Small Fire
The Fire Brigade received a call to the railway engine shed yesterday, where it was found on examination that a big wooden bench and some…
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Fires & bushfires, 1922
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Fires Timber Mills Destroyed. Newcastle
Following a minor outbreak of fire in the timber yards of Earp, Woodcock and Beveridge last night, which was extinguished, a big fire broke out in the yards…
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A fire that did not assume very serious proportions broke out in the railway engine shed at Casino yesterday morning. The blaze was confined to a…
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The Distinct Coroner, Mr. A. H. Fitzhardinge, yesterday morning conducted an inquiry into the circumstances attending an outbreak…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--At Newcastle a fire broke out in a timber yard, but was extinguished. This morning, however another fire destroyed the same place…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Government has decided not to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the Fire Brigade Union's grievances…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Escaped in Night Attire. Fire at Ashfield
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Charles Wise, of Ashfield, was awakened by crackling sounds in his weatherboard house at Ashficld. Running into the passage he saw that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hanging Fire. the Industrial Conference. Mr. Charlton's Criticism
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The proposed industrial conference called by the Federal Government seems to be hanging fire. Mr. Charlten, leader of the Federal Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire at Forbes. Two Business Premises Destroyed. a Violent Explosion
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—One of the biggest fires for many years occurred at Forbes this morning. Two business premises in the centre of the town occupied by Adams and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Forbes Walls Fall Into Street. Firemen Narrowly Escape. FORBES
One of the biggest fires seen in Forbes for many years occurred here to-day. Two business premises in the centre of the town occupied by Adams and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires in the South-west. 2000 Sheep Perish
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A Jeridine message states that yesterday afternoon, a bush fire was observed to the south-west of the town on Tuppal burning fiercely in a…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Mysterious outbreaks of fire occurred in a house at Darling Point, which for a time baffled the Police and firemen. Four outbreaks occurred on Monday. [?] a similar…
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A series of fires broke out in a house at Darling Point yesterday and to-day and the police and firemen are still puzzled over the affair, but they have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strange Happenings. Standard Sawmills on Fire. Offices Broken, Into
The Standard Sawmilling Company's premises at South Murwillumbah were the scene of a remarkable occurrence late on Wednesday night or in the early…
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SYUNEY, Thurday.—For three days a house at Darling Point hits been the scene of mysterious outbursts of fire, described by the fire brigades as unprecedented and mysterious…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--In connection with the mysterious fires at a Darling Point residence, Inspector Leary said to-day: "There are no ghosts and no…
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The Standard Sawmilling Company's premises at South Murwillumbah were the scene of a remarkable occurrence late on Wednesday night or in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bonalbo Post Office Fire and Alleged Defalcations. Postmaster Sent for Trial
At the Drake Police Court this week before Mr. Perry, Police Magistrate, Francis Nelson Canning was charged with that he did at Bonalbo, between…
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About two o'clock this morning the residence of Mr. W Hess, at the corner of Commercial Road and Wollumbin street was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English Pilots Crash. One Machine Catches Fire. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Saturday.—An officer of the Royal Flying Corps crashed and was killed at Dublin aerodrome yesterday. A second occupant of the machine was seriously…
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