Bush Fires Position Is Quiet
Bush fires in practically every centre were under control yesterday. At Nymboida men were still watching the fire in the State reserve at Boundary Creek…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
477 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 24
Victim of Bush Fire
Mr. Clyde Rudder, who is well-known at Coffs Harbour and now resides at Millera, between Woolgoolga and Grafton, lost his home and…
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About 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon the Toowoomba Fire Brigade received a call to Joseph street, Toowoomba. It was found that a creeper surrounding…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Box Mill Fire Good Save Effected
Prompt action prevented the destruction of another mill at Coffs Harbour early this morning. Mr. Geo, Fletcher…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires on Blue Mountains Springwood Menaced Valiant Battle Against Flames Several Homes Destroyed. Sydney
For the second time within a week, Springwood narrowly escaped destruction by fire when to-day flames having a frontage of 20 miles and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fireman Dead Collapsed On Duty Blaze in Melbourne. Melbourne
As he was about to step on to the platform of an extension ladder. while in charge of fire fighting at the showrooms of Philips Lamps (Australia),…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Mill Coff's Man's Dilemma a Midnight Discovery. Coff's Harbor
As Mr. George Fletcher, of Korora Basin, was passing the mill owned by Messrs. J. Gregor and R. McKay, near North Coff's Harbor railway station,…
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The fifth outbreak of fire in Casino last week occurred on Saturday, when the fire brigade was called to subdue a blaze at the rear of the Town Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Started Nine Fires in Day. Paterson (N.j.)
Hayward Adams, 23, night club waiter, who declared that he feels like lighting fires after drinking, admitted that he was the incendiarist…
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During the last week the district has been in the heat of the fire fiend. Several of the farmers had their homes menaced at different periods…
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Fanned by a westerly wind yesterday smouldering fires on the property of Mr. Fred Lollback, at Jackadgery broke out afresh, and spread with disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires on Ship Chief Steward Charged Captain's Evidence. Newcastle
Evidence of fires that occurred in dangerous parts of the British steamer Hardingham, while on the voyage from Vancouver, was given to-day, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheds Destroyed Fire At Junction Hotel Sharp Fight by Bucket Brigade
Strenuous efforts by a bucket brigade yesterday saved the Junction Hotel at Carr's Creek Junction from destruction, when a building…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Madrid Faces Destruction Fires Raging in Centre of City Bombardment To Continue Until Capital Surrenders London
Subjected to more intensified bombing and shelling, but still stubbornly resisting, Madrid now faces destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aged Woman Carried To Safety Timber Yard. Fire Two Firemen Injured. Sydney
Two firemen were injured and Mrs. Ellen Sullivan, 73, had to be carried to safety when her home caught fire. The engine had to race through the…
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Writing to the clerk of Woodburn Shire Council, Major Shallard, who, until recently, resided at Evans Head, told of his misfortunes as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Gurranang
A house, the property of Mrs. Cowper, of Gurranang, was burnt down recently. It is thought that a spark from a smouldering stump was blown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Water Supply Prevention Of Bush Fires Blue Mountains Proposal. Sydney
Towns in the Central Blue Moun[?] area are to be provided with the best possible, insurance against the annual peril of bush fires--water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hotel Block Destroyed by Fire Collarenebri Blaze Flames 100Ft High Collarenebri
A disastrous fire in the early hours of this morning completely destroyed the whole of the Tattersall's Hotel block…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Started Grass Fire."
An assertion that two Casino men had been seen lighting a grass fire on the Lawrence road near Mr. Irby's property and then leaving, in a motor lorry was…
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