Year's Fire Calls
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The calls received by the city and suburban fire brigades during the year amounted to 1770, of which very few were serions. The present month has…
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Fires & bushfires, 1919
472 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 24
A Perpetual Fire
There has been talk in England of using peat to help the winter fuel supply. If peat should come into general use it may solve another difficulty, that of the short…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →General News. Bridge on Fire
A railway bridge near Woodlawn caught on fire yesterday, but the blaze was extinguished before any great damage was doze. The morning train from the Tweed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germans Fire on American Flag. (Reuter.)
COPENHAGEN, Monday.—The details of the fighting at Posen show that German officers fired at an automobile flying the American flag passing through the streets…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigade Report. a Record for Calls Established. SYDNEY
The annual Fire Brigade report for Sydney and suburbs shows that the Brigade had 1770 calls during the year which is a record. Four hundred and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge Grass Fires. Sydney
Huge tracts of country have been swept by grass fires round Whitton…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Bush fires are still raging and doing serious damage in the country districts. The settlers are strenuously fighting the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lismore's Fires
So far as fire outbreaks were concerned, Lismore had practically an uneventful period last year. The brigade received only 10 calls, and with the exception of a house…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Water Supply Turned Off. Unauthorised and Wicked Act. What If There Had Been a Fire?
Some excitement was caused in Lismore yesterday when it was learned that the water had been cut off overnight by an unauthorised hand. As far as the waterworks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Steamer
MELBOURNE, Friday.—A fire was discovered to-night on the steamer Loongana which has been held up since Wednesday owing to the firemen claiming increased…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire Brigade. And Some Advice to the Public
Last year the Murwillumbah Fire Brigade was called and attended five fires, an increase over the previous year's record. None of the outbreaks caused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cane Fires
The continued dry weather has caused more than one bush firo in the lower river district during the holidays. Last Tues[?] day the swamp at the back of East Wardell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Big Fire. Evidence by Mr. Blow
SYDNEY, Monday.—An inquest was opened concerning the fire which destroyed the Crown studios last month. Mr. Mark…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Fire Inquiry. Open Verdict Returned. Sydney
The fire which destroyed the Crown Studios and other establishments in Sydney on December 20th was inquired into by the City Coroner to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lightning and Grass Fires
Can lightning cause grass fires? A great many people say that it cannot; but in the pastoral districts of Queensland it would be hard to find many who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Words of Fire
The following blistering article is from the leading columns of the "Farmer and Settler":— Mr. Richard Teece is an honored…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Big Sydney Fire
At the inquest concerning the fire which destroyed the Crown Studios last month, Mr. Mark Blow, proprietor, said he had a very…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Sanatorium. Inmates Enabled to Escape
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Sydney Sanatorium, controlled by the Seventh Day Adventists at Wahroonga, narrowly escaped destruction by fire at 3 o 'clock this morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lightning Starts Fire. Rabbits Electrocuted. SYDNEY
Lightning started a fire near Parkes. Striking a tree, round which a wire was tied, the lightning travelled along the wire, setting fire to the grass, and about…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The death has occurred at Jerilderie of William Seymour, 54, who was suffering from burns sustained during bush fires in the district recently…
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