Fire at Constable's Residence
On Wednesday afternoon a fire was discovered in the residence occupied by Constable and Mrs. H. McInnes in Johnson street, Byron Bay. Constable and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
548 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 28
Irate President Threw Letter in Fire Crimes Against Women. Sydney
At a meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council on Friday night a letter from Abererombie Shire Council, asking for cooperation in approaching the Minister to…
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The fourth episode or what can almost be regarded as a serial story of landowners at law was commenced before his Honor Judge Edwards at the Kempsey…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fourth Episode. Famous Nambucca Grass Fire Verdict for £25
The fire which occurred on the Up per Nambncca daring the dry spcl in 1926 became a serial of court epi sodes. The fourth was heard befon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Candle Starts Fire Old Woman Burned to Death. Bathurst
Mrs. Mary Baker, 77, who lived alone at Wattle Flat, was fatally burned yesterday. She was found with the Whole of her clothes burned off and in terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Murwillumbah Post Office
At 12.25 on Sunday morning, Murwillumbah Fire Brigade received a call to the telephone exchange branch of the Post Office, where a fire had broken out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hotel Destroyed by Fire. Brisbane
The seaside hotel at Tugun, South Coast line, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage amounted to between £4000 and £5000. Within about…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Geelong Fire Case for Inquiry. Melbourne
Detectives are inquiring into a fire which destroyed two shops at Geelong to-day, causing damage estimated at about £3000. As the firemen approached the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blaze on Launch. Sydney
The launch Warrigal backfired and burst into flames near Taronga Park wharf, Sydney, yesterday. Chas Barringham, the only occupant, was able to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Electricity and Fire. Coroner Writes to Council
A week or two ago a fire was discovered at the residence of Mr. W. H. Maker at East Bellingen, and it was alleged to have been caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Telegrams Vacuum Oil Fire. Sydney
Following a fire at the Vacuum Oil Company's shed at North Wollongong, the police seized a number of cases in a house in the neighbourhood and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Plane Courtney's Forced Landing. London
Captain Courtney wirelessed to his wife that he was forced down owing to outbreak of fire. He described it as the nastiest incident in his experience, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bellingen's New Fire Station
The tender of Mr. H. J. McCallum, of Concord, and formerly of Bellingen, has been accepted for the erection of the new brick fire station at Bellingen. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ambulance Car Damaged by Fire
Last evening, between 6.30 and 7 o'clock, the new Cheviolet car belonging to the Grafton Ambulance, which was only purchased about a month ago for the sum of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gelignite in Fire Violent Explosion at Wagga. Wagga
A violent explosion occurred when a constable threw a box which he thought contained only old paper into a cleaningup bonfire at the local courthouse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plane on Fire Dropped Into Atlantic Courtney's Story. New York
Captain Courtney and his three companions, who were rescued from mid-ocean after their seaplane crashed in flames, told of their forced landing and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Milk Fights Fire
When the fire department of a town by the picturesque name of Oelwin, in Iowa, U.S.A., had a fire recently, in itself a rare occurrence, the town's water supply…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Fernbrook
Mr. J. J. Matthew's cottage, on his farm at the top end of Fernbrook, was destroyed by fire on Friday evening last. The blaze was seen by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mullumbimby Blaze
At 2 a.m. on Thursday, Mullumbimby Fire Brigade received a call to East Mullumbimby, where Mr. Archie Stewart's house was found to be on fire and must…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →RESCUES Fire in Brisbane Boarding House Ablaze Man Jumps From Window. Brisbane
Fourteen persons residing in the upstairs portion of a large wooden building in South Brisbane, conducted as a boarding establishment had a…
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