Fire at Ballina Jeweller's Shop Destroyed. Lismore
Ballina Fire Brigade did smart work early this morning in preventing the destruction of a block of wooden buildings in the business centre of the town…
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Fires & bushfires, 1931
418 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 21
Maclean Council Christmas Relief Application for Grant Drainage Problems--fire Insurance Rates
The monthly meeting of the Maclean Municipal Council was held on Monday night when the following were present: Alds. W. Heffernan (Mayor), C. R…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Timely Detection Prevents Garage Fire. Sydney
Timely detection early this morning prevented a garage at Abbotsford from being destroyed by fire. When the brigade arrived it was found that kerosene…
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A fire in the early hours of Monday morning destroyed Langothlin post office, and the storeroom adjoining and contents. Guyra fire brigade was summoned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rubber Works Destroyed Big Paddington Blaze Witnessed by 40,000 People. Sydney
A sudden explosion, followed by an outbreak of fire, partly destroyed the works of Hardie Rubber Company. Ltd., in Paddington early this morning. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in House Incendiarism, Police Believe Sydney
Following a fire which occurred in a cottage at Kensington last night, firemen discovered three separate outbreaks. One room was practically destroyed, and…
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The Captain of the Dorrigo Fire Brigade, Mr. E. W. Curran, has been advised that the Board of Fire Commissioners will be arriving in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Post Office
The fusing of electric wires caused a blaze and a stir at Coffs post office on Tuesday night. One wire was burnt right through, and as it fused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lismore Show Gate Exceeds Last Year's Grandstand Fire. Lismore
The success of Lismore's annual show may be accurately gauged from the fact that the gate takings for two days, which do not include to-night, total £642,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Constable's Prompt Action Stopped Fire at Coff's Harbor. Coff's Harbor
Prompt action by Constable Buchanan saved the Coff's Harbor Post Office from being seriously damaged by fire last night. The electric light wires fused and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flax on Fire 15,000 Acres Destroyed. Wellington (N.z.)
A huge scrub flax fire is raging near Te Aroha; 15,000 acres are already swept bare, and thousands of tons of valuable flax have been destroyed. The fires are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Arson Copmanhurst Hotel Fire Licensee on Trial Startling Allegations Denied
The newly appointed Judge J. S. Clancy opened his official career on the District Court Bench, yesterday morning, at the Grafton Quarter Sessions. There were no…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Not Guilty Arson Charge Copmanhurst Hotel Fire Licensee Acquitted
The trial of Walter Hatten Werner, licensee of Small's, Hotel, Copamnhurst, on a charge of having maliciously, set fire to the premises…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dorrigo Fire Brigade
The new fire engine for the Dorrigo Fire Brigade arrived here by last Friday afternoon's train. It is a first-class machine, which can be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Newtown. Sydney
A fire last night partly destroyed a shop in King street, Newtown, which had been stocked with goods only yesterday, and was to be opened this morning for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Liner on Fire Belfast Lough Illuminated. London
There was an awesome spectacle at Belfast at 1.20 a.m., when the motor liner Bermuda, 10,000 tons, caught fire from stem to stern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burnt Out Luxury Liner Bermuda Sank at the Wharf. London
The "Daily Express" says that in cendarism is believed to have caused the destruction of the liner Bermuda. The vessel had the most lavish and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Like Machine-gun Fire
Into an inferno of blazing chemicals with salvoes of bursting bottles and flying corks on all sides, firemen bravely rushed to cut off the flames from casks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Board. Visit to Coffs Harbour. Captain Rainey Receives Long Service Medal
Interest was added to the visit of the New South Wales Fire Board to Coffs Harbour on Friday last by the fact that one of its duties was to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brave Girl Rescues From Fire
Two children were saved from a burning building in Stanley street, South Brisbane, by the bravery of a girl, who crawled across an awning from the upper…
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