Fire at Tweed Heads Exciting Rescue Work. Tweed Heads
Early this morning a two-storey brick building in the main street at Coolangatta was completely gutted by fire. The Tweed Heads Fire Brigade attended, but,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1924
489 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 25
Fire at Sea. Steamer from Bombay. 1200 Pilgrims on Board. Making for African Coast. London
Twelve hundred pilgrims for Jeddah are aboard the burning British steamer Frangestan, from Bombay, which is making for Port Sudan, where she is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Commissioners Visit
The Board of Fire Commissioners, consisting of Messrs. E. B. Harkness (president), T. Jackson (chief officer), L. Cullen (country and municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Casino Fire Inquiry. Extraordinary Evidence
The Coroner (Mr. A. E. Wren) conducted an inquiry at the Casino Court house on Monday into the circumstances of a fire which destroyed a cottage owned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bed on Fire Man Fined at Lismore
At the Lismore Police Court on Tuesday before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., George William Anderson, described as a florist, was charged with maliciously setting fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Sea. Frangestan Disaster. Eerie Spectacle. Passengers' Thrilling Narrative. London
Sir Derrick Watson, baronet, who was a passenger by the Frangestan, has telegraphed to Reuters a thrilling narrative of the fire disaster. He states that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fire Commissioners. Visit to Grafton New Quarters Opened. a Happy Function
The Fire Brigade Commissioners, who are on a four of inspection in the Northern Rivers district Arrived in Grafton on Friday afternoon. Within these…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ship Afire Thrilling Spectacle at South Brisbane Wharf. Fire Fighters' Hard Struggle. Brisbane
The thrilling spectacle of a burning ship has been witnessed throughout the whole day at Birt's wharf, South Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Engine Skids. Superintendent Killed Auckland
Whist travelling to a fire, at Davenport, a motor fire engine skidded on the wet surface of the road and struck a telegraph post. Deputy Superintendent Jules…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Station Destroyed. Fire at Deniliquin. Deniliquin
A most unusual and devastating fire occurred early this morning, destroying the Deniliquin railway station and a nearby hotel. The damage runs into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ss. Kansas Fire. a Raging Inferno. Extensive Damage. Brisbane
The chairman and members of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade to-day made an inspection of the steamer Kansas, which was damaged by fire on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires at Tyalgum
A seven-romed, unoccupied cottage at Tyalgum, owned by Mr. George Chittick, was destroyed by fire at 10 a.m. on April 5. It was insured for £700 with…
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The Fire Commissioners visited Coffs Harbor on the 5th inst, and were met by Mr, J. J. Boultwood (Shire President) and Mr. T…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Fire. Marine Court Inquiry. Kansas Outbreak. Brisbane
The Court of Marine Inquiry provided under the Australian Navigation Act today inquired into the circumstances surrounding the fire which broke out on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Tanneries Heavy Damage Sydney
A fire at Woolstone tanneries, near Christchurch, New Zealand, destroyed about one-third of the buildings and portion of the plant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Tanneries Fire. Damage Estimated at £45,000. SYDNEY
A fire at the Woolston Tanneries, near Christchurch (New Zealand), destroyed about one-third of the buildings and a portion of the plant. The damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country Store Destroyed by Fire
There was a big fire at Willawarrin, 20 miles about Kempsey at 1 o'clock on Monday morning when Tyne's store and the contents were destroyed. The store…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Exciting Scenes. Fire at Sailors' Home. London
There were most exciting scenes during a fire at the Royal Alfred Home for Sailors at Belvedere, where there were 88 inmates, mostly aged men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Destroyed by Fire
On Monday evening last between 7.30 and 8.30 a Studebaker car owned by Mr. Forsy the of Ulmarra, was completely destroyed by fire about three miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Averted
The timely discovery of smoke issuing from a small opening in the front wall of a shop in Molesworth street, Lismore, occupied by Miss White, milliner and…
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