Another Fire at Dorrigo House and Contents Destroyed. Dorrigo
A fire destroyed a cottage owned by Mr. C. Cattell, of Manly, occupied by Mr. A. Blackley at North Dorrigo, at an early hour on Wednesday morning…
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Fires & bushfires, 1934
316 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 16
Hit Wireless Mast Air Liner Flying Blind In Fog Ten Lives Lost Incinerated in Fire Terrible Disaster in Belguim. London
Disaster befel the imperial Airways liner, Apollo, which crashed to-day at Ruysselde, between Ostend and Bruges. Eight Passengers and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opera House Ablaze Fire of 62 Years Ago
On January 6 it will be 62 years since the Sydney Prince of Wales Opera House was destroyed by fire. Mr. W. A. Robert's, of Waverley, an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Fire Brooklyn Hotel Destroyed. New York
Four hundred firemen from 65 prominent companies were unsuccessful in a long fight to save an eight-storey Brooklyn Hotel from destruction by fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Homeless Parents and Six Children Home Destroyed by Fire. Sydney
Pathetic circumstances surround the burning of the home of Stanley Hubert Askew, which was destroyed by fire at Sutherland last night while he was away…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at South Grafton Billiard and Barber's Saloon Destroyed
Fire destroyed Arndell's hairdressing and billiard saloon in Skinner street, South Grafton, adjoining Walker's Hotel, between 2 and 3…
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Serious bums were received in strange circumstances recently by Alfred Morton, aged about 30 years, of Irvine street, Footscray. As a cable tram on which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigade Activities Grafton Preparing for Newcastle Carnival
Grafton Fire Brigade had an easy year in 1933, receiving only five calls, compared with five in 1932, eight in 1931, and nine in 1930. The outbreaks were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Work Local Fire Brigades South Grafton Fire Hairdres5ing and Billiard Saloons Destroyed Timely Save of Adjoining Property
Although S. Arndell's hairdressing and billiard saloons in Skinner street were totally destroyed by the fire at South Grafton early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Damp Nearly 140 Miners Dead in Czecho-slovakian Mines Tragic Pithead Scenes Wives and Children Wait in Rain. Prague
Nearly 140 miners have been trapped in mines at Ossegg, near Dux, following a fire damp explosion. The entrances to three mines which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woolloomooloo Fire Photographic Material Destroyed. Sydney
Damage estimated at several hundreds of pounds was caused by a fire on the ground floor of the old fish markets, Woolloomooloo, to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →131 Dead Terrible Mining Disaster Fire Damp Explosion. Prague
The death roll as the result of the mining disaster at Dux yesterday now is 131. Rescue work has been abandoned owing to the four mine shafts catching fire as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Burning Building Jammed Between Rafters Fire Officer's Narrow Escape. Newcastle
Jammed between two rafters in a burning building, Chief Fire Officer L. C. Hurley had a narrow escape from death late to-day. He was badly injured about the…
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"Returning an open verdict concerning a fire which destroyed an unoccupied four-roomed weatherboard cottage in Hall street, Weston, on December 20, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Elephant Perishes in Fire
Firemen called at midnight on Wednesday to quell an outbreak in the new Vincennes Zoo, says a Paris message, found the charred body of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigade Euchre Tournament
The usual weekly euchre tournament staged by the Grafton Fire Brigade will be held at the Fire Station to-night. Good prizes are offered, and the organisers are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Destroys Cottage
The home of Mr. S. R. McDougall, well-known in district football circles, was destroyed at Fernmount while Mr. McDougall and his family weie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pinned Under Lorry Released Before Fire Started Sydney
Francis Joseph Page, 36, of Concord, had a narrow escape from serious injury when, after colliding with a motor car at Ryde this afternoon, the motor lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reichstag Fire Trial Van Der Lubbe Executed. Berlin
Van der Lubbe, the central figure in the recent Reichstag fire trial, was guillotined at 7.30 this morning, after President Hindenburg had refused a pardon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Petrol Blaze On Coff's Fishing Launch Timely Action Saved Crew of Seven. Coff's Harbor
Timely action by Bert Munday, of Coff's Harbor, saved a crew of seven of a large fishing launch from death in the open sea outside Coff's Harbor…
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