400 Dead in Forest Fire in Japan. Tokio
A forest fire in the famous Diamond Mountain area in Korea killed 400 persons and is threatening the shrines and temples dating back to the sixth…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
298 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 15
Bush Fire Brigades Organisation Movement Proposed Co-operation with Shire Councils
Dealing with the organisation of bush fire brigades, a pamphlet has been issued by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee with the authority of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bomb Thrown Into Fire Station. London
A bomb thrown into Londonderry Fire Station wrecked the ceiling of a fire engine shed, damaged the engine and shattered a wall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heat Spreading Bush Fire Danger Meteorologist's Warning. Sydney
The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) warned the people to-day to take precautions against bush fires, as the indication pointed to their possibility…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kempsey Station Fire
Several reels of motion picture film cauglit alight and caused a fire at Kempsey Railway Station on the Saturday before Christmas. Mr. Allan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early Morning Blaze Outbreak At Maclean Weatherboard Cottage Destroyed. Maclean
A weatherboard cottage in Morven street, Maclean, was totally destroyed by fire in the early hours of this morning, and it was only by the strenuous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hotel Fire 29 KILLED, 40 Injured. Minneapolis
Twenty perished and 40 were injured when a fire destroyed the Marlborough Hotel. Two hundred guests were trapped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Fire Kempsey Railway Station Damaged Heavy Loss Sustained
Kempsey railway station was partly destroyed by fire on Saturday, 23rd December, at noon, as a result of one of four boxes of films exploding when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire On Twenty Mile Front Hillston Homes Menaced Heat Wave in the West Sydney
Their homestead property threatened by a fire which is raging along a 20 mile front, residents of Hillston are restless in their endeavor to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strange Fire in Dwelling
The police at Guyra were notified last Sunday week that a deliberate attempt had been made to burn down a bouse in Guyra occupied by Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ten Fires Petrol-Soaked Blankets Stuffed in Holes in Walls. Sydney
Some person with a fancied grudge against the Randwick horse trainer, Chris O'Rourke, caused considerable damage in his house at Blackheath…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Shed Caused Loss
Serious loss from a fire in a shed containing lucerne hay and a motor car was caused at the property of Mr. Edward George Bracks, of Woodview,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Five Fires in One Day
Last Saturday was a sensational day at Kew, reports the Camde[?] Haven "Courier," as five fires were discovered in the one day. Early on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brisbane Fire Two Firemen Injured. Brisbane
The grain shed of Patterson arid Scelle was badly damaged by fire early to- day. Two firemen. Percival Greer, 41, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trapped by Fire Man Smashes Windows to Escape. Adelaide
Trapped in a blazing sleepout at the rear of his dwelling at Torrens Park, Ronald Sutton, 20, smashed through glass, windows with his bare hands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Horror in Queensland Town Tragic Inquest Story Threw Baby From Balcony Brisbane
The story of how fumes and smoke prevented the rescue of one of the eight victims of the tragic fire at the Grant Hotel, Gommeri, on December…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Powell Street Haystack Badly Damaged
While Mr. T. Nott was burning off stubble on his property in Powell street, Grafton, yesterday at about midday a haystack caught fire from a flying spark…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goomeri Fire Windows Boarded Up Grand Hotel Disaster. Goomeri
"The windows outside my room and that of Mrs. Frahm were boarded up with battens about three or four inches apart on the lower part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horsham College Destroyed By Fire Students and Masters Escape. Melbourne
The main building of the Longerong (Horsham) Agricultural College was completely razed by fire which broke out on the premises early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wauchope Fire Two Buildings Gutted Hotel Occupants' Escape Un Night Attire Wauchope
A disastrous fire which broke out about 3 o'clock this morning completely gutted the Star Hotel, owned by Mr. A. G. Byrnes, and…
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