A Costly Fire
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The damage by fire at Bromley House, Kent-street, last night is estimated at £10,000 sterliag…
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Fires & bushfires, 1921
532 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 27
A Suburban Fire
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A fire occurred early this morning in a three-storey building at Marrickville occupied by Morria McMnhon and Co., canister manufacturers, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Macksville Fire. Rev. Whitton Exonerated
SYDNEY, Friday.--Rev. Whitton, of Macksville, has been informed by his solicitors, Messrs. Davenport and Son, that the Attorney-General has decided…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Newcastle. (United Service, Ltd.)
LONDON, Monday.—A po1iceman opportunely detected a number of men tampering with the locks of an oil store at Newcastle last evening. He secured one of them, and…
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The stillness of the Quarter Ses-sions at Darlinghurst was rudely broken when a piece of concrete, about the size of a pullet's egg,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sinn Fein Fires. Outbreaks at Liverpool. London
Thirteen incendiary rick fires in the Liverpool district are attributed to Sinn Feiners. Five arrests have been the result of locally organised emergency…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigades Board
SYDNEY, Friday.—Ald. Collins, Mayor of Wagga, was to-day elected representative of the country municipalities on the Fire Brigades Board in place of the late Ald. R…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Grafton
GRAFTON, Sunday.—A fire occurred in a building at the rear of Mr. Thomas Crispin's residence, 25 Milton-street, Grafton, early yesterday morning in somewhat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Warehouse Fire. Rice, Oils and Silks Destroyed New York
The ''Chicago Tribune's" Shanghai correspondent states that silks, rice, and oils to the value of six million dollars were destroyed in a disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Printing Works Fire. Thousands of Pounds Worth of Damage. Sydney
Shortly after 2 o'clock this morning a fire broke out at Turner and Henderson's printing, works in the city. Because of easy accessibility the firemen had the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Picture Theatre
SYDNEY, Monday.—The damage at a fire,which broke out at the Apollo picture Theatre this morning is estimated at over £3000. The piano, staging, screens, and films…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires. Foster Nearly Surrounded
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Bush fires continue to burn furiously on three sides of the town of Foster in Gippsland district (Vic.) Thousnds of pounds worth of damage…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The town of Foster, in the Gippsland district, Victoria, is threatened with bush fires, which are burning on three sides of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Hotel
A clothes basket with a few articles of linen in it was left on the balcony at the rear of the Oxford Hotel on Monday afternoon. An hour or so…
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A ballot to elect a country representative on the Fire Brigades Board, caused by the death of the late Ald. Shepherd, resulted in Mr. E. E. Collins, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Menaced by Fire. Forster Attacked on Three Sides. Woman and Four Children Missing. Sydney
The town of Forster, in the Gippsland district, is threatened with bush fires which are burning on three sides of it. Residents are working hard to…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A fire, broke, out at 7 o'clock this morning in a building opposite the railway station occupied by a number of firms. Several floors were…
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A remarkable occurrence is reported from Mr. Alfred Cowley's property at Deepwater. During the progress of a thunderstorm a few weeks ago,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forest Fire in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Friday.—A message from Colac states fierce fires swept through Beech Forest in Victoria, and the township of Wyelangra was enveloped by the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inquiry Into Fire. an Open Verdict
SYDNEY, Friday.—An inquiry was held to-day into the circumstances surrounding the destruction by fire of the machinery and plant of the Australian Timber Co.,…
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