Telegraphic Intelligence. Fire at Forbes. Sydney
FOUR shops were destroyed by fire at Forbes this morning. An hotel was damaged by an explosion. The good supply of water prevented a serious disaster to the township…
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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires
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FOUR shops were destroyed by fire at Forbes this morning. An hotel was damaged by an explosion. The good supply of water prevented a serious disaster to the township…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire was discovered on the premises of a well-known Auckland, N.Z., merchant. The books were piled in front of the safe and were burning amongst straw. David…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred at Forbes on Tuesday morning in the Albion buildings, adjoining Park's Albion Hotel. Connelly Bros. (saddlers), A. G. Bollinger (watchmaker)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following is declared to be strictly true. A colossal cheap clothing shop in a big provincial town had the misfortune to catch fire. The alarm was quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A meeting of the committee appointed some months ago to deal with matters in connection with the formation of a fire brigade for Cobar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation of country fire brigades asked the Premier to increase the grant from £1000 to £4000. Sir J. See promised to consider the matter, also to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire occurred at Mumbil on Thursday night whereby the residence, together with most of the contents, of Mr. J. D. Ryan, fettler, was completely destroyed. So far…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the Fire Brigade was held on Friday night at the Fire Station. Captain Ritter presided, and there was a fall attendance of members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The adjourned meeting of the committee of the newly-formed Cobar Volunteer Fire Brigade was held at the Council Chambers on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN inquiry into the late fire at the Cy[?] Works, Fort Bourke, was held at Wrightville on Saturday morning [?] before Mr. F. B. Treatt, Coroner, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrace of shops was destroyed by fire at Bourke yesterday. The damage is estimated at £6000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A large fire occurred on Sunday morning at Bonrke. Six wooden shops in Mitchell-street were gutted. The damage is estimated at between six and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A LARGE fire occurred on Sunday morning at Bourke. Six wooden shops in Mitchell- street were gutted. The damage is estimated at be six and eight thousand pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Very shortly after five o'clock on Sunday morning last, those living in the immediate vicinity of Gow's Buildings at the eastern end of Mitchell-street, were aroused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of the most disastrous conflagrations that hare ever occurred at Bourke broke out n Mitchell-street about five o'clock on Sunday morning (as briefly reported in our…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Temora, Tuesday Afternoon.—A fire occurred about 10 o'clock feet night in Foley's produce stone, which was a wooden building and very old. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of members of the newly formed Cobar Volunteer Fire Brigade was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday evening last. Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two tracKs, containing 86 bales of wool, attached to a train, caught fire between Brewarrina and Byrock. The wool was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two trucks, containing 86 bales of wool, attached to a train, caught fire yesterday between Brewarrina and Byrock. The wool was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. R. G. Dulhunty, acting Coroner of Wellington, and Sub-Inspector Moss, of Dubbo, proceeded to Spicer's Creek on Friday to hold an inquiry re the recent fire on…
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