Fire at Waterloo. Damage Estimated at £15,000. SYDNEY
The factory and its contents of Maguire and Co., wicker furnishers, at Waterloo, was destroyed by fire early this morning. This is the fourth time in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1920
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The Recent Fire. the Official Inquiry
On Monday last the police magistrate (Mr. Laidlaw) held an inquiry into the origin of the recent fire in Narrabri…
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He hears no one call out fire. He awakened the inmates of the hotel. He noticed the place was on fire at the bathroom when he was calling the…
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Reporting to the Council on [?]day night, the Deputy Mayor (Ald. Walker), commented as [?]ows on the recent fire:—…
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On Saturday afternoon a six-roomed cottage at Somerton, belonging to Mr. David Brown, was totally destroyed by fire, together with the kitchen,…
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The bollinp-down works of Cockbill and Sons, at West Melbourne, was partly destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at about £40,000…
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Sasafras, Victoria, narrowly escaped destruction by a bush fire yesterday. A favorable change in the wind enabled the firemen to obtain control…
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A fire broke out at the rear of the Newcastle Council Chambers, yesterday morning. Headquarter's fire brigade was called at 6.30, and found volumes of…
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Four shops were gutted by fire at Mudgee this morning. The damage is estimated at £2000…
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As the result of a fire at Katoompa early this morning three shops were considerably damaged. The whole block would have been demolished but for the…
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Damage estimated at £100 was done by a fire over the Australian Picture Theatre in Liverpool Street, City, this afternoon…
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At midnighs a large house and shop, containing 14 apartments, known as the Railway Refreshment Rooms was destroyed by fire. The…
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A fire broke out in the Grand junction gold mine at Wachi, New Zealand. The employees subdued the outbreak, but in doing so several men were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Excitement in Dubbo. Man Fires on All Comers. SYDNEY
Early on Sunday morning a sensational encounter between the police and a man who is supposed to have been deranged occurred on the Dubo golf links…
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Narrabri appears to be earning an unenviable "reputation for fires. Since the end of January no less then fire outbreaks have occurred. Last night…
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A little after 3 o'clock on Monday morning a fire broke out in Mr. J. T. McCaffrey's Federal Hotel, in Peel-street, Tamworth. The first person to notice…
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An inquiry into the Arthur Street fire was conducted on Saturday. Sergeant Ferris deposed about midnight on the…
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A fire broke out today in a shed at the rear of Messrs. Pan Kee and Co.'s premises in Balo-street, Moree. When the fire was first noticed it had obtained…
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Last night at about 10.20, Mr. Geo. Denshire, postmaster at West Narrabri, while proceeding home from a dance in the Oddfellows' Hall, noticed…
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Shortly after 1 p.m. on Tuesday a fire occurred in tho simple room of the Criterion Hotel. The fire apparently broke out under the flooring…
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