Chocolate Factory on Fire. £100,000 Damage. MELBOURNE
The chocolate factory of Hoadley's, Ltd, in Coventry-street, South Melbourne, was destroyed by fire yesterday. At 12.30 the day watchman discovered…
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Fires & bushfires, 1920
195 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 8 of 10
Reprisals at Cork. City Hall Set on Fire. LONDON
The expected reprisals for the murder of a soldier in a lorry look place in Cork early this morning, when a series of loud explosions, followed by rifle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poles and Reds. Armistice Still Hanging Fire. Fighting Continues. LONDON
The "Times" Riga correspondent says the terms of the Polish-Russian armistice propose 25 days truce, terminable on 36 hours notice thereafter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Liner on Fire. LONDON
Reuter's Berlin correspondent wires from Hamburg that a big fire broke out at midnight on the 16,000 ton Hambu[?] American lin[?]r. Viktoria Luise, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Justifiable Homicide. Constable Fires in Self-Defence. SYDNEY
The coroner returned a verdict of justifiable homicide in connection with the death of Sydney Turner, who died from the effects of a bullet wound…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Fight Fire Farmers and Farming Communities
Good as well as bad seasons bring their obligations. So officers of the Field Branch of the Department of Agriculture remind farmers. Good…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Has Hell Fire Any Terrors? Appeal for Creed Revision
"Hell has no terrors now, with which me a may bo huddled into a [?]ck." That is one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Mine on Fire. Sydney
A seam of coal in Lymington Colliery, Newcastle, caught fire 1500 feet from the entrance rendering 150 miners idle. The blaze is expected to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Telegrams. Horrible Suicide. Man Sets Fire to Himself. Sydney
The body of John McGann, 53, was found hangings from a fig tree near his home at Kabra, Queensland, The body was charred from the top of the head to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Man Sets Fire to Himself
The body of John McGann, 53, was found hanging from a fig tree near his home at Kabra, Queensland. The body was charred from the top of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Carriage Works. £50,000 Damage. SYDNEY, Suuday
G. H. Olding's carriage and motor body building works in Parramatta-road, Globe, were almost totally destroyed by five early yesterday morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Thames-side Fire. Firemen Killed. LONDON
A serious fire broke put on a Thames' wharf at Wapping, which lit up the city for miles. A big explosion occurred, owing to an accumulation of gas in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Caulfield
Brooks' timber,yard, near Caulfleld, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £50,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Irish Horrors. Further Loss of Life. Barracks on Fire. London, Wednesday night
At Dublin the troops raided extensively. Harriet Butler, 25, was shot critically outside her house. At Ballinasloe a constable was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Colliery. Horses Suffocated. SYDNEY
During a small fire in the underground workings of the Oakey Park colliery, Lithgow, 28 valuable horses were overcome by smoke, and suffocated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Fire. Causes Extensive Damage. SYDNEY
A fire broke out In a building at the lower end of Macquarie-street, occupied by E. C. Elliott and Co., engineers; and two floors were extensively damaged by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Reprisals. Whole Countryside on Fire. LONDON
Reprisals followed hot on the heels or the attack on constables at Ballybrack mentioned yesterday. Farm houses hay sheds, and corn…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jury Disagree. Alleged attempt to Fire at Policeman. SYDNEY
The jury in the case of John Walke, charged at the Sessions with attempting to discharge a loaded revolver with intent to murder Sergt. O'Brien, after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mysterious Fire. Verdict Against Person Unknown. SYDNEY
An inquiry was held to-day regarding a fire which occurred at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Strachan, at Paddington, last month…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Outbreak of Fire
An outbreaK of fire occurred at about half past ten this morning in East Moree, in an old shed owned by Peters and Co. and in which Was…
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