French Disaster Vessel on Fire. Paris
Whiel an accumulator was being recharged in the submarine Nereide, at Toulon, an explosion set fire to the vessel. The crew escaped, with the exception of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1925
453 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 21 of 23
Woman Burned Motor Spirit As Fire Lighter. Auckland (N.z.)
Mrs. Dorothy Williams in an endeavor to light a fire at her home sprinkled motor spirits in the stove. Her clothes caught fire and she was shockingly burned. She…
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At about 9.15 one night last week considerable excitement was caused in front of Wrigley and Meldrum's Manning street garage, Taree, when petrol from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams Timber Mill Fire. Many Firemen Engaged. Melbourne
A fire broke out at a timber mill at Clifton Hill to-day and quickly spread to the surrounding premises. 59 firemen were at work, but before they got the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burnt Out Furniture Factory and House. Sydney
Johannson's and Wallgren's furniture factory at Waterloo, together with an adjoining residence was practically gutted by fire at an early hour this morning…
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On Saturday night about 11.30 a fire completely destroyed a house, the property of Mr. D. Walsh, Wardell. The occupants, Mr. and Mrs. W. Draffin, were absent in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Steamer Passengers and Crew Saved. Vancouver
A message from Cape May says that ail the passengers on the steamer Lenape, which was burned to the water's edge, were rescued and proceeded to their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clan Mackay Liner on Fire Valuable Cargo Aboard. London
The liner Clan Mackay is afire at Gravesend with a cargo of copra, cocoa beans and jute. The fire broke out in the second hold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bo[?]shie's Fire Stick Again Sensation at Moree
A sensation was caused at Moree last week at the preliminary hearing given John Roily, aged 28, a laborer, on a charge of having maliciously set fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sawmill Fire. Four Men for Trial. Launceston
The coroner committed four men for trial on a charge of arson in connection with the destruction by fire of a sawmill in the Patersonia district…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Kingaroy .Woman's Jump for Life. Brisbane
G. H. Jobson's furniture and cabinet making establishment and residence at Kingaroy were totally destroyed by fire early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Struck by Shot Cartridge in Copper Fire. Sydney
While Mrs. R. Copeland, of Kandos, was boiling clothes in a copper at her home an explosion occurred and she was struck by flying shot, sustaining painful…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →House on Fire. Occupant's Narrow Escape. Sydney
James Rigby had a narrow escape from death when his house caught fire at Wentworthville last night. He was partly overcome by smoke before he could…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clothes on Fire Terrible Burning Accident. Sydney
Stanley Parkes, 25, motor mechanic, had a terrible experience at Rockdale. He went into a yard to boil a billy over a spirit stove when the stove exploded,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams Fire in York Street. Sydney
A fire broke out on the second floor at No. 36 York street, Sydney, this afternoon. The second, third and fourth floors were severely damaged, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Coff's Harbor Brigade Extinguishes Outbreak Coff's Harbor
A fire broke out between Schneider's vacant shop and C. L. Smith's bakery in High street, Coff's Harbor, on Friday night. The fire was first noticed on the…
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Disastrous bush, fires broke out yesterday at Boona Station, in the trundle district. The flames spread rapidly…
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A disastrous bush fire broke out yesterday at Boona Station, in the Trundle district. The flames spread rapidly. All the grass on Melrose Plains Station,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Lismore
Shortly before 10 o'clock on Monday night a fire broke out in a two-storied cottage situated in Keen street, Lismore, adjoining the Church of Christ. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Fire MR. S. Doust's Cottage Razed
A conflagration of a most destructive nature occurred in Dorrigo in the early hours of Sunday morning last, when the sung and comfortable home…
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