Sawdust on Fire Burning Dump At Briggsvale May Burn for Years. Dorrigo
A fire covering an area of about one acre has broken out in a sawdust and veneer shavings dump at Briggs vale, Eastern Dorrigo, and is…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
445 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 23
Clothes on Fire Infant Badly Burned
Beryl Margaret Williams, 15 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Williams, of Corindi, suffered severe burns to both legs, feet, left thigh, left hand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Killed Fire On Narkunda No Passengers Injured. Colombo
Three of the crew were killed, and 23 injured, in a fire on the Narkunda, after an explosion in No. 6 hold. It is believed that some of the 150…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Sawdust Mill Premises Jeopardised
A fire covering about an acre in extent in a sawdust and veneer shavings dump threatened the sawmill at Briggsvale last Monday night, when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ship on Fire in Mid-pacific Ocean 214 Passengers And Crew S.O.S. From Bokuyo Maru Tokio
The Bokuyo Maru, en route from Los Angeles to Yokohama, is on fire in mid-Pacific, with 110 passengers. 104 of a crew and a cargo of nitrates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Upper Coldstream Homestead Fire
A fire occurred at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Campbell, on Monday afternoon, while the family were attending to the milking. Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hatchery Fire Completely Destroyed. Ulmarra
This morning at about 7 o'clock, Mr. C. T. Clark, of Ulmarra, discovered his hatchery, including all equipment and seven incubators, holding 2200 eggs, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rescued From Fire Sleeping Children Home Destroyed at Wyan. Lismore
Four children, who were the only occupants and were asleep, were rescued in the nick of time by Cr. O. V. Small of Wyan. who arrived home…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destroyed by Fire Sandilands Homestead Birthplace of Col. Bruxner Volunteer Firefighters. Lismore
Sandilands Station homestead, the oldest building in the Mallanganec Tabulam district, and birthplace of Col. M. F. Bruxner, Deputy-Premier,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£8000 Damage Fire at Boonah. Brisbane
Three premises Were destroyed and three others were damaged by fire which broke out in the main street at Boonah at 4.30 this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Lift Three Girls Rescued. Auckland
Suspended in the lift between the fourth and fifth floors of Auckland Hotel, three housemaids had fears that they would be burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hospital Fire Patients Removed From Building Thousands of Pounds Damage. Burnie. (Tasmania)
Fanned by a northerly wind a fire which broke out in the Lyell District Hospital, near Queenstown, early today gutted, the main ward and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coramba Fire on Mountainside
On Monday evening last a fire was seen on the side of the Coramba to Dorrigo road about the 1[?] mile peg. The bush was burning wildly in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Suicide Theory Fire Victim's Charred Body Victorian Tragedy. Melbourne
Police investigating the death of the man believed to be Henry Barnes, 64. of Blackburn, have dropped the theory that he was murdered and now say…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brave Nurses Rescue 130 PATIENTS N.Z. Hospital Fire Building Almost Destroyed Wellington (N.z.)
When a fire almost destroyed the Southland Hospital, at Invercargill. early this morning, 130 patients were carried to safety by nurses…
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Damage estimated at £3000 was caused to the girls' section of the Gur- wood street, Wagga, public school early on Friday morning, when a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Death Suicide Theory Strengthened. Melbourne
Statements by relatives and friends that James Barnes, 64, victim of the Blackburn fire tragedy on Monday, had been very depressed, and had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£400 Damage Bangalow Bank Fire Bucket Brigade Save Family Climb Down Ladder Lismore
Damage estimated at approximately £400, was caused by a fire which destroyed the kitchen and contents at the Commonwealth Bank…
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About 4 o'clock last Tuesday afternoon the fire brigade was called out, but fortunately the conflagration was not a serious one. Mrs. L. Ford, who…
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The kitchen and contents at the Commonwealth Bank at Bangalow were destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning, and damage done estimated…
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