Fire at Byron Bay
0n Wednesday night a house on Broken Head road, Byron Bay, was totally destroyed by fire. It had been occupied by Mr. A. Costigan for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Costigan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1923
950 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 48
Ketch Destroyed by Fire
HOBART, Thursday.--The ketch Opah, 31 tons, owned by Holyman Bros., was destroyed by fire off Passage Island yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hotel Sensation. Man Fires a Revolver
SYDNEY, Friday.—A fashionably dressed man named Norihau Weuder, 27, was charged at the Central Court to-day with drunkenness and discharging a revolver in the Arcadia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joynton Smith's Car. Fire Causes Destruction
PENRITH, Friday.—A steam automobile, the property of Sir Joynton Smith, fell nine feet over an embankment at Lapstone Hill and was completely detroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schooner Burned. Fire in Solomon Islands
SYDNEY, Friday.—A wireless message states that the four-masted schooner Defiance was burned to the water's edge in he Solomon group…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Melbourne Blaze. Fire in Boot Warehouse. a Venturesome Photographer
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—There was a big blaze in Flinders Lane yesterday afternoon in the five-storied boot warehouse of Doery anil Tilley. The firemen had a hard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Balranald
BALRANALD, Monday. -- The biggest fire here for years occurred last night, On Harban's main store was totally destroyed, and the office of the "River…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Business Premises Destroyed. Fire at Balranald
SYDNEY, Monday.—The biggest fire in Balranald for years occurred last night. Larben's store and the contents were totally destroyed, and the Riverina "Recorder"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Brewery. Damage Estimated at £5000
MELBOURNE, Monday.—An extensive fire burnt out the brewing, power, and malt rooms of the Bcndigo United Breweries. Large stocks of sugar and grain and grinding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Whitton. Many Buildings Destroyed
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A disastrous fire at Whitton yesterday destroyed the Commercial Hotel and billiard room, Helmkemp's refreshment room and residence, Scott's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Woollen Mills. Spontaneous Ignition
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Spontaneous ignition amongst, a quantity of wool is thought to have been the cause of a fire that broke out at Mark Foy's woollen mills, Waterloo,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires. Blaze in Electric Premises Gilgandra to be in Darkness for Six Months
SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Gilgandra Electrical Supply Company's premises were gutted last night, and this will leave the town without light for six…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer on Fire
AUCKLAND, Thursday.--A fire is raging aboard the steamer Canadian Pioneer, which was to have completed loading cargo for New York and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Is These a "Fire Bug"?
Melbourne is suffering from an epidemic of fires. During the past ten days there have been no fewer than six large conflagrations, most of which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Steamer. Outbreak in the Bunkers
AUCKLAND, Thursday.—A fire is raging aboard the steamer Canadian Pioneer, which was to have completed loading cargo far New York and Boston to-day. The outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destroyed by Fire. Electricity Premises. Gilgandra in Darkness
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A fire at Gilgandra completely destroyed the premises of the Gilgandra Electrical Supply Coy., from which the whole town is supplied with power. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific Bush Fire
SYDNEY, Friday.--A Moree message states that a bush fire affecting about fifty thousand acres, could be seen miles away. It is devastating Midkin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on a Steamer. Extinguished After Six Hours
AUCKLAND, Friday.—There was another outbreak of fire on the Canadian Pioneer at Auckland last night, bat was extinguished after six hours. The vessel is now being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires. Outbreak at Byron Bay
Bush fires have been burning all round Byron Bay for some days and nights, and there has been a smell of burnt grass and ti-tree in every quarter. The whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →