House Destroyed by Fire
At house situated on one of the Bray Estate farm properties, on the banks of the North Arm of the Tweed River, about a mile from Murwillumbah, was destroyed…
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Fires & bushfires, 1930
460 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 23
Hotel Fire Coolangatta Sensation Inmates Narrowly Escape with Lives Fierce Easterly Gale Fans the Flames. Coolangatta
Last night a fierce gale raged, accompanied by torrents of rain and shortly after midnight a fire broke out at Ajax's Coolangatta Hotel. With the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Petersham Fire Fireman Rescued Unconscious Sydney
Fanned by a gale, a fire at Parramatta road, Petersham, early this morning, spread with great rapidity. Buildings occupied by J. Watson, ironmonger, and Joe Gardiner's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Garage Destroyed by Fire Shock for Directors. Sydney
Fire gutted the Live Wire service station at Petersham this afternoon, after petrol vapor had been accidentally ignited by the striking of a match. Five cars in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seven Cars Destroyed Fire at Orange Garage. Orange
Fire gutted Chambers motor garage, late last night. and seven cars in the building were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Night of Terror a Raging Inferno Fire at Coolangatta. Tweed Heads
Saturday night will always be remembered by the people off the will towns as a time of terror. No one appears to have missed the terrible spectacle. Most people…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Forest Fire Six Perish in Flames Hundreds of Homes Destroyed Vancouver
Paul Garton, forestry protection aviator, and five farmers perished as the result of the first forest fires in Ontario for many years. Five others are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coolongatta Fire. Some Terrifying Experiences
Several people had narrow escapes from death when the Hotel Coolongatta and other premises were destroyed by fire last Sunday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Alstonville Eight-roomed House Destroyed Lismore
An eight-roomed weatherboard house, in Wardell road. Alstonville, occupied by Mrs. C. L. Crawford, was destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock to-night, but some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires at Tweed Heads Narrow Escape of Pacific Hotel. Tweed Heads
Early this morning the Pacific Hotel at Tweed "Heads narrowly escaped destruction. Two distinct tires were discovered at 2.45 a.m. in an upstairs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Exciting Scenes Fire at Annandale. Sydney
The premises or the Wycombe Upholstering Co. and Australian Furniture Co., at Annandale, were destroyed by fire early this morning and the damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at High School
A fire in one of the rooms of an unoccupied residence in the Grafton High School grounds was discovered by the caretaker at about 12.30 p.m. yesterday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Outbreaks of Fire Grafton Police Investigating
The outbreaks of fire which occurred during the past two days at the Grafton Golf Clubhouse and at the Grafton High School are engaging the attention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suspicious Fire Outbreak at Melbourne Theatre. Melbourne
The police believe that the fire which destroyed the Imperial Picture Theatre at South Melbourne last night was deliberately caused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Children Burned Performance of Fire-eater. London
Among strange bank holiday incidents five children were taken to the hospital suffering from burns as the result of the performance of a fire-eater on the famous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Village Destroyed Big Fire in Fiji. Suva
The Fijian native town of Serna, containing 22 sleeping houses and 15 kitchens, was completely destroyed by fire at midnight on Monday. It was caused by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Causes Panic Boy's Leap From Train. Sydney
Becoming panic-stricken when flames enveloped the overhead gear of an electric passenger train between Hurstville and Penshurst this afternoon Jack Small…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Ballina Fire Brigade Prevents Big Blaze. Lismore
Awakened by a noise similar to the firing of a gun, but which actually proved to be the bursting of wireless valves, Mrs. F. D. Felton, who lives in the main…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tweed Heads Fire
As a sequel to the fires which occurred on June 6 in a bedroom of the Hotel Pacifique, Tweed Heads, the finding of the Coroner was that William Frank Jaks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work of Thieves Six Fires in Factory. Melbourne
After firemen had attended an out Urea k at the Swan furniture factory, at Collingwood, early this morning, it was found that six fires had been started in…
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