Fire at Newcastle Hotel Newcastle
Fire broke out at Bellevue Hotel at 2 o'clock this morning. Several persons sleeping on the first floor, above the seat of the outbreak; were awakened just in time…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
1,375 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 69
Cook Nearly Cooked. Narrow Escape When Hotel Catches on Fire. Drops in Yardman's Arms
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. A fire broke out in the Bellevue Hotel, Newcastle, at 2 o'clock this morning. Several persons sleeping on the first floor,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cause of Marrickville Fire Sydney
It transpires that the fire at Heiron and Smith's factory at Marrickville yesterday was due to one of the chemists dropping a tin of methylated spirits. The fumes came…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Petrol Ignites Fire on Motor Launch Rockhampton
While repairs were being effected to the motor boat Cooloola at Deepwater wharf some petrol caught alight, necessitating the fire brigade turning out with the chemical…
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Once again the men men who investigate insurance claims are having a busy time (states a London paper). Wherever the country is suffering, from a trade depression…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Big Fire. Blaze at Quilpie. Damage Estimated at £16,000. Eight Premises Burnt
CHARLEVILLE, Saturday. Quilpie, a new and prosperous town, at the head of the Great Western Railway the Bulloo River, had a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Soul Fire."
Great art is born of experience and suffering. To portray all phases of human emotion one must first have experience. Summed up, that is the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Town Wiped Out Destructive Fire No Water Supply or Fire Brigade Brisbane
The town of Quilpie, the terminus of the western line, 150 miles beyond, Charleville, was practically wiped out yesterday so far as the business section was concerned, about…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—The town of Quilpie, the [?] of the western line, 150 miles beyond Charleville, was [?] wiped out on Saturday, as far…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Locked Doors" and "Soul Fire."
William de Mille's latest Paramount production, "Locked Doors," featuring Betty Compson, Theodore Roberts. Kathlyn Williams, Robert Edeson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General News Fire at Coraki
On Sunday night at 11.30 a fire broke out in premises, Bridge-street, Coraki, owned and occupied by Dan Collins as an engineering and blacksmith's shop. The fire started at…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--An Eden message states that a fire early yesterday destroyed a block of wooden buildings, including a billiard room, estate agency…
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A heavy storm at Kandos was responsible for an unusual fire at Murphy's timber yards. In a shed Mr. Murphy had about half a ton of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire at Eden Sydney
A fire which occurred at Eden on Sunday morning destroyed a block of wooden buildings in the main street, including Howitt's billiard saloon, Taylor's agency office, W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eden Devastated. Fire in Main Street
Sydney, Tuesday.--A fire which occurred at Eden on Sunday morning destroyed a block of wooden biuldings in the main street, including Howitt's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cottage Destroyed Fire at Tenterfield Tenterfield
A cottage at the corner of High and Pelham streets was totally destroyed by fire with its contents early this morning. The owner was Mr. Audley Lillicrap, and it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire. Outbreak at Eden. Business Premises Destroyed. Man's Narrow Escape
SYDNEY, Tuesday. A disastrous fire, which occurred at Eden on Sunday morning, destroyed a block of wooden buildings in the main street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lismore Fire Brigade
During 1925 the Lismore Fire Brigade received 23 calls, and the property concerned in the outbreaks was insured to the value of £24,700. This figure includes a property…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huge Bush Fire. Hundreds of Fighters
SYDNEY, Friday.—A huge bush, fire is raging five miles from Gundegai, and is sweeping through MeIn-erney's, Wcston's, Lindley's and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires. Condob[?]n Suffers. Two Hundred Square Miles Devastated as Result of a Swagman's Carelessness
SYDNEY, Thursday. Two hundred square miles of the Condobolin district have been swept by a bush fire which is still advancing rapidly. All…
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