Escape From Fire Down Verandah Post. Brisbane
Three occupants escaped only with the clothes they wore and one had to slip down a verandah post when the Grand Hotel, at Chinchilla, was burnt to the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
510 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 26
Fire at Kempsey
Shortly after 7.30 on Friday night the residence of Mr. Ray Simon, of Red Hill, near Kempsey, owned by Mr. M. Galvin, was totally destroyed by fire. Mr. Simon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Fall When Escaping From Fire. Auckland
Sadie Lynch, head waitress at an hotel at Cargen, was killed this morning when she fell 30 feet to the concrete basement during an outbreak of fire…
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Many letters were destroyed in a fire at Hamilton Post Office, near Newcastle, last night. The letters were contained in a basket under the posting window. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smell of Kerosene Bedding Piled in Room Fire Officer's Evidence. Cairns
Giving evidence at the inquiry into the fire which destroyed a boarding house at Cairns in March last Chief Fire Officer Warnes said before entering the building…
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A stranger passing Hamilton "post office at the corner of Beaumont and Lindsay streets, early on Sunday morning, noticed smoke coming from one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious City Fire. Sydney
A fire of serious proportions broke out on the first Floor of a six-storyed building occupied by C. E. Waters and Co., shipping merchants and millers of Mountain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WINDFALL For Customs Dept. Oil Coup Missed Fire When Petrol Tax Was Abandoned. Canberra
The decision of the Federal Cabinet last week not to impose an additional tax of 4d a gallon on petrol was the deathblow to one of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£12,000 damage Fire at Freezing Works. Wellington (N.z.)
Damage estimated at between £12,000 and £15,000 was caused by a fire at Smithfield freezing works last night. Several thousand carcases were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Church During Morning Service Three Firemen Injured. Sydney
Three firemen were injured while fighting a fire, which broke out at Haberfield Methodist Church during the morning service to-day. The congregation left the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Convent Destroyed Fire Follows Lightning Flash. Quebec
The Convent of the Sacred Heart at Sault an Recollet, near here, a noted educational institution, was destroyed by fire after being struck by lightning…
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Musical instruments, valued at £350, were destroyed when a fire broke out at the International Hotel at Bondi. The Haines, however, were soon extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£10,000 Damage Fire at Port Pirie. Adelaide
Damage 'estimated at £10,000 was caused ' early this morning, when a fire broke out in the showroom of the Port Pirie Furnishing Co., at Port Pirie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Devastating Fire at Glebe. Sydney
Many thousands of pounds worth of damage was done early this morning by a fire, which gutted premises of Storey Brothers, engineers, at Glebe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Fire District Officer Injured. Sydney
District Officer J. Neville, of Fire Headquarters, was slightly hurt when he fell down a flight of steps while fighting a fire which gutted the ground floor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Glebe £15,000 Damage at Factory. Sydney
Damage caused by the fire, which gutted Storey Bros.' factory at Glebe early this morning is estimated at £15,000. As the result of the fire, many employees…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Fires in Two Days at Glen Innes
When, on Wednesday night, the fire bell rang, for the third time in two days, at Glen Innes, the members of the Fire Brigade answered their third, call in 29…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FLOOD-FIRE Richmond's Black Week-End Three Lives Lost Flood Waters in Lismore Shops Destroyed at Ballina. Lismore
The week-end has been a disastrous one for the Richmond Riven district. All day Saturday a 70 'mile an hour gale, tore through the district driving…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newspaper Office Third Fire in Two Months £8000 Blaze at Forbes. Sydney
The newspaper office owned by the Western Newspapers, Limited, at Forbes, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The adjacent building was saved after…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Palm Beach Fire Man Committed for Trial. Sydney
At the conclusion of the inquiry into two fires which broke out at Palm Beach House, Palm Beach, on April 1, the Coroner committed Eric Woodger for trial…
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