Fire Brigade Timely Arrival Benevolent Home Blaze
Arriving in the nick of time, the Grafton Fire Brigade averted a serious blaze at the Grafton Benevolent Home, Queen street, Grafton, about…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
477 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 24
Grafton Fire Brigade Euchre Parties
The committee of the Grafton Fire Brigade have decided to suspend their euchre parties until Monday, August 31. During the cold weather the Fire Station…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grazier Injured Back Badly Burnt Methylated Spirits Catch Fire. Gilgandra
J. E. Johnson, of Greenwood Vale, Gilgandra, a well-known grazier and a member of one of the oldest families in the district, was terribly burnt last…
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A Dennis Tamani high pressure turbine, a most modern fire-fighting unit, has been installed at the Glen Innes fife station. With a powerful engine,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£25,000 FIRE Surfers' Paradise Hotel Private Zoo Saved. Brisbane
Within an hour, the Surfers' Paradise Hotel, near Southport, was gutted by fire this morning. The damage is estimated at £25,000…
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Two of the Grafton-South Grafton passenger buses were involved in a small fire about 8.30 last night, slight damage being done to the paintwork…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Malicious Fires Coroner's Comment "Someone with Axe to Grind." Sydney
At the conclusion of evidence concerning five fires at the boarding premises of Trinity Grammar School, Summer Hill, and at a school at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Fire Brigade's Annual Social
The Grafton Fire Brigade's annual social will, as usual, be the opening social event of the carnival week, and every effort is being made to make it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£75,000 Fire Melbourne Knitting Mills. Melbourne
The machinery in Eastaugh's knitting mills, Richmond, was ruined by heat, when a fire broke out last night. The damage is estimated at £75,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death Toll Heat in America New York Sweltering Sever Forest Fires New York
Terrific heat shattered all existing records in New York to-day. In Times Square a reading of 115 degrees was registered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigade Annual Social To-night
The Grafton Fire Brigade annual social to be held to-night at the Criterion Hall is expected to prove as happy a night as those of previous…
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Mr. Ernest Brown waged a desperate half-hour battle to save his taxi from destruction by fire on the Coraki road last Monday. Mr. Brown was alone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Fire Knitting Mills Destroyed. Melbourne
Spreading with remarkable rapidity a fire destroyed the knitting mills of G. W. Buller, Pty., Ltd., of Sturt street, South Melbourne, on Saturday night…
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The most disastrous city fire that Brisbane has seen for many years broke out in Manahan's two-storey building near the corner of Queen and George…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Firemen Trapped by Flames Four Burned Fire at Surry Hills Sydney
Trapped on the staircase when fumes from burning material ignited while they were fighting a fire in a four-storied building in Kippax…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →250 CHICKENS Consumed By Sow Started Fire Whilst Eating
A large sow with an unusually healthy appetite created a disturbance on a farm, owned by Mr. A. Thompson, near the Whiteman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coff's Harbor Fire Engine for Coff's
A reconditioned Garford motor engine arrived by rail on Tuesday to replace the one which has been in use at Coff's. The latter engine was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£5000 Eire Woodburn Damage 6 Buildings Destroyed Coraki Fire Brigade Saves Business Block. Lismore
Damage estimated at between £5000 and £6000 was caused by a fire which razed portion of the business section of Woodburn, early this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Factory Fire Hat Company's Works. Melbourne
Damages estimated at thousands of pounds were caused by a spectacular fire which occurred at 5 a.m. to-day, at premises occupied by Federated Felt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Wardell
An eight-roomed cottage owned by Mr. H. Lumley, of Wardell, and occupied by Mr. H. M. McKenzie until a fortnight ago, was destroyed by fire early…
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