Bourke Hotel Fire Woman Rescued by Ladder. Bourke
The Central Western Hotel and its contents were completely gutted by fire at 3.30 o'clock this morning. The fire gained a good hold before…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
477 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 24
Petrol Tank's Blaze in Refilling
A motor train which runs between Narrandera and Griffith burst into flames at the railway station at Griffith last Monday night and was destroyed…
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About 10.30 a.m. on Saturday, a fire broke out in the forepart of the dredge Hunter, moored in the channel opposite. Walsh Island. The pilot steamer Birubi…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Signaphone Automatic Fire and Burglar Alarm
A French invention which telephones on its own account for fire brigade or police in an emergency, giving details by means of a gramophone record, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£1000 Damage Fire at Murwillumbah. Murwillumbah
Damage estimated at £1000 was caused by a fire which, to-night, destroyed the premises of the Blue Room Cafe and the office of the New England…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Tamworth Oval
A fire broke out in the caretaker's building on the Tamworth Oval last Thursday night and in a few minutes the place was gutted. The building, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£750,000 Damage Blaze at Elstree Film Studio Destroyed 2000 People Will Be Idle London
A disastrous fire, which caused damage estimated at half a million sterling, to-day, almost completely destroyed the studios of the British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades Board T. D. Mutch Elected. Sydney
The ex-Minister for Education (Mr. T. D. Mutch) now an alderman of Randwick Council, was to-day elected a member of the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Blaze Fireman Scalded Motor Vehicles Burnt Heavy Damage Done Sydney
Thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused, three firemen received electric shocks and six motor vehicles were destroyed when a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Orchard Fire Startling Allegations Three on Conspiracy Charge Griffith
Allegations of a sensational nature were made at the inquiry into the fire which destroyed the dwelling of an Italian orchardist on January 13…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Horror 28 Burnt To Death Explosion in Film Store. Valparaiso (Chile)
A fire starting from an explosion m a motion .picture film storage room swept three buildings to-day, burning at least 28 persons, mostly women, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Air Smash Five Incinerated Weil Known City Business Men Plane Down at Cordeaux Dam Flames Start Bush Fires Sydney
A pilot and four passengers are believed to have been incinerated when a Gannet plane crashed in dense bush country at Cordeaux Dam, on its way to Sydney from Young, and burst into flames. The flames from the machine ignited the bush for half a mile and rescue parties had great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Launch Three Dive Into River Girl and Two Men Thrill for Fishing Party
Three members of a fishing party on the Broadwater, near Maclean, had to dive overboard from their launch when a lamp and tin of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Convent Burned Buildings Wrecked Spanish Election Riots Police Fire on Mob Madrid
While the Premier, Senor Azana, and his colleagues are busy drawing up a political amnesty formula, reports are arriving from many parts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"From Fires to Fans" Tarrant's Xi. in India Find Climatic Variations Respite of Four Days in Delhi Fast Bowlers at Secunderabad
As the tour draws to its close, the Australians leave the colder mate of Northern India for the warmer regions nearer the Equator. "Within a few days," as Oxenham says, "we have forgotten our fires, and are now looking for fans."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires Victorian Schools Menaced Planes "Spot" Outbreaks. Melbourne
Several bush fires were reported today by Air Force planes which patrolled the timbered areas, of "the State. When a bush fire broke out at Crib…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm House Destroyed Sunday Afternoon Blaze
The homestead on Mr. Jack Short's farm, a weatherboard building which had been standing for many years, was destroyed by fire late on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Best Fire-fighter Rain in Gippsland. Melbourne
The possibility of extensive bush fires spreading in Gippsland district to-day was dispelled when heavy rain fell and extinguished the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Caught Fire Near Ballina
An Overland car, driven by Mr. own Clugston, of Lismore, caught fire on the Ballina-Lismore road, while rounding the second bend on the cutting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Perish In London Fire Trapped on Top Floor. London
Four persons were incinerated and several others were seriously injured in a fire which broke out in the West End early this morning…
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