Haystack on Fire
A haystack containing between eight and 10 tons of hay, was partly destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The stack, which was the property of Mr. J. Batho,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1934
316 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 16
Fire Inquiry Two Men Committed for Trial Cottage Insured for £200. SYDNEY
Alleged to have set fire to a cottage at Lakemba on March 4, William Henry Burgess and Wilfred Denis Byrne were committed for trial by the Parramatta…
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The Dorrigo Fire Brigade team which competed at the Newcastle carnival was not able to maintain the lead which it held over the other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Slum Fires 25 Deaths in Six Weeks. New York
Seven persons were burned to death today. in an East Side tenement, which had been condemned as a fire trap, bringing the death roll to 25 in fires in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£10,000 Fire Old Hotel Destroyed. Melbourre
Within 20 minutes of the flames being noticed the 80-year-old Stephens at Hotel at Mentone was destroyed by fire shortly before midday to-day. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japanese City Destroyed Great Fire Thousand People Dead 2000 Missing Homeless Totai 100,000 23,000 Homes Burned. Tokio
An all night fire, fanned by a heavy gale, destroyed the city of Hakodate, except the foreign Consulates, which are on a hillside. The police,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hundreds Dead. Over 90,000 Homeless Gale Spreads Fire Everywhere. Thousands Gold and Hungry. Tokio
An official announcement by the Home Office regarding the Hakodate fire states that '650 were burnt to death and died in emergency…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tanker Explodes. 1100 Tons Of Blazing Petrol Fire Floats Beaten Off by Flames. Five of Crew Rescued--12 missing. ROUEN
The petrol tanker, Girafe, had just moored at the storage wharf and the crew, numbering 17, were about to begin the midday meal when a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy Badly Burned Threw Benzine on Fire. Casino
Walther Fuhrmann,11, was standing over a fire on to which he had thrown benzine, when his clothes became ignited, and he was severely burned about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oil Gusher Fire Put Out with Wet Sand. Marrakesh
The great oil gusher fire, which has been burning for weeks in the district of Djebel, at Mt. Tselfat, was finally extinguished to-day by shovelling into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dwelling House Saved Midnight Alarm Fire Caused by Short Circuit?
A fire broke out at the dwelling of Mr. A. S. Lanham, of Cowper, at about midnight on Friday night last, which appeared to have been caused by a short circuit at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Snake Causes Fire
While dressing to go to a ball last night, Mrs. James. Sadler, of Allansford, near Warrnambool (Victoria) picked up a dress from a bed and was horrified…
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Shortly after 2 a.m. on Friday, Tweed Heads Fire Brigade effected a good save when a fire broke out in the sevenroomed cottage occupied by Mr. S. D…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lismore Early-morning Fire
The prompt action of a neighbor and good work by the Lismore Fire Brigade, prevented the destruction of a weatherboard cottage at 90 Orion street at 3. a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big City Blaze Hat Factory in Sydney Good Save by Brigades. Sydney
A spectacular fire in the sixth floor of Merritt's hat factory, Foveaux street, city, to-night, caused damage in the vicinity of £6000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SENTENCES Found Guilty Of Arson Two Men Sent to Gaol the Back Creek Fire Case
Yesterday morning, at the Grafton Quarter Sessions, the two men, Cecil Harold Eggins and Victor Roy Copas, who had been found guilty on the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Afternoon Blaze at Casino
A four-roomed weatherboard cottage, with contents at Casino, occupied by Mrs. W. Hendley, was destroyed by fire early on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Hendley…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Good Save Prince Street Fire
The Grafton Fire Brigade, in the charge of Senior Fireman A. M. Stevens performed good work curly on Saturday morning, as a result of which a shop and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Big Risk Surrounded by Fire. Melbourne
With his pocket full of live cartridges, H. W. Gerlach, a farmer at Walmer, near Horsham, was caught in a narrowing circle of lire when burning off stubble…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dorrigo Fire Brigade Team. Entertained at Complimentary Social Congratulated on Performances at Newcastle
The members of the Dorrigo Five Brigade team which competed at the recent country firemen's carnival at Newcastle were accorded a hearty…
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