Town Crippled By £18,000 Fire
BRISBANE, Sunday.--The business heart of Winton the main centre for the west, was almost completely destroyed by fire on…
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Second Victim of Fire Woman's Death In Hospital
Mrs. Mary Byers, 82, of Forbes, who was severely burned on face and hands in the Wentworth Hotel fire early last week, died from her…
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Half the building's in the main business block-of Winton, in Western Queensland, were destroyed or damaged in a fire, which broke out…
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BUSH FIRES occurred on land covered with scrub at Manly and Malabar yesterday, but no buildings were endangered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Midnight Blaze at Batlow. Batlow
A row of four snops and one residence in Bank Street, Batlow, owned by R. Currie, were completely destroyed by a fire which broke out shortly after midnight last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Juryman Catches Fire
Smoke whirled round the head of a juror at the conspiracy trial in the Criminal Court to-day when a box of matches flared…
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The death occured in Sydney Hospital last night of Mrs Mary Byers, 82, of Forbes, the second victim of the fire which partly destroyed the Wentworth Hotel early last week…
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"A PARADISE for social climbers," was hew Senator Collings, Leader of the Opposition…
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For nearly an hour in mid-Pacific, officers and crew of the freighter, City of Winchester, fought an outbreak of fire in the officers' quarters…
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KURRI, Tuesday.--After inquiring into a fire at Weston, the Kurri District Coroner today returned an open verdict…
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John Thomas Reed was charged at the Police Court to-day with maliciously setting fire to premises in Adelaide-street, in which two…
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The occupants of the Mackay Hotel, in Victoria Street, Mackay, were forced to rush out in their night attire when a ire broke out early this morning. The building was…
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WITH the approach of the bush fire season, the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, representing a number of interested bodies, has resumed its…
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With the approach of the bush fire season the Bush Fires Advisory Committee repiesenting several interested bodies has resumed its educational efforts…
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TWO Alsatian dogs were asphyxiated early yesterday when fire destroyed the Bennett Trading Company's flock-making factory in…
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AFIRE broke out in a dressmakers shop in the State Shopping Block arcade at 10.15 last night. The outbreak was extinguished…
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At a quarter past nine on Wednesday, 21st inst.. the Hurstville Fire Brigade received a' call to Barter's Drapery Emporium in Forest Road,…
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An Alsatian and her two puppies were yesterday burnt to death in a fire at a Balmain flock factory…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A spectacular fire early to-day destroyed the factory and a large amount of stock. In the premises of J. R…
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THAT a threat of a shooting had preceded a fire at the door of a sleeping man's bedroom…
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