Glen Innes Fire Hotel Lighting Plant Destroyed
A shed housing the power light supplying light to the Tattersall's Hotel, Glen Innes, was destroyed by fire between 9.30 and 10 o'clock last night…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
364 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 19
Fire Extinguished Small Outbreak In Chimney Excitement at Post Office Hotel
A fire broke out at the rear of Roche's Post Office Hotel, in Victoria street, Grafton, a little after midday yesterday, when one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire Averted at Ballina
A serious outbreak of fire in the main shopping block was averted on Monday morning when kerosene and sawdust which had ignited at the rear…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shirts on Fire Workmen Escape Death Pick Through Electric Cable. Melbourne
A remarkable escape from death was experienced by Albert Quinn (52) and Charles Quinn (42), of Footscray, to-day, when one of them put…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Launch on Fire On Sydney Harbor Man Dives Overboard. Sydney
With their launch a mass of flames following an explosion in the engine, three people had narrow escapes as they were forced to abandon their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£7000 Fire Damage Valuable Timber Samples. Brisbane
When a fire broke out and gutted the Queensland Forest Service showroom and workshop in George street early to-day samples of every known…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£10,000 Fire Store Destroyed at Molong. Molong
Nancarrow's store was destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated at £10,000. The Fire Brigade saved the Bank of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lightning Set Fire to Cane
In the storm on Sunday at East dell on Mr. J. P. Walsh's farm lightning ignited some year-old cane. The fire was noticed by Mr. M. Walsh, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →46 FIREMEN Fight Sydney Fire Damage Estimated at £10,000. SYDNEY
By preventing flames from extending to other buildings, 46 firemen saved a huge block of buildings in William street, city, last night, from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Valuable Greyhounds Destroyed in Kennel Fire. Sydney
Three valuable greyhounds, one worth £150, were burned to death and another seriously burned in a fire at the kennels of George Townsend…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£20,000 Fire G0ulburn Tannery Gone Dancers Watch Flames Boot Company's Loss Goulburn
Building, machinery, and stock, valued at £15,000 to £20,000, were totally destroyed this morning, when a fire broke out in the tannery and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →False Alarm of Fire. Auckland
Saying the offence was a serious one and that it had to stop, a Magistrate at Auckland Police Court today lined Robert Freak £20 for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£40,000 Damage Fire in Oil Factory Heavy Loss Of Fodder Linseed for Drought Areas Sydney
Damage estimated at £40,000 was caused by a fire which, fed by 600 tons of highly inflammable linseed, destroyed the mill room at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£90,000 Fire Explosion in Miami Hangar. New York
The mam hangar at Miami municipal airport was destroyed by fire after an explosion from an unknown cause. The loss includes 14 planes, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nazi Marriages Before Bust of Hitler Fire Replaces Altar Neo-paganism in Germany London
High Nazi quarters are actively fostering neo-paganism, states the Berlin correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires at Warwick
Bush fires in grazing country to the south of Warwick during the past few days have resulted in the loss of many hundreds of acres of grass, and if they…
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Peter Shepherd, a returned soldier Mullumbimby, was badly burned about the legs and feet when he fell into a fire which he was attending, Shepherd…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on Ship Australian Cargo Damaged. London
The Swedish motor ship, Tisnaren bound from Sydney to Hull and Oslo with a cargo of copra and wheat caught fire Firemen extinguished the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades Question Of Hours Direct Action Threatened? Sydney
When an application by the Fire Brigade Employees' Association for the fixing of working hours to be worked by members of the association came…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Station Destroyed By Fire Early Morning Outbreak at Billinudgel
The Billinudgel railway station was completely destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The outbreak was discovered about 2 o'clock and…
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