No Fear of Fire Theatre Patrons Sit It Out Wellington (N.z.)
A fire raged in a block of buildings next door to a picture theatre, on Saturday night, but the patrons of the theatre sat through the performance…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
298 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 15
£30,000 DAMAGE Big Fire In N.Z. Wellington Building Suffers. Wellington, (N.z.)
The Hope Gibbons building, one of the largest in Wellington, caught fire last night, the fourth and fifth floors being gutted…
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The Star Hotel at Wauchope, a very old building, was destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock last Saturday morning. The fire appeared to start in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Modern Fire Alarm Installed At Grafton Former Mechanical Type Discarded
The officer in charge, of the Grafton Fire Station, Capt. McKinnon, wishes to explain to the public a new type of fire alarm which has been installed in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sabotage Big Fires in Berlin. Paris
It is reported from the German frontier that there were four large factory and shop fires in Berlin in 24 hours, all believed to be due to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →300 KILLED In Terrible Fire 50,000 Homeless in Japan. Tokio
Fire destroyed 8500 homes at Shizouka, in which 300 were killed. There are more than 50,000 homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Control
The Clerk reported to the Shire Council meeting on Wednesday that the police of the district were desirous to know what steps the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Prevention
The resources of the National Emergency Organisation are to be used as far as possible in the Nymboida shire in the event of any bush fire outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kempsey Station Fire
Giving evidence at the Coroner's inquiry into the cause of the fire at Kempsey Railway Station on December 23 last, Robert James Keepers,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lorry Destroyed by Fire
A motor lorry owned by Mr. J. C. Burt, of Kentucky street, Armidale, was completely destroyed by fire when it was passing through a paddock on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coronial Inquiry Maclean Fire
An inquiry was held at the Maclean Courthouse on Wednesday by the District Coroner (Mr. W. J. Rolph) concerning the fire which destroyed a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Factory Fire Girls Stick To Posts Rescued by Brigade. Sydney
When a fire broke out in a North Sydney factory this morning 30 girls stood at their posts with smoke and paint fumes swirling around them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Season Precautionary Measures N.E.S. Resources Nymboida Shire Council
The resources of the National Emergency organisation are to be called upon as much as possible in any outbreaks of bush fires that may…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire Threatens Killara Homes Evacuated. Sydney
Hampered by poor water pressure and a strong south-easterly wind, firemen had a difficult task in preventing flames from a bush fire spreading to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Local and General Fire Brigade Busy
The Moree Fire Brigade had a busy day on Friday. They received three calls within a period of five hours. The first call was at 5.25 p. m., the second…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire-fighter Killed Crushed by Burning Tree. Gosford
A burning tree crashed on to Albert Goodworth 56, of Gosford, while he was fighting a fire on the property of Mr. K. Cohen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cottage Gutted Fire At Coff's Contents Destroyed. Coff's Harbor
Last night at 11.45 an outbreak of fire was discovered in a cottage situated in Robin street, Coff's Harbor, occupied by Mr. W. Savage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Scrub Fires Guildford Homes Threatened Fight for Possessions. Sydney
Only the timely arrival of the fire brigade saved a number of homes from destruction by a scrub fire in Guildford to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Bavaria Steelworks Damaged. Paris
The Paris radio announced to-night that a 36-hour fire in Maxhuete steelworks in Bavaria destroyed the rolling mills and furnaces. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Orazio Fire Passengers Still Missing French Warship Blamed. London
Despite the Marseilles Admiralty reports that all of the Orazio's passengers were rescued yesterday, Italian sources still insist that a number are missing…
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