Alarm of Fire
Yesterday evening the Lismore fire brigade received a call to Mr. C. H. Riley's bedding factory at South Lismore. The outbreak was due to the engine exhaust…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
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Hospital Threatened with Fire
GRIFFITH, Wednesday.—A house adjoining a private hospital caught fire at night and so serious wa the position that all the patients were removed…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.) Tuesday.-- This morning four disastrous fires broke out at Wiaroa, eight business premises being destroyed. Spectators were…
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WAGGA, Tuesday.--Several hundred acres of valuable timber was destroyed by a fire which broke out at Murragulurie State pine forest yesterday…
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GRIFFITH, Tuesday.--A house adjoining a private hospital caught fire last night, and so serious was the position that all the patients were removed…
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A Toowoomba message states that from Windorah to Quilpie the country is burnt dry. There is not a blade of grass in the district. All stock routes…
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Fire broke out in a factory occupied by the Sterling Varnish Company at Alexandria to-day and caused damage estimated at £3000. All the stock was saved…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--A Batavia message says the Australian freighter Gairnbill arrived at Padang (Sumatra) afire in two holds. The fire was…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A fire which broke out at the works of the Sterling Varnish Co., Alexandria, caused damage estimated at £4000. The flames…
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A house adjoining a private hospital caught fire last night, and so serious was the position that all patients were removed from the hospital. Danger, however, was…
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BATHURST, Tuesday.--Nicholas Flynn (80), was shockingly burnt, when his home caught fire at Sofala, in the Bathurst district. But for the fact…
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Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by fire which, started last night among stacks of waste spread over an acre of ground near the premises of the Commonwealth Board…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Damage estimated at £40,000, was caused by a fire which started last night among stacks of waste spread over acre of ground,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An outbreak of fire early this morning practically gutted the interior of Aberdeen House, a seven-storied building, at 206…
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The State Minister for Forests and members of the commission hart an exciting experience yesterday when they were trapped in a forest fire while on a tour of inspection…
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The Mullumbimby Municipal Council met on Monday night. Ald. W. E. Selwood (Mayor), presided, and others present were: Ald. F. Frost…
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A bush fire swept between 5000 and 8000 acres of grass land at Gerogery yesterday, and severe damage was done to property. It is believed the fire was caused by a…
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Bush fires are still raging in Wagga district. Already between 2000 and 3000 sheep have been burnt to death near Gerogery…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Bush fires are still raging in the Wagga district Already between 2000 and 3000 sheep have been burnt to death near…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Some hundreds of volunteers engaged in fighting bush fires in the Riverina collapsed. One, John Chappell, is still…
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