Historic Store Burned. Big Hill End Blaze
The destruction by fire of Beech's store at Hill End removes one of the best known landmarks of that district…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
117 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 6
Pit Top Fire Hard Fight by North Brigades
A blazing fire in the old pit top workings of the Glebe Colliery late Saturday afternoon thrilled a crowd of spectators and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Destroyed by Fire
About 5 p.m. on Friday last Mr. Booker, our local sheriff officer, had a lucky escape from serious injury. Whilst engaged cranking his car, it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires at Dubbo Few Last Year
Dubbo Fire Brigade received only 22 calls last year, when comparatively little damage was done in the town by fires. It was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mystery Fires All Policies Cancelled Too Suspicious Melbourne
Owing to the unusually largo number of fires which have occurred Wonthaggi recently, many insurance companies have cancelled their fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inquiry Into Country Fire Open Verdict Returned Extraordinary Happenings Says Magistrate
"It is another of those mysterious happenings, and very [?]imcult to ascertain the cause," said Magistrate Cookson at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Station Officer Rutherford Going
Alter having been stationed at Dubbo for three years, Officer-in-charge J. Rutherford has received notice of his transfer to Chatswood. He will leave…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Summer and Bush Fires
On Sunday last a party motoring Dubbowards from Bundemar way, along the Oxley Highway, noticed a bush fire just gathering headway,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Inferno £40,000 Sydney Blaze Sydney
Fed by large quantities of cinema films, a £40,000 fire spread with great rapidity through the premises of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loss Payable Under Fire Insurance
At the December meeting of the central executive of the Primary Producers' Union, a resolution was carried to the effect…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quondong Park Fire Another Mystery Magisterial Inquiry
"A mysterious happening and a difficult matter to find its origin." was a [?]rase employed by Magistrate Cook [?]on when inquiring at Gilgandra into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Tragedy Sporting Man's Death Brisbane
Rendered unconscious by smoke and fumes from a fire which broke out at his home early yesterday morning, Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Train Alight Sets Fire to Stationmaster's Office Sydney
When the rail motor burst into flames at Griffith's Railway Station last night, the signal box and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Mungindi. Sydney
Early this morning a fire at Mungindi Hestroyed nine buildings in the main portion of the town. The damage is estimated roughly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chain Stores Dubbo Fires its First Shot Public Indignation
The competition of chain stores, as it affects country towns, is causing considerable perturbation amongst country business people. Some or the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Minore Estimated Damage £200
Damage estimated at approximately £200 was caused by a fire which completely destroyed a shed and its contents at the Minore silos…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Brigade Officials Appointed
A letter was read at the Amaroo Shire meeting from Mr. Claud Bowhay, hon. secretary of the Yeoval Bush Fire Brigade, with…
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It sounds a little like sarcasm to announce an outbreak of fire at a freezing works in weather such as we are getting at the present time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wicker Workers Greatly Damaged by Fire Sydney
A fire broke out early this morning in the wicker works conducted by Hanley Ferrari, at Alexandria. One floor with its contents was destroyed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Fire In Wicker Factory Loss of Thousands Sydney
A disastrous fire broke out early this morning in the wicker works conducted by Hanaley Ferrari at…
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