The Year's Fires
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The report, of the Fire Brigade Commissioners stated that during the year there were 1711 fires in the met-, ropolitan area, of which 10 were serious. In…
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Fires & bushfires, 1920
382 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 20
Flour Mills Destroyed. Big Blaze at Port Adelaide
ADELAIDE, Friday.—Messrs. John Darling and Sons' large flour mills at Port Adelaide were completely destroyed by fire this morning. The premises occupied an…
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John Darling and Sons huge flour mill, occupying an area of 24,000 square feet, was completely destroyed by fire this morning…
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Following upon a hot summer with drought conditions, the 1918-19 statistical year proved due of the worst on record in New South Wales for forest [?]ires, no Tower than 195…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—No. 5 store at Alexandria railway yards was discovered to be on fire at an early hour this morning. The shed contained a quantity of oil and other goods,…
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A mysterious fire occurred yesterday among reels of paper…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--A mysterious fire among the reels of paper sorted from those recently damaged in the fire at Adelaide occurred yesterday…
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Following upon a hot summer with drought conditions, the 1918-19 statistical year proved one of the worst on record in New South Wales for forest…
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Recently a large supply-of paper for the "Adelaide Advertiser" was burned in store at Port Adelaide, and on Sunday morning another outbreak occurred among the remains…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The brigades effected a good save this afternoon, when a fire broke out in a four-storied building in Yorkstreets, next door to Alex. Cowan and Sons…
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A fire, causing £7000 damage, broke out in a four-storeyed building in York Street to-night. Flames were noticed on the second floor occupied by Woods,…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Two fires were discovered by a boy at the Marist Brothers' monastery at Maitland. The monastery had been closed since Christmas. The building…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Fire broke out late yesterday afternoon in premises in York-street occupied by Messrs. Crompton and Co., electrical engineers. The place is next door…
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The second storey of "Erneville" boarding-house, South Murwillumbah, owned by Mr. H. Gill, senr., and occupied by Mrs. E. C. Duffy, was destroyed…
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A fire broke out late yesterday afternoon in premises in York Street next door to a building wherein a fire occurred on Friday night. The blaze…
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Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in the building used by the Department of Education for the purpose of teaching cooking. It is stated that the fire…
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Mrs. Louise Isles was in af house alone on the Paneroo Road, 18 miles from Perth, when her hair and garments caught fire. These were completely…
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WELLINGTON, Wednesday—Two fires occurred within a week on the steamer Teanau in New Zealand waters. The second outbreak was discovered in the hold at…
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Sir,—Shortly after the disaster which rendered homeless the congregation of the Church of Christ at Lismore, I was impressed by a paragraph appearing in the…
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In the early hours of Thursday the people of Uki were awakened by the cry of fire, and it was early seen that the butcher's shop and bakehouse of…
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