Fire at Parramatta a Woman Injured Sydney
A [?]re broke out about half past 1 this morning in the shop of Frederick Nicholson, second hand dealer, Parramatta. The premises were gutted and three adjoining shops…
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Fires & bushfires, 1927
996 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 50
At Last Perhaps Motor Fire Engine for Murwillumbah
"I have been given a definite promise by the president that, of a shipment of motor fire engines due to arrive shortly, one will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Non-inflammable Film a British Invention. Will Eliminate Danger of Cinema Film Fires. A Severe Test
LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. Blain, an ex-Conservative agent, and now chairman of a new Co., has erected a factory at Rickmansworth for the production…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parramatta Fire One Shop Destroyed and Three Others Damaged. Damage Estimated at £8,000
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A fire broke out about half past one this morning, in the shop of Frederick Nicholson, a second-hand dealer, at Parramatta. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese Horror Bandits Exterminate Inhabitants of Town After Setting it on Fire. 1000 Perish
PEKING, Tuesday.--A private message from Shantung records a terrible massacre, by bandits, of the population of the town of Wengvihpao,…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Disastrous bush fires are raging on the west coast of Tasmania. Already a tremendous amount of damage has been done and…
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On Wednesday night a committee of three, which was recently appointed to inquire into the cause and means of the prevention of hush fires in this State,…
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The bush fire which swept the Murrumbidgee Valley above Wagga on December 10 had its sequel in the Wagga police court when Leslie Percy Sterck…
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Sydney, Friday.--The inquiry by the coroner into the origin of bush fires which swept from Alectown West to Wellington road last…
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Hobart, Friday.--Disastrous fires are raging on the west coast of Tasmania. Already a tremendous amount of damage has been done…
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An inquiry into the origin of the fire which destroyed half the business section of Kyogle on Christmas Day, will be held at Kyogle on Tuesday…
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Bush fires threatened the town of Frankston, 26 miles from Melbourne on Tuesday, but although several homes were endangered, the fire fighters were able to check the flames…
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A large building used as a boarding house adjoining the Commercial Bank, Casino, was destroyed by fire early this morning. Many of the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.--Detectives today arrested two children in connection with outbreaks of fire which have occurred at Balmain. They appeared…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Michael Duggan, retired station hand, was burned to death near Lockhart yesterday, when his hut was destroyed by fire. His…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sulphur in Ship's Hold. Men Injured in Fire
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Three men were injured, one seriously, while lighting a fire which occurred in a hold containing sulphur, on the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire. Mungo Scott's Flour Mills Razed. Sydney
Damage estimated at £7500 was caused early this morning when a fire broke out in the flour mills of Mungo Scott, Summer Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£75,000 DAMAGE Disastrous Fire at Flour Mills. Ten Thousand Bags of Cereal Destroyed
SYDNEY, Thursday.--Damage estimated at £75,000 was caused by a fire at Mungo Scott, Ltd's., flour mill at Summer Hill early this morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fire Occupants of House Trapped Seven Burnt to Death Outbreak Underneath Stairs London
Six persons were burned to death when a disastrous fire broke out in a small house in Birmingham occupied by Charles Pedley, his wife, and eight children,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burned to Death Six Persons Perish in Fire in Small House in Birmingham. Others Injured
LONDON, Wednesday.--Six persons were burned to death when a disastrous fire broke out in a small [?] at Birmingham, occupied by Charles…
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