Fires Caused by Train
While the excursion trains were running from Lismore to Byron Bay on Sunday, says a Byron Bay correspondent, sparks from the engines caused several fires along…
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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
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While the excursion trains were running from Lismore to Byron Bay on Sunday, says a Byron Bay correspondent, sparks from the engines caused several fires along…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A radio message says the Ginyo Maru's fire is under control and almost extinguished. Tw[?] death and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire outbreaks after 4 p.m. will in the future dn Perth have a fairly free hand. An extraordinary official announcement was made on Tuesday of last week that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The lives of 100 employees were imperilled on October 23 by a fierce 10 minute film fire on the premises of the Tropical Budget and Ideal Films Ltd., London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another big fire has occurred in the main street of Taree (Victoria street). The outbreak was discovered in the middle of the day between 1 and 2…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out in the main stand at the Cricket Ground yesterday while the test was in progress. There was much. excitement, and the fire brigades had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred on Tuesday night at an open air picture show at Cardwell owned by Matthew Zervodakis, as the result of a film igniting, Mr. Zervodakis, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Redfern picture theatre at Redfern was severely damaged by fire which broke out shortly before half-past two this morning. When the brigade arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At about 11 p.m. on Saturday a cottage off Shirley street, Byron Bay, owned by Mr. W. P. Condon and occupied by Mr. I. Viney, was with its contents…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About 2 a.m on New Year's Day a four-roomed house, owned and occupied by Mr. Frank Natole, at Goonergerry, with the contents, was completely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →John Mathews, 19, was paintings the inside of a beer cylinder at Jones' brewery, Lithgow, when suddenly the paint caught fire. Mathews forced his way out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At 3 a.m. on Wednesday the Lismore Fire Brigade received a call by telephone to a fire in an untenanted house on the new Ballina Cutting, Lismore. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One hundred and eight points of rain were registered at Tyndale as the result of several thunderstorms during the week. But the rainfall was much heavier ever…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During the absence of the Tenterfield town clerk in Sydney, an attempt was made to burn his residence. A candle had been set near the door at the back and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An outbreak of fire is reported from St. Luke's International Hospital. At present there are scanty details of the fire which gutted practically the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The transfer at an early date to Lane Cove of Mr. W. Scadding, officer in charge of the fire station at Casino, recalls the fact that in nine years we…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The coachbuilding premises of Messrs. J. W. Denny and Sons, in Terania street, North Lismore, were extensively damaged by a fire which broke out in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An unusual case was before the Central Summons Court to-day when Charles Thompson, a middle-aged man, was charged with having on December 3, at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A mysterious fire which occurred in the back portion of a cottage in Ste[?]rt street Tweed Heads, the property of Mrs. B. Gray, early on the morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"The reel handle was tied on to the back of a cab. One fireman was standing on the back step of the cab, and three or Tour men were squeezed into it,…
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