Explosion and Fire
A weatherboard house owned by Mrs. Kennedy, Sydney, and occupied by Mr. M. Bulmer, senr., in West street, Casino, was destroyed by fire early on Monday…
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Fires & bushfires, 1932
337 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 17
Riots in Brussels Mobs Getting Out of Hand Police Ordered to Fire. Brussels
Several persons were killed and many injured in a Communist riot at Charleroi, following the coal miners’ strike which developed a revolutionary tendency…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Tasmanian Fire. Launceston
Dawson's general store at St. Mary's together with the stock valued at 9000, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The building and stock were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seriously Burned Tent Caught Fire Carried Two Miles by Mates. Wollongong
While asleep in his tent in a workmen's encampment near Wollongong on Saturday, thomas Cook, 38, employed on the Moss Vale-Port Kembla railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dreadfully Burned Woman's Clothes Catch Fire Melbourne
While Ethel Perhan, 22, single, of North Carlton, was standing with her back to the kitchen stove, her cotton dress ignited. She was speedily enveloped in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade Officers Application for an Award. Sydney
The Fire Brigades Conciliation Committee to- day commenced the hearing of an application by the Fire Brigade Officers' Association for an award…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Set on Fire Attack On A Woman a Human Torch Rescue by One-armed Husband. Sydney
Saturated with methylated spirits, and then set alight, Ruby Ellis, 36, of Glebe, was rushed to hospital late to-night following what appeared a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Spectacular Fire Million Gallons of Kerosene Beaten After Long Fight. Melbourne
A spectacular fire, which at one time threatened to assume tremendous proportions, broke out ill a huge tank of kerosene at the Shell Oil Co.'s store at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Quebec British Delegation Minor Fire on Shipboard. London
A minor blaze started by a fused electric wire in a room on the ship on Sunday night. It threatened to create flurry and excitement which was avoided by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cane Fire Five Acres Destroyed Outbreak at Care's Creek
Five, acres of Badila plant cane, the property of Mr. Cecil Bultitude, of Carr's Creek, near Grafton, were totally destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman's Narrow Escape Went to Sleep Before the Fire. Sydney
Mrs. James Donahue had a narrow escape from death last night. She fell asleep while sitting before a fire in her bedroom at Penshurst…
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There might have been a startling denouement at South Grafton races yesterday, but for the vigilance of Mr. T. C. Sweeney, a member of the committee of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on Steamer Yarra Coal Converted to Coke. Hobart
A fire occurred in the bunkers of five steamer Yarra last night. The brigade was summoned when a dense volume of smoke commenced to rise from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Fires Discovered in Cottage. Sydney
A deliberate attempt was made last night to burn down a cottage in Lord street, Newtown. When the [?]origades arrived they found…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Visit of Fire Brigade Officers
Mr. T. J. Smith, M.L.C., president of the Board of Fire Commissioners, and Mr. W. H. Beare, a senior officer from headquarters, will visit Grafton on August…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mysterious Fire the Braofield Family Scared
Awakened from her sleep, soon after she retired the other night, Mrs. G. Brad field was amazed to find her bedroom filled with, smoke. The odor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires and Floods 200 Dead in Canton. Hongkong
More than 200 are dead and a million dollars damage has been caused by floods and fires at Canton. The rapid rise of the river menaced the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Liability for Fire Damages Against Owner of Car in "Lock-up" Garage
A case of great interest to owners of motor cars housed in "lock-up" garages was decided in a country court in England recently, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Killed Many People Injured Fire and Explosion. New York
An explosion shook the forty two-storey Ritz Towers Hotel, on Park Avenue, today. The explosion occurred while firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£10,000 FIRE Killara Golf Club Premises Totally Destroyed in Ruins in Half an Hour. [?] SYDNEY
The clubhouse of the Killara Golf Club was completely destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. The flames were visible for miles…
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