Attempt to Fire Walgett
A deliberate attempt to set fire to the main business block in Fox street, Walgett, was made in the early hours of Friday morning. Holes were bored in the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1935
272 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 14
'The Great Fire' Old Order Changeth "Grand and Terrible Blaze."
The popular instinct of the day which spoke of the conflagration at Westminster in 1834 as "the great fire" was quite sound (writes a special correspondent of…
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During the year 1934 the Grafton Fire Brigade attended eight fires and responded to two false alarms. This is below the average, which has been 14 fires per…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Station Struck by Lightning Burned in Heavy Rain. Melbourne
Despite the fact that it was raining heavily, Creswick Fire Station, was burned to the ground to-day, as a result of being struck by lightning. The [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Killed Many Firemen Injured in New York Tenement Fire. New York
Bringing to a climax a series of disastrous tenement house fires of the past few months which has taken many lives, a hulk in the crowded section of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires at Curlewis
The first bush fire in the North-West this season broke out at 9.30 on Wednesday morning on Balgownie, the property of Mr. C. Bedford Wood, a few miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Freezer
Refrigerator is a comparatively recent addition to the common nouns of the English language. It suggests freezing. A fire in a refrigerator seems almost as…
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The Grafton Fire Brigade's usual weekly euchre parties will commence again tonight, after lapsing during Christmas and New Year. The proceeds of these…
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A weatherboard cottage in Norton street, Kyogle, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and family, who occupy the cottage, were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clothes Set Ablaze Child Severely Burned Poured Benzine on Stove Fire
Endeavoring to make a fire burn by pouring benzine on it, Frances Chapman, 8 years of age, daughter of Mr. Chapman, of Iluka, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ballina Fire Famine
On three occasions only in 1934 was the Ballina Fire Brigade called into commission, and fortunately each was for a minor outbreak. The small number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Dorrigo Woman Rescues Children Prompt Action of Brigade. Dorrigo
While sitting in a room last night, Mrs. Edward Troth heard a crackling noise at the back of the house. Glancing through the hall, she was amazed to see the rear…
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A residence and its contents owned by P. Pezet and situated opposite the Mullumbimby railway station, was destroyed by fire early on Saturday morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maize on Fire
Farmhands effected a good save at Mr. A. J. Leece's poperty, "Auburn Park," on the Auburn Vale road, Inverell, by forming a bucket brigade to extinguish…
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Falling forward into a camp fire at South West Rocks, Doreen Prior, the two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Prior, was badly burned. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Cottage Brigade Quickly on Scene and Prevents Total Destruction
Thhe promptitude of the Dorrigo Fire Brigade on Monday night prevented the total destruction by fire of a cottage on the hillside…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£4000 FIRE 300 Stud Ram Lambs Perish in Woolshed Blaze No Suspicious Circumstances. Nyngan
Three hundred merino stud ram lambs were burned to death when a woolshed on Buckiinguy station was destroyed by fire last night. Included…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Bangalow
A house, owned by Mr. G. Connolly, the well-known North Coast boxer, and the contents of the house, which is occupied by a Mr. G. Ellis and family,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Melbourne Damage Estimated at £50,000. MELBOURNE
Early this morning a fire broke out in the premises of Brooklands Accessories, Ltd., in Lonsdale street, city. Before it had been extinguished damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Peat Fires Much Damage in N.Z. AUCKLAND
Much damage was done by outbreaks of fire among peat at Newstead in the Hamilton, district. Already several settlers have been forced to abandon…
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