Inquiry Into Fire
SYDNEY, Friday.—The coroner held an inquiry into the cause of the fire at the premises of Samuel Goodman, grocer at Kensington. William Doherty, Government…
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Fires & bushfires, 1920
382 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 20
Fire in Keen-street
Quite a stir was made in the streets on Friday night about 9 o'clock when the five bell sounded and the fire engino promptly left the station fully manned to answer a…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Zanders' bond store in Flinders-street, Melbourne, was destroyed by fire. Portion of a two-storey building collapsed. The damage is estimated…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—As the result of a benzine lamp bursting Dr. Lawrence's home at Gulgong was destroyed…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Hyams and Coy's, store at Cowra was destroyed by fire yesterday. The building and stock were insured…
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Four business establishments were completely swept away by fire and two men killed in a resultant explosion in Byron Street, Bangalow, early this morning. The…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A fire broke out on the Japanese steamer Madras Main at Newcastle this morning, but was soon extinguished…
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The continuous "tooting" of a motor horn, followed by the ringing of church and school bells, aroused the slumbers of the population of Bangalow at about 12,30 o'clock…
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ON Tuesday evening adisastrous fire occurred at Bangalow when two men were killed and five business places totally destroyed…
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Daniel Healy claimed £400 damages from Henry Alexander Clark, alleging that he had been caused loss to this extent as the result of careless use of fire…
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The continuous "tooting" of a motor horn, followed by the ringing of church and school bells, aroused the slumbers of the population of Bangalow at about…
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A disastrous fire broke out in Maiden's motor garage, Bangalow, just after midnight on Wednesday, when the garage, together with Street's…
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Several buildings were destroyed by fire in the early hours of Wednesday morning last, and unfortunately the conflagration was…
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The chief topic of conversation at Bangalow is still the disastrous fire and the subsequent loss of two lives. Although it is a few days since the blaze occurred, the…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday.—The freight ship West Cape, loaded with gasoline, and on route to the Orient, caught on fire. The vessel was beached and scuttled at Oakland,…
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On Wednesday morning the news reached Byron Bay of a disastrous fire at Bangalow in the early horns of that morning (about 2 a.m.), in…
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Byron-street, Bangalow, was the scene of a disastrous fire during the early hours of Wednesday morning. The fire, which did damage to the…
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Even on Saturday the big fire with its tragic happenings was still the all absorbing topic of conversation. Large numbers of people from the surrounding…
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PERTH, Monday.—The French sailing ship Notre Dame, which went aground on South Australia some weeks ago, caught fire on Saturday night. The hull was…
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