Tas. Forest Fires Debris Falling at Hobart Swirling Smoke and Terrific Heat. Hobart
Fanned by a strong northerly wind, a fire is sweeping down upon the Derwent Valley timber area, and the position at Fitzgerald is grave…
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Fires & bushfires, 1934
316 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 16
Tas. Bush Fires Six Homesteads Destroyed Fire-fighters Brought by Special Train. Hobart
The damage caused by bush fires in Tasmania is estimated at £100,000. A timber mill at Fitzgerald with 800,000 super feet of seasoned timber was…
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When Fire Brigade officials inspected the remains of a shop at Stockton on Monday morning, which had been gutted by fire early on Sunday morning, they…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Forest Fires Still Raging In Tas. Homes Destroyed Fire Fighters Forced Back. Hobart
Huge bush fires are still raging in the Huon and Derwent Valley districts and leaping forward on a wide front with remarkable rapidity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Cottages Destroyed Fires on Bellinger Farms. Bullingen
Two residences on two farms on the South Arm of the Bellinger River, one at Brierfield and the other at Kalang, have been completely demolished by fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Fire Insurances Total £17,000. MELBOURNE
A fire at the Electra Palais, Black Rock, gutted the premises last night. Art works valued at hundreds of pounds and a pianola, and organ worth £1000, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Poultry Club Fire 65 Hens Worth £325 Destroyed Sydney
Police are investigating a fire in the poultry yard at Bankstown Fancy and Utility Poultry Club this morning. The club is conducting an egg laying…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£10,000 Damages Fire at Eden Studios a Fireman Injured. Sydney
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire which partially destroyed Eden Buildings, George street West, on Saturday night. The alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Still Raging Tasmanian Bush Fires Charred Body Found. Hobart
A black charred mass, all that remained of Herbert Boden, 65, who was trapped while fighting bush fires on Thursday, was discovered by a search party…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Landing Supplies Byrd Expedition Difficulties Tractor Destroyed by Fire. (Copyright.) MONTREAL
The Byrd expedition is encountering extraordinary difficulties in landing supplies from the Jacob Ruppert and transporting them to Little America. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Uralla Fire Inquiry
An open verdict was returned by the Uralla Coroner, Mr. H. W. Vincent, following an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the disastrous fire and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament House on Fire Austrians Expected Revolution Vienna
Remembering the Reichstag fire, the populace were feverishly excited at the news that Parliament House had caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Overcome by Flames Elderly Man's Narrow Escape Fire at Crow's Nest. Sydney
An elderly man had a narrow escape from being burnt alive and another family almost overcome by the smoke when a fire broke out in a shop at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fireman Killed Fire Engine Overturned. Hobart
A fire engine which was rushing to a fire in the Glenorchy district overturned. Superintendent Afton, of the Burnie Fire Brigade, was killed instantly, and two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blazing Trucks Fire On Goods Train Three Men Jump to Safety Fire Brigade Quells Outbreak. Sydney
A train hauling 35 trucks containing chaff, timber and general goods and petrol caught fire near Dubbo early this morning and before it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forbes Fire Charge of False Pretences. Forbes
Following police investigations into the fire which broke out in Gahas' drapery store at Forbes on December 19 a man was charged last night with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Constable Committed Charge of Setting Fire to Building. Adelaide
After inquiring into the circumstances surrounding the fire at Gard Bros., the Coroner committed Constable Norman Mackenzie for trial. Mackenzie was the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Racecourse Stand and Tote House Destroyed Houses in Danger. Adelaide
A fire which swept the Derby stand and Derby totalisator at Victoria Park racecourse to-day caused thousands of pounds damages…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suicide or Murder? Death of Voluntary Fireman Explosion at Fire Station. Sydney
Conflicting views as to whether Ernest Carter, 42, committed suicide or was murdered were given to-day when the Coroner held an inquest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Racecourse Fire Heavy Damage at Moorefield. Sydney
Mystery surrounds the fire which broke out at Moorefield racecourse this morning, causing hundreds of pounds damage. Harness, timber sheds, caretakers'…
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