Oil Depot Fire Police Making Investigations, Melbourne
Although there is no suggestion of sabotage, detectives and military officers are investigating the result of a fire at the Vacuum Oil Company…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
298 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 15
Bush Fires On South Coast Old Berrima Gaol Threatened Bulli
A number of serious bush fires broke out on the South Coast to-day. Overcome by the terrific heat while fighting a fire which blocked traffic on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire Raging In Berlin Munitions Factory Ablaze. London
According to a British united press message from Berlin early this morning a fire broke out at 10 o'clock the previous night in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adelaide Swelters Bush Fires in S.A. ADELAIDE
Adelaide city to-day experienced the 16th day this month with the shade temperature over 90 degrees. This equals the record of 64 years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trains Late Fires In Victoria Railway Bridges Damaged. Sydney
Fierce bush fires on the Victorian side of the border were responsible for both divisions of the Melbourne express arriving in Sydney six hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Armidale
The Armidale Fire Brigade used 14,000 gallons of water to extinguish a fire which broke out in a Coke bin. which contained 30 tons of coke, crude…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Low Flyers Meet Wall of Fire
In a British arms factory work goes forward on 40 m.m. anti-aircraft guns used by Britain as a defensive measure against low flying attacks from the air. (Commonwealth Dept. of Information picture.)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Some Artillery Fire. Paris
The French official evening communique states: "There was some artillery fire in the region to the west of the Vosges."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire £1,250,000 Damage in Belgium. Ghent (Belgium)
A fire destroyed three warehouses containing 20,000 bales of cotton and flax. The damage is estimated at £1,250,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Benevolent Home
About 3, o'clock yesterday, afternoon the Grafton Fire Brigade, under Captain McKinnon, was called out to quell a fire that had broken out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barge Fire Timber and Cork Destroyed. Sydney
A [?]re when broke out on a barge as it was lying alongside a large ship at Circular Quay this afternoon destroyed a large quantity of timber…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Fire Extinguished by Fire Float. Sydney
Smart work by the crew of the fire float Pluvius prevented serious damage when an outbreak of fire occurred in the boiler room of an overseas freighter of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£300 DAMAGE Fire At Baryulgil Family Bucket Brigade
At about nine o'clock on Sunday evening last, Mr. John T. Waghorn, of Mount Ivy, Baryulgil, was awakened by a member of his family and found…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Scare at Town Hall
Dense spirals of smoke issuing from one of the ante rooms caused a serious fire at the Armidale Town Hall when a military dance was in progress…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wireless Causes Fire
An unattended wireless set at the home of Mr. J. M. Flint, in Spring street. Lismore. caused a fire on Thursday afternoon. The radio was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Burned Down Fitzroy Hotel Blaze at Coff's Harbor Spectacular Sight. Coff's Harbor
The Fitzroy Hotel conducted by Mr. G. Garrett, at Coffs Harbor, was practically destroyed by fire this afternoon. Although all the room…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Fears When Petrol Line Breaks .Oil Escapes in Harbor. Sydney
Hundreds of gallons ol petrol were lost in the harbor at Walsh Bay this afternoon when a break occurred in a pipe-line connecting a steamer with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →OF [?] Sunday Fire Fitzroy Hotel Blaze Fire Brigade's Good Work
A fire which broke out in the roof of the Fitzroy Hotel last Sunday afternoon caused damage to the building and contents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tanker on Fire Cargo of 8000 Tons of Petrol. Charleston, (South Carolina)
A fire is raging in the engine room of the Norwegian tanker Willy, anchored in the harbor. The Willy is loaded with 8000 tons of aviation petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blaze at Coffs Well-known Hostel Destroyed Link with Dorrigo's Early Days
The Fitzroy Hotel at Coffs Harbor, which for over a quarter of a century was looked upon as one of the leading hostels of the North Coast,…
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