Masked Men Hold Up Motorist "Stop, or We Fire !" on Great North Rd. Drove Straight at Them Kurri Kurri
The Labor Daily · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 5
TWO masked men bounded from the side of the Great Northern Road to-night, near Farley, and presenting a revolver at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Recent Bush Fires Press Reports Were Exaggerated Government Statistician States True Position
Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1927 · page 2
That the published reports of the recent bush fires in New South Wales have grossly exaggerated…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1927 · page 11
At 7 a.m. yesterday the club-house at Bradley's Head-road was completely gutted by fire. Everything on the surface was lost; but the club's "ammunition," in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →By Radio Fire Alarm System Melb. Tuning in Melbourne
The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1927 · page 5
In the opinion of fire brigade, officials the time will come very soon when it will be possible, for the Melbourne public to raise an alarm at any…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 9
WAGGA.--The District Coroner (Mr. F. E. Whitehead) returned an open verdict in regard to a bush fire that started on Mr. Lindsay Crowe's farm…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Suburban Fires. Pavilion Destroyed. Damage Exceeds £4000
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 12
The pavilion of the Warringah Bowling Club, a large weatherboard structure, situated in Bradley's Head-road, Mosman, was practically destroyed by fire early on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire-swept Crop and Wheat Destroyed Neighbors All Help Albury
The Sun · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 8
Seventy acres of standing crop and 300 bags of wheat were destroyed by fire on the farm of Mr. L. De Mamiel, near Howlong yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires Royal Commission Wide Scope of Inquiry
The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 4
THE State Cabinet yesterday decided to appoint as a Royal Commission to inquire into bush fires the committee set up some time ago,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FINED 30 For £40,000 Damage Aftermath of Bush Fires Wagga
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 2
The big fire which swept the Murrumbidgee Valley above Wagga, on December 10, had its sequel in the Wagga Police Court to-day. when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spectacular Blaze
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 5
LISMORE. -- One of Lismore's old landmarks, Comma House, on the top of Girrard's Hill, the highest point of the town, was burnt, down late on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charged with Causing Bush Fire Carelessness Is Proved Migrant Is Punished Wagga
The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1
In connection with the disastrous [?] Read [?] fire which swept miles of country in the first week of December, destroying crops,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Inferno 102 Deg. and Big Blaze Melbourne
The Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 13
When the temperature was 102 degrees in the shade at Horsham yesterday, a fire broke out on the property of W. McGennisken, and spreading,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Balmain Factory Is Burnt Out Firemen's Danger Shocks From Current
The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 5
Electric wires proved a menace to firemen early last night, when the Standard Corkboard and Insulation Company's factory,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Factory Destroyed Blaze at Rozelle
Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 6
A FIRE destroyed the premises of the Standard Cork Board and Insulation Company, Ltd., at the corner of Multins and Roberts strpolis, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Five Shops Threatened Wollongong Blaze Wollongong
The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 8
At Wollongong early this morning, a fire broke out in a terrace of shops in Keira Street. The fittings and contents of one, owned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Balmain Blaze Cork Factory Destroyed Electric Wire Menace
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 7
There was a spectacular blaze at Balmain last night, when the factory of the Standard Cork, Board, and Insulation Company, Mullins and Roberts…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Car Burnt Engine Back-Fires
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 2
A back-fire in the carburettor was the causes of a blaze in a motor-car, the property of the Granville Carrying company, on Saturday last, at 11.40 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mail Afire Blaze on Steamer Wellington (N.z.)
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 11
A fire occurred among the Christmas mail matter stowed in No. 2 hold of the Remuera, two days after leaving Panama…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →£20,000 LOST Big Dorrigo Blaze Fireman Injured Dorrigo
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 7
A fire broke out in premises occupied by J. H. Davis and Co., storekeepers, on Sunday night, and before it was extinguished many…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Midnight Blaze Cliff House Burnt Lismore Gets a Thrill. Lismore
The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1
One of the most spectacular [?] ever seen in Lismere broke out in an empty house at the top of the highers point in the town must before maintain…
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