£10,000 Fire Damage at Innisfail Buildings Gutted. Innisfail
Damage to the extent of about £10,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed Rizzo's Buildings, a two-storied structure, in Edith street, late last night and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1932
337 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 17
60 Years Ago From Old Files Best of the News Glen Innes Race Club Feast. Maize Cobs As Fire Lighters
Maize cobs arid cores were utilised in France for fire lighters. They were treated by dipping them in a solution and then drying them. Thirty workmen were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grass and Sheep Burnt Bush Fires at Canowindra. Canowinidra
Heavy damage was caused by bush fires in this district to-day. The whole of the grass on Nangar S[?]on, with the exception of the it at the homestead, was burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Coff's Harbor House Destroyed Coff's Harbor
A weatherboard cottage owned and occupied by Mr. C. Gilbey, in North street, Coff's Harbor, was totally destroyed by fire in the early hours. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Careless Smoker Seven Persons Perish in Fire. Calcutta
A lighted cigarette thrown by a boy into a Bangalore fireworks shop caused an explosion and in the fire, which spread to an adjoining shop, seven persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Midday Fire
At 1.11 p.m, yesterday the Grafton Fire Brigade received a call and Substation Officer Armstrong with four men proceeded with the fire engine to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Victims Evidence at Victorian Inquest Melbourne
An inquest was held to-day concerning the deaths of Geo. Alfred Cook, 62, farmer, and Ronald Charles Cook, 14, his son. and Walter Bunting, 42, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Township in Danger Fire Breaks As Precaution. Cowra
The township of Koorawatha, which has been menaced by fires for two days, is now believed to be out of danger, although the flames completely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Burnt Fires in Young District. Young
Bush fires did considerable damage yesterday in the district, over 12,000 acres of grass being destroyed when the flames swept several properties in heavily wooded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Fires in Night at Mudgee INCENDIARISM Four Fires At Mudgee Smouldering Bags Butter Factory Ablaze Town Now Guarded. Mudgee
Apparently deliberate and in most cases successful efforts were made last night to destroy five business premises in various parts of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'Work of Madman' Fires at Mudgee Another Outbreak. Sydney
A message from Mudgee states that there was a further outbreak of fire in town this morning when the fence around the Town Hall caught alight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cartridge in Fire Bullet Hit Woman in Face. Broken Hill
Mrs. H. Burgess was the victim of a strange accident. When a cartridge which had been inadvertently placed in the kitchen stove exploded the bullet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crushed to Death by Burning Gum Tree Volunteer Fire Fighter's End Young
While fighting a bush hre between Cowra and Young yesterday, Robert Platt, 34, of Burrowa, was killed when a burning gum tree crushed him. Platt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mudgee Fires Arrest Expected Shortly. Mudgee
Detectives, police and watchmen kept a careful guard over buildings in town last night and as a result there were no fresh outbreaks of fire reported…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Poorhouse Inmates Twelve Die in Fire Terrible Disaster in Sweden. Stockholm
Seven, men and live women, aged between seventy and eighty, perished in a [?] in Sverasjoe poorno[?] last night. One died following a gallant but futile…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General. Cottage Destroyed by Fire
Mr [?] big loss at an early hour on Wednesday Morning when his near little cottage was destroyed by fire It is thought that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmhouse Burnt Out Blaze at Southgate Early Morning Outbreak
Damage roughly estimated at about £600, was caused by a fire which destroyed the farmhouse belonging to the three Misses Gulliford,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Alarm
Yesterday afternoon at 12.23 the Grafton District Fire Brigade received an alarm by telephone message, and the engine with five men turned out. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suspicious Fire Communists Believed Responsible. Melbourne
Communists are believed to have been responsible for the total destruction by fire of a small weatherboard residence in Conden street, South Melbourne. this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer on Fire Interstate Trader Time. Sydney
The steamer Time, en route from Rockhampton to Adelaide, wirelessed to-night that she is on fire. The vessel left Sydney about 6 p.m. on the continuation of…
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