Fire on Train Mail Bags Destroyed. Sydney
Ten bags of mail for Queensland stations were destroyed when a louvre van, attached to the Brisbane mail train, which left Sydney at 2 p.m. yesterday caught…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
548 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 28
Fire at Canberra Workmen's Mess Destroyed. Canberra
The workmen's mess at Eastlake, a suburb of Canberra, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The fire broke out at 1.30 and the flames, fanned by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£50,000 Fire Three Firms Burnt Out Soap, Oil and Machinery. Fremantle
Damage estimated at over £50,000 was caused by a fire which broke out in Kitchen and Sons soap factory at North Fremantle early to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£100,000 Damage Big Brisbane Blaze Warehouse Practically Gutted
Damage to building and stocks, estimated at over £100,000, resulted from a spectacular fire which practically gutted a four-storey building…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Fire at Slaushteryard
Mr. J. R. Henderson, butcher, suffered about £70 loss through a fire which destroyed the pot house and hides shed at his s[?]nght[?]ryard at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fortunate Fire Discovery
While Mr. J. A. Wallwork and family were entertaining visitors in a front room of their residence at Stratheden, on Sunday night, a fire broke out in a chest of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Raging in Victoria Small Townships in Danger Loss of Life Reported. Melbourne
Big bush fires are raging in the Ballarat district hand several townships are threatened. Extensive bush fires are raging…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Five Houses Destroyed Fifty Others Damaged Enormous Property Loss. Melbourne
Six houses were destroyed and 50 others damaged, while six horses were incinerated and enormous damage was done to fencing and other property by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£95,000 Damage Cotton Mill Fires at Bombay. Calcutta
A serious epidemic of fires in the Bombay cotton mill and store's caused damage estimated at £45,000. A fire broke out in a cargo ship in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Bush Fires Now Being Kept in Check. Melbourne
Latest news regarding the Victorian bush fires states that as a result of a cool change the fires are new being kept in rheck. Hundreds of men and women…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill Mine Fire. Sydney
A Broken Hill message says that a fire broke, out in Thompson's shaft section of the British mine about. 6 o'clock last night, and severely damaged the poppet…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Navy Coal Supply Ship Fire in Hold. Sydney
A fire was discovered in No. 2 hold of the steamer Mombah, coal supply ship, attached to the Commonwealth Navy, while lying in the harbor this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Still Burning in Victoria. Melbourne
The bush fire which caused considerable damage at Dandenong on Friday broke out afresh yesterday afternoon, and at one stage reached within 200 yards of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Garage. Sydney
The back firing of a motor car caused a fire which destroyed Mr. Ernest Eve's garage at Strathfield last night. Mr. Eve was slightly burned while a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£100,000 Big Fire In Sydney Wynyard House Gutted Adjoining Buildings Damaged Two Walls Collapse. Sydney
Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire which gutted Wynyard House, a nine storey building, in Carrington street, Wynyard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire in Victoria Forest Country. Melbourne
Bush fires are reported from Powell-town, which was the scene of tragic fires a couple of years ago. A fire is burning on a three-mile front…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigade Hoaxed 27 Miles Dash--no Fire. Melbourne
Some person with a distorted sense of humor sent a call from Selby to the Metropolitan Fire Brigde to the effect that a serious fire was burning in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Sydney Red Coupon's Premises. Sydney
A fire broke out early this morning at 132 George street west, in the premises of Red Coupons. The outbreak originated in a shed at the rear and spread to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dress Caught Fire Little Girl Burned to Death. Forbes
Monica Green, 7, was fatally burned when her clothing caught fire at her home. She had received permission from lier mother to boil a pot of beetroot, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Big Fires Stanthorpe and Murgon New Premises Destroyed £18,000 Damage at Stanthorpe. Brisbane
Disastrous fires at Stanthorpe and Murgon destroyed nine business places. The damage at Stanthorpe, where…
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