DISCHARGED Two Brothers Coff's Harbor Garage Fire. Coff's Harbor
Two brothers, William Frederick Gordon, 22, and Norman James Gordon, 19, were discharged at Coff's Harbor Police Court by Mr…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
477 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 24
Fire on Liner Extinguished Under Difficulties Jervis Bay Sensation. Newcastle
Commencing in the galley a fire travelled so rapidly on the liner Jervis Bay, to-day that before the fire brigades extinguished it damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Killed Panic In Cabaret Fire Follows Torch Dance. San Francisco
A hat check girl and three patrons were killed early this morning, in a panic following a fire in a cabaret. An entertainer was performing a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Factory Fire Two Accused Discharged No Evidence of Intent One Month for Stealing
Holding that there was no evidence of intent to light the fire which destroyed the garage with motor lorries and other property…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Home Destroyed Fire at Gillett's Ridge. Ulmarra
The home of Mr. Hugh Lynch, of Gillett's Ridge, was destroyed by fire on Sunday afternoon. Feeling drowsy while resting after…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Echo of Fatal Fire
Some charred pieces of paper containing the last will of the late Alfred Purkiss, master printer and journalist, have been filed in the Supreme Court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Blaze at Walcha Three Shops and Contends Destroyed
An awning bearing smoke discolored writing, "C. R. Moore, draper and mercer," a single brick wall, two brick pillars, several chimney stacks, a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Early Morning Fire at [?]Thurst
About 3 a.m. on Sunday, 17th inst., Mr. J. Williams, licensee of Grand Hotel, Bathurst, awakened to find the hotel filled with smoke, and on investigation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forest Fire New Jersey Disaster Five Fire-fighters Killed. New York
One of the most disastrous forest fires of recent years swept Southern New Jersey to-day. At least five of the fire-fighters were killed, one is missing,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Benzine Explodes Drum Blown Through Roof Shed Destroyed by Fire Narrow Escape at Clunes. Lismore
A 45-gallon benzine drum was blown through the roof of a shed and deposited in the garden of a house 30 feet away, at Clunes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smithtown Fire Shop And Dwelling Destroyed Cat Gives Warning. Kempsey
Owing to the excited antics of a household cat a Smithtown resident was awakened in the early hours to discover the next door residence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mystery Fire at Innisfail
At an inquiry the other day into a fire at Innisfail a police officer said that when he went to the premises--an unoccupied house--he found all the rooms…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Danger of Fire in Dance Halls
Fire in a building where a large number of people congregate, and the panic that ensues, is one of the worst horrors that the human mind can…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Launch Man's Hands Burned. Coff's Harbor
When a primus which he was lighting burst into flames Mr. Ernie Lewis, of Coff's Harbor Jetty, received burns to both his hands…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →EXPLOSION At Petrol Depot Blaze Near Wollongong. Sydney
A storage shed, owned by Texaco Petrol Company, on the main road, two miles from Wollongong, was destroyed and a large quantity of petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Candle Starts Fire
Going to look in a wardrobe for some clothes and carrying a lighted candle, Mrs. J. Vane, senr., of Woodstock, near" Cowra, set fire to the clothes. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Festival Ancient Custom Revived Midsummer Bonfires
Midsummer has always been regarded as a magic time, a season for bonfires feasting and dancing and the performance of strange [?]tes connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lorry on Fire Two Men Seriously Burned. Melbourne
Crashing into an electric light standard in Gotham Road, Kew, to-day with such force that the engine was forced against the petrol tank, a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Arrests Police Fire on Arabs. Jerusalem
Sniping and stonnig police necessitated them retaliating and several rounds were fired on a crowd at Haifa, one Arab being killed and one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£60,000 Big Melb. Fire Flinders Lane Warehouse. Melbourne
The two upper stories of a warehouse building in Flinders lane were almost completely destroyed and the remainder of the building…
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