 11, o'clock at night…
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