Fire in Theatre Brigade's Hard Fight at Kensington. Sydney
Prompt action by the fire brigade prevented serious damage in the shopping centre of Kensington early this morning. A passerby noticed smoke emitting from…
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Fires & bushfires, 1932
337 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 17
Bullet and Fire Glen Innes Grazier's Death Determined Suicide. Glen Innes
John Ernest Hayes, 40, graizer, of Bald Nob, near Glen Innes, committed suicide in determined fashion to-day. He set fire to a big stack of timber…
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A fire destroyed the baggage van of the Brisbane-Townsville mail train near Maryborough on Friday. Little was saved, the heat driving back the train crew and…
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At an early hour yesterday morning Mr. A. E. Burke's cash and carry store and residence caught fire. The shop portion of the building was almost demolished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Raging In Old Coal Mine Residents Alarmed Railway in Danger—fumes Kill Trees. Greta
The fire in the old mine workings is hourly becoming more serious. For the first time, huge billows of flame spouted from big cavities…
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At 1 o'clock this morning so fiercely were flames shooting from the Central Greta pits that it was thought the train services would have to be…
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Dorrigo had a fire early last Sunday morning which did damage estimated about £1200. A. E. Burke's cash and carry store and residence…
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A cottage a little distance behind Hillery's boarding house at the Jetty was close to catching fire on Wednesday evening. During ironing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greta Fires Crown No Right of Access Sealing Up of the Cavities. Sydney
Fires are still burning in the abandoned underground colliery workings at Greta. Representatives of the Greta and Kearsley Shire Councils at a special meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Fire Shop and Contents Destroyed Brigade's Good Work
At an early hour on Sunday morning the local Fire Brigade was called out to quell an outbreak that occurred in Mr. A. E. Burke's. cash and carry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greta Mine Fire Northern Line Being Watched. Sydney
Shortly after the train had passed over the main northern line, near the Greta railway station last night, flames leapt out afresh from the big crater on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burned to Death Station Owner and Teacher Hotel Fire at Camooweal Camooweal
When a fire completely gutted the Federal Hotel at Urndangie last night, Mr. Skinner, a well-known station owner, and Neville Radloff, 21, school teacher,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Land Speed Record "Wizard" Smith Abandons Attempt Car Caught Fire. Wellington (N.z.)
"Wizard" Smith's racing car, "J. F. Stewart Enterprise," caught fire to-day while Smith was attacking the five mile record. He was forced to abandon the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Mine Fire Blaze Stopped at Greta. Newcastle
Gangs of men succeeded in closing the tunnel at the bottom of the crater, which is the centre of the fire at the Greta coal mine. Two other openings through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →House Razed to Ground Fire at Tallawadja Creek
During Saturday night the house of Mr. A. C. Shipman, of Tallawadja Creek, was totally destroyed by fire. Mr. Shipman and family spent the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Fierce Fire At Beach House Hotel Old Landmark Demolished
The Beach House Hotel, a landmark at the Jetty tor the past 25 years or so, was completely destroyed by fire about 4 o'clock yesterday morning…
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The Beach House Hotel at Coff's Harbor Jetty was completely destroyed by fire in the early hours of yesterday morning, the occupants…
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Attwell's furniture factory at Marrickville was destroyed by fire early this morning. When the brigades arrived the flames had obtained a firm grip…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surry Hills Fire Damage Estimated at £10,000. SYDNEY
A fire which almost gutted the premisess of Slazengers, Ltd., in Surry Hills, early this morning, caused damage estimated at over £10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aged Miner Burnt Out Nonagenarian's Experience Found Lying on Sheet of Bark. Copmauhurst
Mr. Charles Harkins, an aged miner, and an old-age pensioner, aged over 93 years, has been living in a primitive manner in the bush, six miles from Iionsville,…
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