Launch on Fire. Greek Fisherman's Presence of Mind. Newcastle
Marooned on a blazing launch and fearing that the flames would catch the benzine tank, Spore Spethas, a Greek fisherman, seized an axe, and cutting a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1924
489 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 24 of 25
Telegrams Theatre Destroyed. Early Morning Fire at Temora. Sydney
The Star Theatre at Temora was, with its contents, totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The firemen prevented the flames from igniting the…
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Shortly after one o'clock on Tuesday morning, Mr. and Mrs. Graham Cork, of the Jetty, were awakened by the barking of a dog,…
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A fire broke out in the bunkers of the West Australian Government steamer, Bambra, to-day, and the seamen refused to take the vessel out of port. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Twenty-three Missing. Steamer Burnt at Sea Boiler Explodes After Fire. Women and Children Saved. London
A message from Port Louis (Mauritius) gives thrilling details of the burning of the steamer Cigale while steaming in the Indian Ocean in the vicinity of Reunio[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Coff's Jetty Early Morning Outbreak. Coff's Harbor
About 1.40 on Tuesday morning an outbreak of fire occurred in Mr. Cork's house at the Jetty. It soon got such a strong hold that there was no hope of…
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Between midnight and 1 a.m. on Thursday a fire broke out in a house in Mullumbimby, owned by Mr. J. W. Wilson, of Sydney, and occupied by Mr. J. Cole,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Thrills Hydroplane Race, Accidents and Fires. Adelaide
A hydroplane race for the cup presented by Mr. R. W. Bennett was held on Port River on Saturday. Ten hydroplanes faced the starter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Fire. Mort's Dock Loss Incalculable Big Building Gutted. Damage Estimated at £50,000. SYDNEY, Monday. SYDNEY
Last night a disastrous fire occurred in the huge five-storey building at the corner of Douglas street and Douglas lane, near Liverpool street, city. The loss suffered through the demolition of Mort's Dock by fire is incalculable. The establishment was the oldest of its kind in the Commonwealth. It…
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A fire in George street last night destroyed Poison's mercery establishment. The damage is estimated at many thousands of pounds. The firm was carrying…
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A fire in George-street, City, last night destroyed Polson's mercery establishment. The damage is estimated at many…
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A fire gutted the big furniture storeroom of James and Sherwood at East Melbourne this morning. The building was full of domestic goods, and in less…
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Shortly before 1 a.m. on Thursday a fire broke out in the business premises at Bridge street, North Lismore, occupied by Messrs. W. Longley, confectionery…
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A serious fire, which would almost certainly have destroyed two houses in Ewing street, Murwillumbah, was narrowly averted on Thursday morning by the…
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A fire broke out in the storeroom of the training ship Tingira last night, but was soon subdued. The vessel at the time was manned only by a skeleton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Smyrna Fire Case. Insurance Companies Win. London
After a hearing lasting twelve days, Mr. Justice Hewlett, in the Commercial Court, gave judgment for the defendant insurance companies in the Smyrna fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Glebe. Father and Son-in-Law. Sensational Evidence. "A Tin of Petrol." Sydney, Monday. An inquest was held to-day concerning
the fire that occurred at Nos. 37 and 39 Broadway, Glebe, on July 29 last. It was stated that Con Tahmindjic carried on a tobacconist a business at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Murwillumbah Fire. Government Reward. Sydney
The Government is offering a reward of £200 for information that will lead to the conviction of the offender who caused a fire that destroyed a general…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire and Flood Emergency Dam Breaks Twelve Persons Drowned. 36 Perish in School Fire. New York
Two disasters, involving the loss of a large number of lives, occurred in widely separated sections of the country. Thirty-six men, women, and children…
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Cr. A. Johns, of Kurri, has been nominated by the Cessnock Shire Council as municipal and shire representative for the vacancy on the New South…
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