Fire in Shop Caretaker Sent to Gaol Perth
In the Criminal, Court, Harold Edwin Smith, formerly caretaker of the Perth Town Hall, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, on a charge of having set…
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Fires & bushfires, 1933
303 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 16
The Fire at Coldstream Bridge
Sir,--Would you permit me space to reply to a statement made (by Cr. Benson which is riot correct? His report states that the destruction of the bridge over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burning of a Bridge Fire on the Upper Coldstrea[?] Was It Deliberate Destruction?
The burning of the bridge on the Upper Goldstream recently was the subject of some discussion at the meeting of the Orara Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Recent Fire Coldstream Bridge Man Charged at Police Court
The recent burning of the bridge on the Upper Coldstream had a sequel at Grafton Police Court yesterday, when William Shine, 39 was charged before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Armidale Three Motor Cars Destroyed. Armidale
Damage exceeding £1500 was caused by a fire which broke out in a garage at Armidale yesterday morning. Three cars were destroyed. One of them was owned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Startling Sequel to Fire
A tub of petrol and benzine saturated rags were found in a house at Toowoomba, in which a fire broke out at 2 o'clock on Thursday morning, when damage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destroyed by Fire Railwaymen's Tents Workers Lose Heavily. Coramba
A fire, thought to have been caused by a spark from a passing engine, destroyed the property of many members of Faulknerrs extra gang of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cowra Cafe Explosion and Fire Petrol Tins and Gas. Cowra
At the inquiry to-day into the cause of a fire which destroyed the Regent Cafe recently evidence revealed that a number of empty petrol tins had been discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Office Malicious, Says Coroner
A verdict that the fire had been maliciously caused by some person or persons unknown was returned at an inquiry at Wauchope concerning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forest Fire Forty Families Believed Dead. Puebla (Mexico)
Forty lumbermen and members of their families are missing in a great forest fire which is raging in Amajac forest. All are believed to have perished. Eleven…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigade Social
The Grafton Fire Brigade will hold a grand social on Monday, July 17, during race week, for the purpose of raising funds to send a team to compete in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soap-suds for Fire
The Edinburgh Fire Brigade how uses "soap-sads" to put out fires. Its air-foam pump is the first of its kind in Great Britain. "When fighting oil and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Glenugie Bridge Recent Fire Police Court Sequel Information Against Accused Dismissed
After being twice remanded, William Shine 39, again appeared before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, when he was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nurses Fight Fire Outbreak at Mental Hospital Add Patients Saved. Sydney
When a fire broke out early this morning in the Rydalmere Mental Hospital, 53 nurses, soaked to the skin by the heavy rain, fought the flames and marched 240…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bottle Fires Car
How easily a fire can be started was shown on Sunday morning, when the sun's rays, shining on a bottle of water, set fire to the upholstery of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Damage Fire in Goulburn Street. Sydney
Damage estimated at several thousand pounds was caused by a fire which broke out to-night in McCarron, Stewart and Coy's., Ltd., stationery and publishing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ball of Fire Fell Near St. Paul's Explosion Broke Windows. London
There is mystery concerning the "ball of fire" with which the "Telegraph" says St. Paul's Cathedral narrowly escaped being struck during a violent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yamba Hotel Destroyed By Fire Early Morning Blaze Two-storeyed Building Reduced to Ashes. Yamba
The Yamba Hotel, with its contents was totally destroyed by fire early this morning and all that remains of the two-storeyed structure to-day is a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forest Fires Catastrophe Feared in Saghalien. Tokio
Forest fires, fanned by strong winds, have been raging in Saghalien for three days, without abating. The fires have swept over immense…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bottle Fires Car
How easily a fire can be started was shown on Sunday morning at Coff's Harbor when the sun's rays, shining on a bottle of water, set fire to the upholstery…
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