Interstate Fire Brigades. New South Wales Beats Victoria
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 12
Yesterday the third annual match between teams representing the Fire Brigades of New South Wales and Victoria was concluded at Rus[?]tter Bay Oval. New South Wales won by 2 runs on the first innings…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Terrific Gales Fire On a Ship Dynamite in the Hold LONDON, March 1
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 5
The steamer Banffshire, hound for Sydney, encountered a terrific hurricane in the Bristol Channel, and during tho height of the storm a fire broke…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rough Weather. Hurricane in Bristol Channel. Fire on the Banffshire. London, Match 1
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 9
The Banffshire, bound for Sydney, encountered a terrific hurricane in the Bristol Channel. During the height of the storm a fire broke out in the forehold, where the carge…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 5
A bush fire, which would probably have extended over a large area, was extinguished on Saturday afternoon by Fairfield Fire Brigade after a sharp piece…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country News. Bush Fires. Albury
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 14
The[?]roner (Mr. W. A. Flynn) concluded the in[?]y into the bushfire which caused serious [?]es last Saturday. The damage done to [?]te lands was estimated at over…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 5
Mr. A. Bland, secretary of Guildford Chamber of Commerce, wrote to Prospect and Sherwood Council asking for co-operation in its endeavor to obtain a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Banffshire. Fire Extinguished
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 4
Further information has been received regarding the fire in the forepeak of the Scottish Shire steamer Banffshire. The vessel had been in…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 20
A fire broke out on the steamer Kinchela, which is moored at Allan Taylor's wharf. Abattoir Road. Pyrmont, at about 3.30 yesterday afternoon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →A Fire That Might Have Been
Nepean Times · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 1
There was a big blaze on Penrith Showground on Monday evening, between 7 and 8 o'clock, end to those at a little distance it seemed for a while…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Shop Police Making Inquiries
The Sun · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 6
Constable Walsh (Burwood) is making Inquiries' concerning the circumstances of a fire at the shop of Victor Lee Munre, draper, at Chullora,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coonabarabran Fire Two Buildings Destroyed COONABARABRAN
The Sun · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 6
A fire occurred in John-street, Coonabarabran, at 4.30 a.m to-day. The Central Shearing Company's offices and Mr. George Meyers's store were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Walking Through Fire. Hindus Unscathed in Red-hot Pits
The World's News · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 2
Colonel Welsh witnessed the Strange ceremony of walking through fire at Bangaand describes it in his "Military Reminiscences."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fibrous Cement Is It Fire Resisting? Question of Building Fees
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 5
The building regulation advisory committee, appointed by the Minister for Local Government to consider and advise on problems connected with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rebel Attack Machine-gun Fire Many Prisoners Taken LONDON, March 1
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 7
Rebels opened a heavy machine-gun fire on Clonmel. There was much alarm in the town, the streets being crowded at the time. There were no…
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Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 27
His sable heralds swinging across the bracken brown Deliver his swift challenge to settlement and town. He musters all his forces to break Hell loose again, And sends his mad red horses full speed across the plain…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Sparks From Tractor Cause of Serious Bush Fire ALBURY
The Sun · Sunday 4 March 1923 · page 5
The Coroner, Mr. W. A. Flynn, at the conclusion of the inquiry into the bush fire which caused £6000 damage on February 24, recorded a verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chocolate Factory Blaze Melbourne Fireman's Narrow Escape
Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1923 · page 2
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Macrobertson's six-storey building in Fitzroy was found to be biasing fiercely this morning. It threatened to develop into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sunday Magasine Clash of Worlds How New Stars Blaze Into Brightness Earth's Mad Rush Through Sky Possibility of Collision on the Way
The Sun · Sunday 4 March 1923 · page 13
What would happen if the earth should chance to strike against some wandering star? None of us would be left to tell our experiences in such a case. But, viewed from a safe, distance--say, 100,000,000 miles--the phenomenon would be most interesting. Watchers in the skies--if there were any--might well see such a sight as that which…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Big Country Blaze At Yerong Creek Bank of N.S.W. Burnt Out HENTY
The Sun · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 8
Yerong Creek, on the main Sydney Melbourne line, ten miles from Henty, was the scene of a disastrous fire on Saturday, when the Bank of N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires City Store Damaged
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 6
A brick building of five floors, at the corner of Castlereagh and Liverpool Streets. City, occupied by George Thompson, Ltd., as a silk store, was…
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