Fire in Melbourne Two Firemen Injured. Melbourne
A fire which broke out in Varey's furniture factory, Collingwood, last night, caused damage running into several thousands of pounds. Two firemen Claude…
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Fires & bushfires, 1933
303 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 16
Mysterious Church Fire
A mysterious fire broke out in the sacristy of St. Agatha's Roman Catholic Church, Oriel road, Ascot, about 3.30 a.m. on Sunday. Mrs. Theresa Lynch,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Deliberate" Liner Latlantique Fire. Parts
The Commission of Inquiry reports that the liner L'Atlantique was is set afire de liberately, and some other cause than malevolence seems to have been capable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →House Destroyed Fire-fighters Save Others. Melbourne
One house was destroyed and several others seriously, endangered when a fire broke out in the ranges behind Omce this afternoon…
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A message from Tisdale (Saskatchewan). states that seven persons were burned to death and five others burned or seriously injured, one probably fatally, as the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Air Tragedy Four Men Incinerated Royal Air Force Plane Petrol Tank Caught Fire. London
Ecur were killed when a Royal Air Force 'plane, exercising on Salisbury Plain, met a heavy ground mist and struck a tree…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Bush Fires Extinguished by Voluntary Brigades. Melbourne
Hundreds of acres of grass and forest land were, swept by fires which broke out in the Bright, and Harrietville and Reachworth districts, in the vicinity of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Headless Body Found Fire at Braidwood. Sydney
Detective Sergeant Keogh left Sydney this afternoon in response to a police report from Braidwood that the charred headless body of a man had been found in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junee Fire. Junee
Weatherboard stables at the rear of the Commercial Hotel, in the heart of the town, were destroyed by fire last night. Several motor cars and motor trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Guardsman's House Damaged by Fire Verdict of Incendiarism. Sydney
The Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. H. Richardson Clark, yesterday returned a verdict of incendiarism after inquiring into a fire which damaged an unoccupied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Threaten Soldiers' Settlement Fire Fighters Busy Tumbarumba
Burning with a 12 miles front, a bush fire is threatening the Mannus soldiers settlement, five miles from Tumbarumba. Finding efforts to check the fire fruitless,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire Farmer Incinerated a Mullumbimby Tragedy Remains Found Near Stretcher Employee's Vain Rescue Efforts Lismore
Trapped in his home; which was totally destroyed by fire at Montecollum, near Mullumbimby, at 2.45 this morning, Samuel James Gray,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Outbreaks Checked. Melbourne
Reports from the majority of country centres affected by bush fires indicate that the outbreaks have now been cheeked. The flames, which menaced Yarrawonga and To…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dorrigo Fire Brigade
The Dorrigo Fire Brigade has under consideration a proposal to send a team to Newcastle to compete in a carnival that is scheduled to take…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigade Carnival Team of Five to Be Sent to Newcastle
There was a good attendance of citizens at the meeting convened by the local Fire Brigade to consider ways and means of sending a team…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Still Burning in Victoria. Melbourne
Bush fires in Yackandah and Kergunyah district were still burning steadily over the week-end while difficulty was being experienced in coping with several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires in S.A. Fire-fighters Save Farmer's Home. Adelaide
Big fires raged in several localities yesterday. Fanned by a 40 miles an hour gale, a fire swept through seven properties near Fort Wakefield and burnt 5000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melb. Fires Over £50,000 Damage Nail Factory Destroyed Flinders Street Fire. Melbourne
S. Cooke Pty's nail factory, South Melbourne, was gutted by fire which swept through the huge building last night, the damage being estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shanghai Factory Fire Horror INCINERATED 100 Chinese Workers Boiler Explosion Starts Terrible Fire Majority of Victims Are Children. Shanghai
One of the most ghastly industrial tragedies in local history occurred this morning, in a Chinese rubber shoe factory, in the Yangtse-Poo. district,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coonamble Bush Fires Prosecution
The first case of the kind in the Coonamble district—a breach of the careless use of fire during a prohibited month within the shire of Wingadee—was heard…
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