Newspaper Office Gutted Mr. Jack Devine Suffers Loss by Fire
Mr. Jack Devine's many friends in the Dorrigo district will be sorry to her that the office in which his newspaper the "Nambucca Shire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
445 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 23
Fire Caused by Defective Flue
When a defective flue in a fuel heater in the bathroom of a weatherboard cottage at 111 Dawson street, Lismore, set fire to the rafters about…
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A cottage owned by Mr. R. E. J. Wood near the old mill at Korora was completely destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. Mr. Jack…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General Lismore's New Fire Engine
Lismore Fire Station has been provided with a new fire engine of modern type. The new engine was formerly in use at Darlinghurst, Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Million Fire in Heart of London Four Warehouses Gone Other Building Damaged London
Damage estimated at a million sterling was caused by the biggest fire since 1897, when four warehouses near Aldersgate underground station…
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A fire was discovered in Mr. W. H. Maher's garage at East Bellingen about 2.30 last Monday morning, and two lorries and a sedan car were in…
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The new fire siren for the Lismore Fire Station will be installed within the next three or four weeks, said Mr. H. G. Watson; electrical officer from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£5000 FIRE At Archerfield Aerodrome Six Planes Destroyed. Brisbane
Mystery surrounds the origin of a fire which destroyed six aeroplanes in a hangar at Archerfield aerodrome last night, doing damage estimated at…
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Nana Glen Methodist Ladies' Ald staged a camp fire evening last week, and it was a great success, over 80 persons attending. A large fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£20,000 Loss in Camperdown Blaze Ten Brigades On Scene Valuable Antiques Damaged Sydney
Fanned by a strong breeze flames swept through the furniture repository of Kilners Pty. L'd, in Camperdown to -night doing damage…
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Phyllis Watkin, 8 years old daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. Rowley Watkin,of Karangi, had a narrow escape from being burnt to death on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Watch Jap Consul's Home Fire In Basement Anonymous Messages Sydney
Police are satisfied that the fire which broke out in the basement at the' home of the Japanese Consul- General, Mr. Akiyama, last Monday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Air Raid Defence Test Blackout in Britain Over 16,000 Square Miles Hundreds of Planes in Air Army of Volunteers at Posts Bombs Exploded-fires Started London
Britain's greatest air raid defence test was staged from midnight to 4 a.m., when 15 counties, excluding London, were plunged into complete darkness. I An area of 16,000 square miles embraced almost the whole of Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Fire Damage in Bulk Store. Newcastle
A fire, which is believed to have been started in the basement and spread to the ground and first floors, caused extensive damage at the Newcastle…
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Most of the middle floor of a three-storey building in Elizabeth street, Brisbane, was gutted by fire early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires Wanted In Public School Mothers March with Fuel. Sydney
Alarmed at the number of children who had contracted chills while attending Glebe Public School, and disgusted with the Education Department for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Timber Mill Messrs. Briggs' Plant in Danger Prompt Response by Local Fire Brigade
On Monday night, the local Fire Brigade received a call to Briggsvale. Capt. E. W. Curran, with a number of firemen, lost no time in…
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Casino Fire Brigade were summoned to attend two fires which broke out almost simultaneously in different parts of the town on Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pie Car on Fire Engine Backfired Police Patrol Extinguish Flames
A fire, which occurred in Mr. H. Harvey's well-known pie car, when the engine backfired, last night, was extinguished by the police patrol…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Mansion Two Maids Killed Butler Overcome by Smoke. London
Two maids were killed in a fire at the Buckinghamshire mansion of Sir William Currie, chairman of the P. and O. Company. A butler, in attempting to…
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