Death Leap to Escape From Fire three persons killed. LONDON
Despite appeals from the crowd to wait until the fire brigade came William Cupitt and his wife and a woman employee at a blouse making factory jumped 75 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1928
548 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 28
Store Destroyed by Fire. Canberra
A fire destroyed a store at the Molongle on Saturday night. The building was gutted and almost all of the stock which was valued approximately at £1000 was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£25,000 Damage Fire in Ovens Valley District. Melbourne
One of the most disastrous fires has occurred in the Ovens River Valley district in the hop kiln of Panlock Bros. Company, Limited, of Rostrevor, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shops Destroyed Blaze at Mullumbimby
Two shops were destroyed by fire in Burringbar street, Mullumbimly, on Monday morning. The fire started about 3 o' clock in Mr. E. Kershler's fruit and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Copper Mine Twenty-two Lives Lost. Mexico City
Twenty-two men are believed to have perished in a fire in an American owned copper mine near Teziutlan. Eleven bodies have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£100,000 Damage Explosion and Fire in New Hebrides. Sydney
Mr. H. J. Unsworth, fire assessor, has returned to Sydney from Vila, New Hebrides. He estimates the damage by the recent explosion and fire there at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Margarjne Factory Fire Loss Estimated at £10,000. AUCKLAND
A large quantity of margarine awaiting shipment was destroyed,-when a fire gutted Abel's margarine factory at Newmarket. The total loss wits estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →House Robbed Burglars Start Fire. Sydney
The residence and furniture of Arthur Lorrard, of Birrell street, Waverley, were considerably damaged by a fire which broke out last, night during the absence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tent Caught Fire Incident at Military Camp, Melbourne
When a tent caught fire in the 7th Battalion lines at the Seymour camp, early this morning, eight men narrowly escaped the flames. They lost all of their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Damage Fire at Adelaide. Adelaide
Considerable damage was caused by a fire which broke out in the electrical establishment of Unbehaun and Johnstone shortly after one o'clock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire Thrilling Escape Women Climb Along Parapets. Melbourne
Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was caused by a fire which broke out in the London Stores, Bourke street, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casino's Fire Outbreaks
During the course of an inquiry into a fire which destroyed a house in Hotham street, Casino, on the night of February 24, the coroner (Mr. A. E. Wren) asked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Jetty. Good Save on Cottage
Early discovery and prompt action saved the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Mildenhall, in Moore Street, Coffs Jetty, from total destruction by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Fatally Burned Fire Discovered by Passing Train. Auckland
When a railway man's but at Pukerua Bay was destroyed by fire, the only occupant, a porter named Archibald Amundsen, 26, was fatally burned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Children Rescued Fire at Broken! Hill Family's Narrow Escape. Broken Hill
At an early hour this morning, John Wilson was awakened by a sound of crackling flames and found his house on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Camp Fire Incendiarism Suspected Nine Men Lose Lives. Princeton (B.c.)
Nine men are dead and, five seriously burned, while a number of others received minor hurts as a result of a fire, believed to be incendiary, which destroyed a big…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Verdict for £350 Fire Damaged Neighbor's Property. Sydney
In the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice James and jury, Jeremiah Harold O'Keefe, of Temora, was awarded £350 damages from Arthur Webster, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early Morning Blaze
A five roomed cottage, together with its contents, occupied by Mr. Batisia Gava, of Victoria street, Lismore, was destroyed by fire early on Monday morning. the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thirty One Dead Fire Destroys Indian Village. Calcutta
Thirty-one people are dead and 400 houses have been destroyed as a result, of a fire in the village of Esur, in the State of Mysore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abolition of Taxes. Also the Effect of a Fire on an Audience
Mr. A. C. Huie began his meeting in the street in trout of the School of Arts last, night promptly at 7.30. He said he hoped to visit 50 country…
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