Fire Near Carr's Creek
A good save was effected by Sub-station Officer E. F. Armstrong and five members of the Grafton Fire Brigade on Saturday afternoon. A call was received through…
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Fires & bushfires, 1931
418 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 21
Destroyed by Fire Kingsford Smith's Speedboat. Sydney
Kingsford Smith's speedboat, Miss Southern Cross, blew up at Lane Cove this afternoon and was totally destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Baradine Fire Six Shops Destroyed Police Action Saves Town. Baradine
Six shops in the business centre of the town were destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The action of the police in pulling down a store in the main street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Guyra Fire General Store Destroyed. Guyra
Bow and Son's general store at Guyra was completely destroyed by fire. The adjoining building, the Manchester Unity Hall was prevented from sharing a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Seelands Barn and Contents Destroyed
On Tuesday evening a barn and its contents on the property of Mrs. Gawler, at Seelands were destroyed by fire. The contents consisted of the hay crop from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chinese Storekeeper's Escape Fire at North Sydney. Sydney
A Chinese storekeeper of North Sydney, Kum Tong Percy, had a narrow escape from death last night when the shop in which he lived caught fire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Yamba
A building in Yamba, used as a hairdressing and billiard saloon, which had a residence attached, was totally destroyed by fire, about 1 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ship on Fire Australian Cargo. Capetown
The South African steamer Aloe arrived at Port Louis (Mauritius) with the bunkers and the cargo of Australian timber ablaze. Tugs beached her in 20 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tintenbar Fire-- Postmaster Committed
The Coroner's inquiry, commenced on March 27, into the origin of a fire which destroyed the post office and a dwelling at Tintenbar on February 28 was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forest Fires Raging in U.S.A. Heavy Damage. New York
It is reported from Wisconan that fires arc raging over a wide area and have already destroyed thousands of acres of timber and done great, property…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sewer Tunnel Ten Die in Fire. Chicago
Ten men are known to be dead as the result of fire and smoke in a sanitary district tunnel blaze. The number of others trapped is not known, but it is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Railway Station
Sonic excitement was occasioned at the Kyogle railway station on Thursday night of last week, when a fire was discovered in a truck of chaff. The flames had a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hundred Gars Destroyed in Big Fire. Wellington (N.z.)
About 100 motor cars were destroyed in a fire which razed the premises of the Maoriland Motor Company at midnight last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tweed Heads Fire
After hearing evidence at Tweed Heads concerning the fire on April 1 last at the Tweed Cafe, Tweed Heads, the coroner (Mr. K. C. Morley) found…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires and Insurances Remarkable Evidence at Inquest. Sydney
Remarkable evidence was given at Paramatta concerning a lire which destroyed a house at Lidcombe on March 13. Jessie Johnstone, owner of the cottage, said…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Sydney Brigades Hard Fight. Sydney
Many firemen were called out to attend a blaze which severely damaged a three-storey building in Elizabeth street, near Devonshire street, City. last night. There…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Riot Egyptian Train Held Up a Police Fire on Mob. London
News comes from Cairo that serious rioting at Dekerness, Upper Egypt, followed the holding up of a train conveying notable people to Mansura to attend a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Circus. Elephant Gives Alarm
When an elephant was brought into the ring to do its "turn" at a circus at New Lambton, Newcastle, on Saturday night it commenced a low…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Petrol Fire 32,000 Gallons Destroyed. Auckland
A fire at Hornsby, near Christchurch, yesterday destroyed 32,000 gallons of petrol. Many drums of petrol were hurled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Paint Factory Brigades Prevent Big Fire. Sydney
Alarmed by an explosion in Taubman's paint factory at St. Peters to-night, caretaker, A. W. Cook, found a varnish boiler had blown out and a section of the huge…
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