£10,000 Fire South Lismore Hotel. Lismore
The Terminus Hotel at South Lismore, a two-storied wooden building opposite the railway station, was destroyed by fire which started in the spirit room and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1932
337 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 17
Tamworth Racecourse Fire
Soon after 8 o'clock on Thursday night a fire broke out 011 the Tamworth Jockey Chili's racecourse enclosure, the whole of the area being swept clean…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Twelve Fires on One Grenfell Farm. Sydney
Following twelve recent fires on the property of Victor Smith, twelve mile from Grenfell, mounted police, with blacktrackers, are trying to clear up the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hospital on Fire Saved by Nurses and Volunteers. Melbourne
The town of Walhalla in the Gippsland hills was seriously menaced by fire today. Portion of the hospital caught fire and the only patient had to be carried…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires This State And Victoria Narrow Escapes Youth Fatally Burned. Sydney
Bush fires and grass fires were re ported yesterday as having occurred in many parts or the State. Some of them was caused by lightning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£3500 Fire Block of Houses Destroyed. Newcastle
Damage exceeding £3500 was caused by a fire which swept through a block of houses at Toronto early this morning. The only premises left standing in the block…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Science Room Destroyed Melbourne University Fire. Melbourne
The office, science rooms and testing laboratories in the metallography department of metallurgy school at the Melbourne University were destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Calliope Farmers Home Destroyed Outbreak in Absence of Occupants
Damage estimated roughly at about £500 was caused by a fire which destroyed the home of Mr. P. Heinz, farmer, of Calliope, yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Echuca Business Premises Destroyed. Melbourne
A fire at Echuea yesterday destroyed an auction room, billiard saloon and tobacconist shop. Seven rooms in the Commercial Hotel were burnt, and other parts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Upper Orara Fire Lucas Homestead Destroyed Occupant's Narrow Escape
Mr. Chris Lucas's large weatherboard homestead and detached kitchen, With the entire contents were totally destroyed by fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sun Rays. Have Started Fires Strange Origins
Wine coming into contact with lime caused a fire in Melbourne on Sunday, which reminds Chief- Officer Nance, of Sydney Fire Headquarters,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Cargo on Fire on the Port Fremantle Vessel Reaches Wellington. Wellington (N. Z.)
The steamer Port Fremantle arrived at Wellington this morning from Wanganui with a fire among her wool cargo. When the, outbreak was observed all the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Bellingen Family Has Close Call. Bellingen
In the fire, which broke out and totally demolished their cottage in Briner street, West Bellingen, in the early hours of the morning, Mr. and Mrs. T. Craig had a very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Home Destroyed Fire at Upper Orara. Upper Orara
The residence of Mr. Chris Lucas was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. Mr. Earle Lucas was the only one at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Canadian Crime Family Stabbed Six Persons Killed House Set on Fire. Vancouver
An assassin crept into the home of Martin Sipar, at Elma, Manitoba, 50 miles south of Winnipeg, early on Friday morning, and stabbed to death six persons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Boambee Mr. Fred Gardiner's Loss
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Gardiner, on the roadside at Boambee, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night, with almost all the contents…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Violent Storm Vivid Lightning Display Fire at Power Station
Vivid streaks of lightning shooting across the sky in various shapes, with repeated sharp, loud and sudden crashes of thunder, kept up a violent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Midnight Fire Mr. Tom Craig a Loser in Bathroom, Almost Overcome
Awakened just in time, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Craig, very old residents of Belljngen were enabled to get out of their residence at West Bellingen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Smoke Signals From the Never Never" the Green Goddess Pierced by Rifle Fire in Central Australia. Author Gets a Shock
No mere affair of wooden spears or boomerangs, this Super-speed, metal-cased bullets from the very last word in Winchesters. That not a hair of my head was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Saved From Bush Fire
The home of Mr. R. R. Wilson, of Black Swamp, Tenterfield, was in grave danger of being caught in the sweep of hush fires on Sunday morning. when he…
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