Fire in Pocket
When fire works in his pocket caught alight while he was celebrating Empire Day near his home at Chippendale on Wednesday noght, George Rogers, 19…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
445 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 23
Cottage Fire Owner Badly Burned. Sydney
While trying to extinguish a fire with a hose, at his six-roomed weather board cottage, at Gladesville to-day, Robert James Caldwell, 45 of…
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Thought to be caused by overheating, an electric motor, used to operate a refrigerator, at the butcher's shop of Olive and Best in Terania street, North…
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Early on Thursday morning a fire broke out in the Canatarta Hotel at Rankin Springs, which completely destroyed the building causing damage to…
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The officer-in-charge of the Lismore Fire Brigade (Mr. C. Welsh) expects that an electric siren will, be erected at the Lismore Fire Station during this…
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Members of Coffs Harbour Fire Brigade are anxious to place Coffs Harbour on the map with brigade demonstrations, like other towns…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thirty-two Dead Two Hundred Souses Burnt Great Fire in Mexico. Zacatepec (Mexico)
At least 32 are dead and 25 injured while hundreds of homes are destroyed following a fire in a movie theatre.. It is believed that a smouldering…
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Damage estimated at £450 was caused When a building in West Tamworth. occupied by the North-West Radio Service, caught fire. The building was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Number Fires In Country Districts Increase of 941 Last Year. Sydney
The annual report of the Board of Fire Commissioners tabled in Parliament to-day states there was a record number of fires in country, districts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fought Fire Prevented 'Big Outbreak Two Employees of City Firm. Sydney
The determined efforts of two men employed at Parsons Bros. and Co., Pty., Ltd., cereal manufacturers, of Ken[?] street, City, prevented a big fire…
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The whole of the members of Coffs Fire Brigade were out about half-past six this morning looking for a fire which was out when they found it,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"No Fire" Thetis Disaster Sea Lord's Denial. London
The Third Sea Lord, Rear-Admiral Fraser, denies a statement attributed to him that fire in the ordinary sense occurred on the Thetis, and that the…
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A five-roomed Weatherboard cottage in Bent street, Lismore, was severely damaged by fire on Friday afternoon Lismore Fire Brigade, under Station…
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Severe damage was sustained by a motor car, owned and driven by Mr. Samuel Barnier, of Coaldale, When it caught fire while being driven along…
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The fire engine which has been in service at Mullumbimby for many years was replaced this week by another 'Vehicle from Sydney. Although…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£20,000 FIRE Four-Storied Building Neighbors Flee in Terror. Sydney
Damage amounting to between £20,000 and £25,000 was caused when a fife gutted a four storied building at the corner of Crown and Jesmond…
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An inquiry was held at Casino by the District Corner (Mr. Elsmer Jones) into a fire which severely damaged the partly completed chilling premises at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Famous Buildings Set on Fire by Arabs. Jerusalem
An Arab gang set fire to the. ancient tomb of Rabbi Baal Haness, near Tiberias, and also the adjoining synagogue and Talmudic Seminary, all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flying Boat Destroyed By Fire One Man Missing. London
The Imperial Airways flying boat. Connemara, caught fire and was destroyed at Hythe when refuelling, preparatory to carrying out tests. One…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bowraville Fire
The building and plant of the Bowlaville "Gazette," owned by Mr. Jack Devine, late of Dorrigo, and started about 12 months ago, were destroyed…
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