Webber's Mill Destroyed by Fire Over £20,000 Damage Spectacular South Grafton Blaze
Machinery and large stocks or timber valued at many thousands or pounds were destroyed about one o'clock this morning when Webber's…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
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Dorrigo Fire Brigade Holds Successful Dance at Bostobrick Between £17 AND £18 NETTED
Members of the Dorrigo Fire Brigade are very pleased with the financial result of a dance organised by them and held at Bostobrick last Friday…
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The members of the Grafton Fire Brigade have decided to hold a series of weekly dances in aid of their demonstration fund. The next volunteer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After The Fire At Webber's Sawmill
All that remained of the sawmill, joinery and ice works was a tangled mass of twisted iron, ruined machinery and charred timber…
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While men and women were lighting the flames and smoke to break into a blazing house at Maryborough last night, the occupant, Robert Dunbar, 82,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Injured Jumped Through Window Escaping From Fire. Sydney
Mrs. Vera Mabel Stratton, 43, jumped, through a window when a fire broke out, in her home in Victoria read, Marrickvilie, early this morning…
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The members of the Fire Brigade are commencing to-night their series of weekly dances at the Scouts' Hall. The programmes of dances will be arranged…
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The South Grafton Council has been advised that the president of the Board of Fire Commissioners, the Hon. T. J. Smith, accompanied by other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disturbances Serious in Spain Fires And Looting Follow False Reports Madrid
As the result of rumors spread, the Government alleges, by agitators, widespread incendiary outbreaks occurred in the suburbs of Madrid…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Lorries Burnt Coff's Harbor Fire Two Men Later Arrested. Coff's Harbor
Two motor lorries, valued at over £1000, were destroyed by fire in a garage at the Coff's Harbor Co-operative Dairy Co. shortly after 6 o'clock…
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At Coff's Harbor yesterday William Frederick Gordon, 22, and Norman James Gordon, 19, were charged with having maliciously set fire to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Homestead Burnt Fire at Whisky Creek. Dorrigo
At an early hour on Sunday morning, the residence on Mr. E. Noble's farm at Whisky Creek, was destroyed by fire. When the tenants. Mr. and…
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Damage estimated at £1100 was caused by a fire which destroyed a shed, two lorries, cream cans and other articles at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Verdict Webber's Sawmill Fire District Coroner's Inquiry
"I find that the premises were destroyed by fire, but how the fire originated. whether accidentally or otherwise, the evidence adduced does…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dragged From Fire Woman Saves Aged Man. Sydney
While William Holmes, 75, was sleeping in his home in Little Burron street, city, to-day, the bedclothes caught fire, and he was dragged to safety by his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girls Stuck to Job Fire in Telephone Exchange. Sydney
With the flames leaping five feet high 20 feet away from them 12 girl telephonists at the Petersham Exchange last night carried on with the telephone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grandstand Fire During Football Match Excitement at Cricket Ground. Sydney
Remarkable scenes were witnessed at the Sydney Cricket Ground this afternoon when a fire broke out in the Sheridan Stand, at the southern end…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£10,000 DAMAGE Fire On Steamer Taroona Caused by Short Circuit? Melbourne
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused to-day when, a fire, believed to have been caused by a short circuit, broke out in the steamer Taroona,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →VOLUNTEERS Country Fire brigades Commissioners at Maclean
On Monday afternoon, the members of the Board of Fire Commissioners met the members of the Maclean fire Brigade and representatives of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mayor of Grafton To Be Nominated for Fire Board Election
The correspondence dealt with at the meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council on Monday night included a letter from the Chief…
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