Grass Fire in Westward Park
This morning shortly after midnight, the Grafton Fire Brigade received a call to [?]grass fire which had broken out in [?]stward Park. It was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
364 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 19
Fire Brigade Calls Fewer Than Last Year. Sydney
During the year ended to-night, the fire brigades of New South Wales attended 2908 outbreaks in the metropolitan area and 1305 in the country…
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Three farmhouses were menaced by bush fires in sweltering weather at Warrandyte this afternoon, but were saved by volunteers when the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Historic Homestead Destroyed By Fire Relic of Pioneering Days
Jondaryan homestead, headquarters for the property owned by the Jondaryan Estates Company of Australia Pty., Ltd., famous old relic of…
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A plate-glass window of a chemist's shop at Miller's Point was shattered and a fire alarm box badly damaged when a basket bomb exploded in the…
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Grafton Fire Brigade, under Captain G. McKinnon, had an early job to start the new year, when it was called out by telephone to extinguish a fire in…
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Fire is one of man's greatest servants, but what a terrible master! A lighted match or lighted cigarette…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oil Tanker Destroyed by Fire. Shanghai
The United States gunboat, Oahu, has wirelessed that the Standard Oil tanker, Meian, which was beached on December 13 to prevent her from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Ulmarra Caused By Short Circuit House Saved with Buckets. Ulmarra
A good deal of excitement was caused in Ulmarra this morning when the residence of Mr. Jas. Forsythe caught fire about 11.15…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£35,000 DAMAGE In Gladstone (Q.) Fire Five Business Places Destroyed. Brisbane
Damage estimated at nearly £35,000 was caused to-day when a fire gutted five business places in Gladstone, incendiarism is suspected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Fires Quiet 1937 in Grafton
"There were only five fires in Grafton during 1937--a pretty good record," commented Capt. McKinnon, of the Grafton Fire Brigade, last night…
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There was but one fire in the South Grafton fire district last year, which required the services of the Fire Brigade. This was an outbreak in Ryan street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →African Riots Troops Fire on Demonstrators Bizerta (Tunis)
Demonstrators, protesting against the expulsion of an agitator named Hassen Ouri, attempted to organise a general strike. They formed processions and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£2000 Yacht Wrecked by Explosion Fire Completed Destruction Three Occupants Injured Sydney
One man was seriously injured and two others suffered burns when an explosion occurred on Mr. Harold Arnott's auxiliary yacht. Songari[?]i,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Stick 'Em Up" Police Threatened Constable Fires Through Door. Melbourne
By the arrest of a man in sensational circumstances to- day the police claim that a number of robberies during the last few weeks will be cleared up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Fire Damage Estimated. at £15,000. MELBOURNE
In one of the most spectacular fires here for some time the premises of Walters and Hunt, shoe manufacturers, Colling wood, were gutted to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£20,000 DAMAGE Explosion And Fire in Furniture Factory. SYDNEY,Monday
Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused to- night when a fire gutted a two- storey factory owned by Burgess and Sons Ltd., furniture…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Premier And Minister Fight Flames in Victoria. Melbourne
The Premier (Mr. Dunstan) and the Minister for Lands (Mr. Lind) joined a large force of fire-fighters to-day in an endeavor to quell a blaze between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£10,000 FIRE Seven Shops Destroyed Victorian Country Town. Melbourne
Breaking out just before midnight a fire swept one side of the main street in Piangil, and destroyed seven shops and a boarding house. Only the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Through Window Boy Started Fire With Magnifying Glass Storekeeper's Narrow Escape Sydney
A narrow escape from death was experienced by Percy Hubert Walters to-day when a fire occurred in a fish shop at Paddington, causing…
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