A Race for Life. New Zealand Bush Fires. Sydney
Extensive bush fires near Karkoura (N.Z.) destroyed several homesteads and much stock. A settler named John Barrett had a race for life against the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1924
489 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 25
Fire at Narrabri. Twelve Peaces Destroyed. Narrabri
Eight shops, three offices and one cottage were completely destroyed by Ere early this morning. The outbreak commenced at 2 o'clock, and for six…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fire. House Gutted at Lismore. Defective Water Supply
The residence of Mr. W. G. Parker in James streeti Lismore was totally detroyed by fire on Saturday night. Practically nothing was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires in North-east. Notified by Mail 'Planes
In Western Australia during the last few weeks serious bush fires and grass fires have raged throughout a large area of the north-west portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Outbreaks
During 1923, 3,290 fire outbreaks occurred in the metropolitan area, being an increase of 506 on 1922…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boot Shop Fire. Police Investigating. Sydney
Randwick police are investigating the peculiar circumstances surrounding a fire in a boot shop in that suburb. When the fire was put out the proprietor,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Film on Fire. Picture Show Excitement Coff's Harbor Incident
On Saturday night the Coff's Harbor Jetty Pictures were free to the children and the house was packed. In the middle of the entertainment it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Attacked. by 300 Hooligans. Fire in Suburban Street. Sydney
Two policemen were assaulted in Redfern last night by a mob of hooligans who roughly handled them. At one stage it appeared as if Sergeant Maples…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →QUEENSLAND. Fatal Char-a-Banc Capsize. Fire at Toowoomba. Scientific Research. Brisbane
A Ford motor truck which had been converted into a char-a-banc, overturned to-day near Petrie Bight, throwing a paarty which was en route to the seaside…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Homes Threatened. Bush Fire in Victoria. One Settler Burnt Out. Melbourne
Heavy damage was done by a fire which started in some grass at Nagambie, Victoria. It was soon realised that the efforts of the settlers to save their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. Store Burnt! Out. Sydney, Thusday
Kellett's store at Cassilis, near Mudgee, was totally destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japanese Disaster. Tales of Honjo Field. Thousands Roasted Alive. Terrible Destruction by Fire
Just as the famous Flanders field will be handed down in history for its tales of valor, chivalry, and tragedy, so will the name of Honjo Field, in Tokio,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burned to Death. Woman's Clothing on Fire. Sydney
Mrs. Vidler, a married woman with three children, was burned to death at her home at Parramatta. When her husband arrived at the house he found his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Kendall
A disastrous, fire occurred at Kendall between three and four o'clock on Thursday morning, when the store occupied by Messrs. Allan and Capewell, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer on Fire. Malta
The steamer Leitrim, bound to Dunkirk and London from Rockhampton and Brisbane, reports a fire in her cross bunkers and No. 3 hold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Film Burnt. Picture Show Fire. Melbourne
There was a sensation at the Liberty Picture Theatre, Fitzory, last night. Towards the end of the show a fire broke out in the machine room, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Namb0dr Damage Totals £50,000 Sixteen Business Places Burnt Explosions Shake Town. Brisbane
The most disastrous fire in the history of the town occurred at Nambour on Saturday night, when sixteen buildings in the business quarter of the main…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News of the World. the Leitrim's Fire London
A message from Malta states that the fire in the hold of the steamer Leitrim has been extinguished and the cargo is being discharged. Up to the present 620…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmanian Mystery. Old-age Pensioner's Death. Fire and a Razor. Hobart
The police are investigating the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death near Waratah of George Bailey, an old age pensioner, aged 73 years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nearly a Fire
Mr. A. Rowsell's residence on the Coramba road had a narrow escape from destruction by fire on Saturday night while the family were at the…
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