False Alarm of Fire at Central Mine
The Central and South Fire Brigades received a false call of fire to the Central mine at 2.25 o'clock this afternoon. The alarm came…
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Fires & bushfires, 1934
243 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 13
Burning Liner Beached 60 People Perish, 73 Missing Cause of Fire a Mystery New York, September 9
A more complete survey of the disaster associated with the destruction by fire of the pleasure liner Morro Castle a few miles off the New Jersey (U.S.A.) coast on Saturday, indicates that the loss of life will not be as great as was at…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.£A fire which destroyed an ice works owned by A. Treanor and Mrs. A. Geddes is believed to have been caused by…
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Believed to have been ignited by spontaneous combustion in a manure heap, a fire has been smouldering on the South mine during the last two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Overcome by Fumes Three Adelaide Firemen Fire in Cold Stores Adelaide
Suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, three firemen were carried unconscious from a fire in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Historic Town Nome Was Once Teeming City Nome (Alaska), September 19
Two Eskimos were burned to death, and a number of white persons were injured, by dynamite blasts, which occurred in connection with efforts to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrabri Fire Brigade Narrabri
After a conference at Narrabri with the Board of Fire Commissioners, the captain of the Narrabri Volunteer Fire Brigade, Mr. S. Gray, tendered his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Freezing a Fire Out
[?] fire extinguisher puts out [?] by freezing them. [?] steel cylinder filled with liquid [?] under a [?] of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Lorry Damaged by Fire
A motor lorry, the property of Mr. Ray O'Regan, and driven by Mr. William James Robinson, caught alight in Bromide-street, near Cobalt-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Hoodoo Ship" in Port Dogged By Fires And Accidents MELBOURNE
Known to her officers and crow as a "hoodoo ship," the steamer Helmspey has berthed in Melbourne with a cargo of Pacific Coast timber from…
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CALCUTTA, September 25.—Five men and a bay were terribly injured in a Hindu religious ceremony of walking through fire in a Madras…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Threatens Township
SYDNEY, Friday.—A serious bush fire broke out near Hazelbrook last night. Many houseg were surrounded by flames. The wind which blew at…
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Maple's furniture store one of the biggest establishments of its kind in Melbourne, was destroyed, by fire on Saturday. The fire was caused by…
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YACKANDANDAH, Friday.—What the police believe to have been preparations for burning the Catholic Church at Dederang were discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Destroys Sawmill £35,000 Damage in Brisbane BRISBANE
Damage estimated at £35,000 was caused by a fire at Brett and Co.'s sawmills at Newmarket-road, Windsor. The site covered several acres of…
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Sub-station Officer E. Fisher, of Marrickville, who has been appointed to replace Sub-station Officer J. Dryden in charge of the South Fire…
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Sub-station Officer E. Fisher, of Marrickville, who has been appointed to replace Sub-Station Officer J. Dryden in charge of the South Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Did Cigarette Cause Fire? Queensland 'Plane Crash MELBOURNE
Airmen who took part in the search for the air mail plane Atalanta, in which three men were incinerated at Winton, Queensland, believed that it…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Did Cigarette Cause Fire? Queensland Plane Crash MELBOURNE
Airmen who took part in the search for the air mall plane Atalanta, in which three men were incinerated at Winton, Queensland, believed that it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Bush Fires (Reprinted from Yesterday's Latest Edition.)
BRISBANE, Monday.—Bush fires continue to rage in the Yeppoon district north of Rockhampton, while the Farnborough district, where fires…
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