Fire at Yamba Butcher's Shop Burnt Out
On Monday night the butcher's shop belonging to Messrs. Essex and Niperas and Yamba was totally destroyed by fire. About midnight the neighbours were…
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Fires & bushfires, 1924
489 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 25
Fire Brigade's Extraordinary Action
Gilgandra residents were alarmed to hear the clanging of the fire bell at 7.30 p.m. on Monday night, and all the town turned out to locate the blaze, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire and Fraud. Store Manager Guilty. Perth
Thomas Victor Urquhart pleaded guilty at Perth Criminal Court to charges of having set fire to a building of the Great Southern Industrial Co-operative…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hundred Deaths. Factory Workers Trapped. Terrible Fire at Shanghai. Shanghai
It is believed that 100 persons died in a fire, which destroyed a four-storey silk factory in the heart of Shanghai. Fifty-one bodies have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Stand Back or I'll Fire." Man with Empty Revolver. Ends Up in Padded Cell. Sydney
"Stand back or I will fire." These were the threatening words that a man hurled at Detective Pryor in Pitt street, near Circular Quay, late this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →False Alarm of Fire. Man Fined £3. SYDNEY
When Harold White, tramway conductor, was fined £3 at the Redfern Police Court on a charge of having given a false alarm of fire, the police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tweed Heads Fire. Boarding House Destroyed. Damage Estimated at £1000. Tweed Heads
Early this morning a fire totally destroyed Hooper's boarding house, situated opposite the corner to the Catholic Presbytery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suspicious Fire. Launceston
A fire occurred at Seymour Coal Proprietary Works on the East Coast early yesterday morning. The engine-house and all the tools were destroyed. That…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl Sent for Trial. Fire in Father's House. Sydney
The Parramatta district coroner inquired into a fire that did small damage in the house of a man named Buckley at Marsh street, Clyde, on the night of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Terrors of Hell." Methylated Spirit Drinkers. Trail of Fire in Gutter. Melbourne
During the hearing of a case at Fitzroy Police Court Constable Veness said the police had done their best to check the vice of drinking methylated spirits…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire-fighting Demonstration
A couple of very interesting demonstrations were given in town during the week with a fire extinguisher (the "Simplex") by the travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Ladder. Sydney
The report of Professor Warren on the fire brigade ladder which collapsed during a five in Adam's Cafe in George street, states that under certain strains…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inquiry Re Fire Ladder Sydney
The report of Professor Warren on the fire Brunade ladder which collapsed during a fire at Adams's Cafe, in George-street, states that under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires. in West Australia. Group Settlers Alarmed. Perth
Serious bush fires are reported from various parts of the south-west of West Australia. Great consternation prevails among the group settlers, but all homes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Furniture Factory. Destroyed by Fire. Sydney
A fire completely destroyed Woods furniture factory in King street, Tempe, to-night. The fire broke out shortly, after seven o'clock, and in a short…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Picture Show Fire 16,000 Feet of Film Burnt. Newcastle
When the operator, at a picture show at Boolaroo was arranging the reels prior, to an entertainment last night the films burst into flame. The cry of fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Extinguished. London
The fire on the steamer Dorset was extinguished and the undamaged cargo is being discharged. (Australian Press Association.)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cottage Destroyed by Fire
Shortly after midnight, on Monday an outbreak of fire occurred in premises situated, in Gitana street, Casino, at the rea of the hospital, owned by Mr. E. E…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FiRE Brigade's Extraordinary Action
Gilgandra residents were alarmed to hear the clanging of the fire bell at 7.30 p.m. on Monday night, and all the town turned out to locate the blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Dorset. Fire in Glasgow Harbor. Exciting Scenes
LONDON, Thursday. There were exciting scenes in the Glasgow harbor early this morning when a fire occurred on the steamer Dorset…
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