Farmer's Home Destroyed Fire at Calliope
The residence of Mr. Henry George Kratz, at Callipe, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Kratz left home at about 12.30 p.m., Mrs. Kratz…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
510 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 18 of 26
Local and General. Bush Fire at Gangara
Fanned by a strong westerly wind a bush, fire swept down the hill side at Gangara one sunday last week and menaced the Public School. The…
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Acting under instructions from the Board of Fire Commissioners, the local Fire Brigade recently had an electric light installed in front of the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade's Pay. Dispute Between Two Towns
The remarks of members of the Fire Board regarding the non-paymem by wingham or the coat of Tare fire brigade going to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hosiery Premises Gutted Fire at Camperdown. Sydney
Considerable damage was done by a fire which broke out in the Twinkle Toe: Hosiery Company's building, Camperdown, last night, after having apparently…
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Seven persons were burned to death while a farmhouse was destroyed by fire near Parlmerston North on Friday night…
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Fanned by a strong westerly wind a bush fire swept down the hill side at Gangara recently and menaced the Public school. The teacher, who saw the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Foxton Fire Bodies of Eight Victims in Ruins Auckland
The police yesterday found a further body, that of Samuel Thomson, 23, farm hand in the Foxton fire rains. This makes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Carr's Creek Car and Shed Destroyed. Carr's Creek
Mr. A. Brown suffered severe loss in the early hours of this morning, when his new model Ford car and large shed were totally destroyed by fire…
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A fire, which broke out early this morning in the main street, destroyed four buildings. A narrow laneway saved a number of other buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Produce Store Gutted Fire at Prahran. Melbourne
About £3000 worth of damage was done early this morning, at McGouagle and Co's produce store at Prahran by a fire which gutted the place. Some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fanned by Gale Fire at Waterloo Factory. Sydney
A fire which broke out early this morning at Waterloo, destroyed Sommerfield's upholstery factory, and damaged an adjoining disinfectant factory. A number…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Casino Pidcock's Mill Damaged Brigade's Good Work. Lismore
At 5.20 o'clock this morning the driver of the goods train from Grafton was coming to the Casino station when he noticed a fire at Pidcock's mill. He…
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While Mr. W. Williamson, a member of the "Daily Examiner" staff, was on his way to work at about 2.45 yesterday morning, he noticed a large wooden shed,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.Z. HORROR Eight Burned To Death Murder--then Fire? Police Baffled. Auckland
The theory that some, and perhaps all, of the eight persons whose bodies were found after a fire at Himitangi, were murdered is advanced, following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Yamba Cottage Destroyed
A cottage on the Yamba road, about two miles on the Maclean side of Yamba, owned by Mr. C. Phillips and occupied by his son Roger, was completely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Discovery Shooting Tragedy Preceded Fire. Auckland
The police have ascertained that one of the men who, with three other adults and four children, were burned to death in a fire tragedy at Himatangi a little…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Oil Wells In Bush Fires' Track Ninety-five Destroyed Men Women and Children Fight Flames. Los Angeles
Two disastrous bush fires continue unchecked in the Ventura and San Diego districts, and the total damage will exceed £750,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Branding £250,000 Worth of Leather Destroyed. Sydney
The conference of leather manufacturers decided to ask the Federal authorities to provide a substitute for fire branding. It was stated that Australia incurred a direct…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forest Fires Extinguished by Rain. Los Angeles
The Ventura and San Diego forest fires to-night became widespread stretches of steam, after heavy rains quenched the flames, which have done enormous damage…
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