Swan Creek Fire Barn and Stack of Hay Destroyed
A large barn and its contents, belonging to Mr. Dave Ryan, of Swan Creek, were totally destroyed by fire last night. The barn was full of hay, which burst into…
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Fires & bushfires, 1934
316 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 16
Grass and Brush Fire on Tweed
A grass and brush fire on Hartigan's Hill led to the calling out of Murwillumbah Fire Brigade during the lunch hour on Tuesday. The flames were beaten…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tent Fire Baby Burnt to Death During Parents' Absence Sydney
When a tent caught alight at Bundeena, late this afternoon, Rose-Witherington, 2 years and 10 months was burnt to death. The mother and father, who are…
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A fire destroyed the secretary's office and turnstile at Moree Showground on Tuesday night, causing damage estimated at about £500. The origin of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brigade's Good Savei Lismore Home on Fire. Lismore
The Lismore fire brigade made a good save to-night when it confined a fire in Mr. P. Harding's five-roomed weatherboard home in Union street, South…
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It is unlawful for a person to light a fire within a fire brigade district without first notifying the officer in charge of the nearest fire brigade. With the approach…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car Capsizes and Catches Fire
During the storm at Brisbane on Friday afternoon a large motor car containing three women and two young children overturned at Mt. Gravatt and caught alight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Scare a Lucky Escape. Dorrigo
To-night the whole town was given a sensation when the fire bell rand and the news 'flashed round that the "Gazette" office was on fire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →River of Fire 20 Oil Tanks Explode Town in Grave Danger Panic-stricken People Flee Four Dead, 300 Injured. Campana (Argentine)
Twenty oil tanks of the National Oil Company blew up and killed four persons and injured 300. The damage is estimated at…
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The "Gazette" office at Dorrigo narrowly escaped being set on fire last Monday evening. The proprietor (Mr. Reg. Vincent) and linotype operator…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Fire at Valery
In the early hours of last Saturday morning Mr. Vince Passlow made the timely discovery that the public hall at Valery was on fire, and the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Bureau New Detective Department. Sydney
A special department of the Criminal Investigation Branch of the Detective Department has been formed known as the Fire Bureau, and special detectives will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Campana Oil Fires Hardly One House Undamaged Five Lives Lost. Campana (Argentine)
Three hundred weary smoke-blackened firemen fought to save the .town from destruction to-night as changing winds swept the flames, from the burning oil…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casino Fire Pidcock's Sawmill Destroyed damage estimate AT £6000 Plant and Stock Insured for £2775.Casino
Damage estimated at approximately £6000 was caused this afternoon by a fire which gutted the Railway Sawmills, owned by Pidcock Bros., Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Under Control Campana Oil Blaze. Camp Ana (Argentina)
Aided by a favorable wind, the fire brigades to-night gained complete control of the gigantic oil blaze, which had threatened to raze Campana to the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Epidemic at Wallsend
It would appear as though the fire fiend is particularly active in the Wallsend district at the present time. In the third outbreak within four days, another house…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Three Injured Fire In Haymarket Factory Almost Burnt Out Firemen Ringed by Blames. Sydney
Three persons were injured and several firemen were surrounded by flames, while many persons were, overcome by smoke when the up…
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The Victorian Centenary Council win officially organise a State-wide illumination so that the Duke of Gloucester may be able to see bonfires blazing as he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£4000 DAMAGE Fire At Casino Boot Shop Destroyed Early This Morning. Casino
Damage estimated at approximately £4000 was caused early this morning by a fire which gutted the boot shop conducted by Tom Lee in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Mill
When a bearing of a planing machine at Messrs. Brown and Jolly's sawmill at South Lismore became overheated early on Wednesday afternoon it set fire to…
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