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Police investigations into the disappearance of the sum of £30 and a large quantity of goods from the building at 246-248 Flinderslane, which was gutted by fire on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Believed to have been caused by a leakage in the petrol pipe line running from the inflammable liquids wharf to the British imperial O[?] Company's huge reservoirs at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →To-night an urgent call was received at the Flinders Naval Depot for aid in fighting a bushfire, which, tanned by a northerly gale, was advancing on a mile front towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Royal Commission appointed by the Government of N.S.W. to investigate the cause of bush fires in the State, and to suggest proposals for their prevention, completed its report for submission to the…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →The building and contents of a workshop occupied by J. E. Smith and E. A. Amber, trading as Smith and Co., at Fairmont-avenue, Black Forest, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The new steamer New York, which has been bu[?]t for the Hamburg American Line is fitted with the Rich system of smoke detection combined with a steam smothering arrangement for protecting the cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →WHILE standing near a disc plough at William's [?] in the [?] District, a farmer named Hi[?] was a[?] to find that his…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Imperial Hotel, Lightning Ridge, was totally destroyed by fire last night. It is understood that the building and contents were insured. John P. Nicholas was the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"WOLD you gentlemen of the Bar like the fire lighted?" Inquired Mr. Justice Harvey, when he took his seat as Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Advice was received at Sydney Police Headquarters yesterday that the Imperial Hotel at Lightning Ridge was burnt to the ground at midnight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Imperial Hotel at Lightning Ridge was destroyed by fire last night. It is understood that the building and contents were Insured. Mr. John F. Nicholas was the licensee…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Various committees are hard at work arranging entertainments in aid of the candidature of Mrs. J. A. Roles, who will represent St. Vincent's Hospital in the N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →An eventful voyage was experienced by those on board the British India line cadet ship Wangaratta, which arrived at Melbourne to-day laden with general cargo from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE Royal Commission on bush fires in this State has made some interesting recommendations which, on the whole, appear to be based on common-sense. It is suggested that voluntary bush fire brigades should be formed, to be assisted in training by the Metropolitan F. B. Board. It is also urged that an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The disastrous bush fires of a little more than a year ago seem to have proved that the motor-car is the most useful factor in fighting such outbreaks…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →That individual carelessness is an important contributory factor in causing bush fires is the opinion of the Royal Commission which has completed its report for presentation to the Government. The commission, which, took…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →There would seem to be a local “epidemic” of fires. On Friday afternoon last a small week-end place at Cecil-st., Port Hacking, by some means caught…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The damage by the fire which occurred late yesterday afternoon at the Ivanhoe Hotel, Blackheath, is estimated at £2000…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →An overturned Sar[?] lamp caused a fire that destroyed the six-roomed house of William Tarrant, of Wyong (N.S.W.), on Tuesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A message was received by the Parramatta police from Blackheath last night stating that a fire in the Ivanhoe Hotel last evening had done damage that was estimated at…
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