Boy Jumps to Death. Fire Tragedy. Old Woman Burnt. Hotel Blaze
A boy was killed in a jump from a window and an elderly woman was seriously burnt during a fire which damaged upper floors of the…
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Fire Toll Dead
WILLIAM ROBERT REDMOND, 13, son of the late late Mr. W. Redmond, and Mrs. Redmond…
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ONE OF THE MANY FIRE- FIGHTING UNITS attacking the Wentworth Hotel fire last night from Jamieson Street. Sixty guests at the hotel escaped in confusion…
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PANIC-STRICKEN when a fire occurred at the Wentworth Hotel, city, last night, William Redmond, 12, leaped from a fifth floor window, and was killed…
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At the Tamworth Police Court to-day. Arthur Herman Glennie Sattler, 48, was charged with having maliciously set fire to premises in Peel Street, Tamworth, of which…
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When firemen were fighting the blaze at the Parish Hall, Stephens Street, Newtown, on Friday, a hose was turned off twice…
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WITH flames roaring around him, a youth jumped to death when fire swept to the top of the Wentworth Hotel last night. TWO GIRLS WERE RESCUED UNHURT, AND NINE [?]…
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Fire broke out on the fourth floor of the Wentworth Hotel, Lang Street, shortly before 11 o'clock last night and spread to the fifth floor and roof. Left: A fireman on top of the extension ladder directing a hose on to the roof; right: firemen, assisted by ambulance officers and policemen, lowering a stretcher bearing William Redmond, aged 13, ovei the front parapet of the annexe. The boy was critically injured by jumping from a fifth story window onto a parapet four floors…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Trapped by Fire, Boy Jumped to Death Burned In Seeking Escape
Before William Robert Redmond, 13-year-old schoolboy, jumped to his death from the fifth story of the blazing Wentworth Hotel last night he was severely burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dense Crowd Watches Hotel Wentworth Fire—spectacular Fall at Adelaide Royal Show
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MRS. BYERS, who was rescued from the Wentworth Hotel fire last night, is 82, and just recovering from an illness. She was admitted to Sydney Hospital suffering from burns to…
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A FOUR-ROOMED house in Culloden Road, Eastwood, was destroyed by fire last night. Mrs. Ernest Colla, wife of the…
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A panel of fence on the property of Mr. George Lamb, produce merchant, of Beatrice Street, Auburn, was damaged by fire on Thursday…
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Mrs. Gwendoline Cook, of Neilson-street, Granville, was boiling the copper at her home last week when flames from the fire went up the chimney and set…
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MRS. MARY BYERS, 82, of Forbes, who was severely burned before she was rescued by firemen from the blazing…
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Rain has completely extinguished the bush fire which broke out near Echo Point, Katoomba, on Friday…
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A discarded lighted match, or cigarette butt, is believed to have started Monday night's fire at the Wentworth Hotel…
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A fibre and weatherboard cottage in Culloden Road, Eastwood, was destroyed by fire late fast night. Fire brigades from Ryde and Eastwood…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Destructive Fire at Murrurundi Murrurundi
With hundreds of men and women, clad in night attire and overcoats, looking on early to-day, two shops in the town's main business section…
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It is believed that William Robert Redmond, 13, who was killed when the Wentworth Hotel fire occurred on Monday night, did not jump, but…
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