Menlndte Hotel Fire
Sergeant Canning, of Monindie, has compiled a report in regard to the fire which damaged the Crown Hotel at the river town in the early hours ot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1931
401 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 21
Fire at Rozelle Occupants' Naiuiow Escape Sydney
James Thomas Edwards, his wife, and two children had a very fortunate escape from death this morning when a weatherboard cottage in which they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man's Charred Remains Found in Ashes of Fire Apparent Suicide Goondiwindi
Yesterday morning a letter was delivered to Sergeant Revnolds stating that the writer, Tom Chambers, contemplated suicide, and adding that as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Sewer Tunnel Ten Men Killed (Special to "The Miner.") Chicago, April 14
Ten men lost their lives when a fire swept through a sewer tunuel. Eleven firemen and six workers escaped from the inferno. The scene…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Lidcombe Owners' Evidencie at Coronial Inquiry Sydney
Giving evidence at Parramatta into a fire which destroyed a houso at Lidcombe on March 13, Jessie Johnson the owner of the cottage, said it had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Paint Factory Boiler Blows Out Sydney
Alarmed by an explosion in Tnubman's paint factory at St. Peter's last night W. Cook, the carotaker, found that the varnish boiler had blown out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Canowindra Sydney
A fire at Canowindra destroyed three shops causing damage estimated at about £7C0O…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Laboratory Wrecked Explosion Causes Fire. Sydney
A series of terrific explosions wrecked a laboratory at the Metropolitan Chemical Co. at Leichhardt to-day and a fire which followed caused severe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lidcombe Fire Inquiry Woman Pays £5 Week Interest on Mortgage of £2000 Sydney
Evidence of a remarkable character was given at the Parramatta Court yesterday, when the Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. H. Richardson…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Steamer Extingushed in Port Wellington (N.Z.), April 2[?]
Off Akaroa Light early this morning a fire broke out on the steamer Opihi and while the crew worked frantically to subdue the flames the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →False Alarm of Fire
A false alarm of fire was answered last night at 10.58 o'clock by the Central Fire Brigade. The call was made through the fire alarm box at the…
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A false alarm of fire was answered last night at 10.58 o'clock by the Central Fire Brigade. The call was made through the fire alarm box at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Kiandra Girl Burnt to Death Adaminaby (N.S.W.). Friday Night
Ivy Bell aged 21 years, was burnt to death in a fire which destroyed the home of Mr. G.H. Bell at Kiandra last night. The fire was caused by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Kiandra Girl Burnt to Death Adaminaby (N.S.W.). Friday Night
Ivy Bell. aged 2l years, was burnt to death in a fire which destroyed the home of Mr. G. H. Bell at Kiandra last night.The fire was caused by a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Destroys House
At 12.15 o'clock this afternoon a four-roomed wood and iron house at 548 Bathurst-street off Bagot-street, with its contents, was destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Blazing Train 41 Killed and Many Injured an Overheated Axle Blamed Eor the Fire Cairo, April 29
Forty-one persons were killed and many badly injured in the worst disaster in the history of the Egyptian railways…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Tantanoola Heavy Damage Done Tantanoola (S.A.)
A fire which started from a motor lorry petrol tank successively destroyed a drum of petrol, the lorry, explosives, and four gallons of petrol, 20 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Tantanoola Heavy Damage Done Tantanoola (S.A.)
A fire which started from a motor lorry petrol tank successively destroyed a drum of petrol the lorry explosives, and four gallons of petrol, 20 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Burns Three Weeks in Pirie Coal Stack Now Under Control Port Bitic, Monday
A fire which broke out about three weeks ago in a coal stack at Port Pirie railway yards is now under control. It is understood that the outbreak was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Suspicious Fire Sydney, Sunday Night
A suspicious outbreak of fire occurred in a Vacant building owned by James Summers at Alexandria this morning. After the fire had been got under…
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