Fire Tragedy. Grazier's Death. Wife's Ordeal. Gilgandra
John Evan Johnson, aged about 50, of Greenwood Vale, Gilgandra, a widelyknown grazier, was shockingly burnt at his home, on Friday night. He died in…
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EXPLODED Tar On Fire
URUNGA, Tuesday.--Several explosions occurred when the Bellingen Shire Council's tar-heating apparatus caught fire…
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BRISBANE, Monday.--None of the 13 guests was injured and animals and birds in a zoo at the rear slept, while the £30,000 Surfers' Paradise…
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Within an hour the popular Surfers Paradise Hotel, near Southport. was gutted by fire this morning, the damage: being estimated at £25,000…
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After destroying a billiard saloon and a hairdressing shop in Hunter Street, Swansea, early this morning, a fire was finally extinguished by…
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PEAK HILL, Wednesday.--The Fire Commissioners' Board paid a visit of inspection to Peak Hill and complimented the local contain and…
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A fire broke out in Turnock's drapery and mercery shop in Marrickville-road. Marrickville last night. The building, with stock, whose value was…
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A spirit of camaraderie among broadcast listeners was revealed this week when, during the “Pathway of Golden Memories” of A.W.A.’s Station, 3BO Bendigo, mention was made of the fact that an old…
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DAMAGE estimated at £4000 was caused by a fire which gutted Turnock's drapery and mercery store in Marrickville…
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"Yo' sells fire insurance?" asked the colored lady. "Certainly," replied the insurance agent politely. "What premises do you…
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THE District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark), at Burwood to-day, found that five fives at the boarding…
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The Catholic Cathedral of Shillong, a centre of missionary activity in northeastern India, was destroyed by fire on Good Friday, April 10. The telegram from…
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PLAYING at full strength, New South Wales Police defeated New South Wales Fire Brigade, 19-17, in the "A" Division…
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RECORDING an open finding at an inquiry into a series of five fires at schools, the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. Richardson Clark) said that he was satisfied that "these fires were maliciously caused by some person or persons unknown."…
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WEST WYALONG, Friday.--Fire Commissioners visited West Wyalong and conferred with Bland Shire Council regarding the extension of…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Damage estimated at £100,000 was done tonight by a fire watched by about 15,000 people, at the underwear and hosiery…
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Stables occupied by Messrs. McGuinness and Hancock were destroyed by fire to-day. Two racehorses were removed before any injury was done to them…
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A SUCCESSION of mysterious fires at the Trinity Grammar School, Summer Hill, culminating in the total destruction of a gymnasium…
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MACHINERY and woollen goods valued at many thousands of pounds were destroyed by fire which broke out in the mills of Eastaugh,…
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"Someone with an axe to grind" is believed by the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) to have caused six fires at the boarding…
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