Service Medals Wallsend Fire Presentations
Long-service medals were presented to several members of Wallsend Fire Brigade last night. In making the presentations, Mr…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
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Boarders' Peril Ran Gauntlet of Burning Stairs Shops Ablaze Fire Follows Cessnock Explosion
Awakened by a terrific explosion, which shook the building from end to end and roused the locality, six men boarders in an upstairs residential in Vincent-street, Cessnock, had a narrow escape early this morning…
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A five-roomed cottage, owned and occupied by Mr. Arthur Gosney, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. Nothing of any value was saved from the…
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Long service decorations were presented to members of Wallsend Fire Brigade on Thursday night, subsequent to a heat in the district games competition, in which…
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It was learned to-day that insurance on the two-storied building destroyed by fire at Cessnock early yesterday morning was £800. The…
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A two-storied weatherboard building, in Vincent-street, Cessnock, was destroyed by life early yesterday morning. The building was owned by Mr. A. Kennedy, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shell Bursts Battlefield Tragedy Two Killed Ignited By Camp-fire LONDON
Two persons were killed, and several injured when a shell exploded among a party visiting the Verdun battlefield. The shell…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire's Sweep Big Blaze at Branxton £7000 DAMAGE Hotel and Shops Destroyed
The most severe fire the town of Branxton has known swept through the northern side of the main street in the early hours of…
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A fire which broke out at Branxton this morning destroyed a block of shops and caused damage estimated at £7000…
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Machinery and sheds at the box factory of Leask and Murray, of Denison-street, Rozelle, were destroyed by fire early this morning. The total…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Garage Fire Suspicions Aroused Ex-employee Committed Sydney
An inquiry into an explosion and fire, which partially destroyed an omnibus garage at Penshurst, on March 16, was held by the Coroner to-day. David Moyes,…
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Damage running into some thousands of pounds was caused by a fire which broke out at the timber yards of Leask and Murray. Rozelle, yesterday morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Automobile Fire in Los Angeles Remarkable Photos by Telephone
THE SCENE IN FRONT OF THE CAPITOL in Washington, U.S.A., when President Hoover was inaugurated. This picture was telegraphed from Washington to San Francisco recently. A REMARKABLE TELEPHOTO transmitted to San Francisco from Washington, U.S.A., showing President-elect Hoover taking the bath administered by Chief Justice Taft…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£20,000 Damage Alexandria Fire Spectacular Outbreak Sydny
About £20,000 damage was caused by a spectacular fire, which totally destroyed the Sterling Varnish Company's works, at Alexandria, this afternoon. Large stocks…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Branxton Fire Hotel and Four Shops £7000 Damages
A fire broke out in an oyster saloon in High-street, Branxton, early yesterday morning, and swept the Commercial Hotel and four shops out of existence, and, but…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Costly Fire Stables for Racers £350 in Notes Burnt Sydney
Consuming the timber sides and partitions of stables in Minter-street, Canterbury, to-day, us though they were cardboard, fire…
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Two houses were destroyed and another as well as the police station, damaged by fire, which broke out at Scarborough, a small mining township on the South…
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Ill-fortune befell J. A. Murray, horse, trainer, of Canterburyl yesterday morning, when a fire destroyed his racing stables, as well as £350 in b[?]knotes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Canberra Not Even Fires Seen Natives' Story Unconfirmed Sydney
The Canberra was in wireless communication with La Perouse station while making a four hours' flight in search of the Southern Cross. The Canberra reported…
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A special jury, in its verdict on the King Edward Hotel fire in the early hours of March 11, when 11 persons perished, shows that there was no…
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