Prisoner Escapes From Tuncurry Camp. Warder Fires Three Shots
"The first sensational incident in connection with the Tuncurry Prison Camp engaged the attention of the responsible authorities on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1926
970 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 49
Disastrous Fire. Box Factory Destroyed. Melbourne
During pouring rain early this morning, the premises of the Austin Box Factory in Fitzroy were destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Dwelling. Charge Against Woman. Sydney
On a charge of having se[?] to a dwelling in Princess sir[?], city, yesterday, Selina Caroline Jackson, 41, appointed before the Central Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wires Fuse. Fire on Electric Train
A fire occurred on an electric train at Oatley station on Tuesday afternoon. It was caused by the fusing of electric wires in the control box…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cottage Destroyed. Fire at Kilaben Bay. Newcastle
A two-roomed week-end cottage was destroyed by fire at Kilaben Bay, near Toronto, at 3,30 this morning. There was no one in the place at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Gatton Inmates Lose Personal Belongings. (By Telegraph.) Brisbane
Scariff's Hotel and three shops were totally destroyed by fire at Gatton this morning. The hotel was filled with guests, following a Masonic function,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sawmill Destroyed Blaze at Upper Lansdowne. Sydney
Which a social was in progress at Upper Lansdowne, near Tare, an outbreak of fire occurred at, Mclaughlin's sawmill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heroine of Bush Fires. Presented with Cheque for £1000 MELBOURNE
Florrie Hodges, one of the heroines of the devastating bush fires which swept Poweltown and Noojea last summer, was presented with £1000…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire at a Sawmill
While a social was in progress at Upper Lansdowne, near Taree, an outbreak of fire occurred at McLaughlan's sawmill. The men present rushed to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland Fire. Destruction at Maleny
At Malony Q, the premises of Mr. J. A. Griger (butcher) J. Alderdice (baker). F. E. Knott (grocer), and T. O. Houston (draper) were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wires Fuse. Fire on Electric Train
A fire occurred on an electric train at Catley station on Tuesday afternoon it was caused by the fusing of electric box…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disastrous Fire. Box Factory Destroyed, Melbourne
During pouring rain early this morning the premises of the Austin Box Factory in Fitzroy were destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cottage Destroyed. Fire at Kilaben Bay Newcastle
A two roomed week-end cottage was destroyed by fire at Kilaben Bay, near. Toronto, at 3.30 this morning. There was no one in the place at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Dwelling. Charge Against Women. Sydney
On a charge of having set fire to a dwelling in Princess street city Yesterday, Solina Caroline Jackson, 41, appeared before the Central Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Gatton. Hotel and Three Shops Destroyed. Brisbane
The Scariff Hotel and three shops were totally destroyed by fire at Gatton this morning. The hotel was filled with guests…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Rear of Hotel
Late last night an incipient outbreak of fire occurred in a shed at the rear of the Royal Oak Hotel. The local fire brigade was called…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Long Fire. 4,000,000 Tons of Coal Burned
Burning for sixty-seven years, a [?] in the Summit Hill coal mine in Pennsylvania has not yet been extinguished. Engineers estimate that it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Perilious Voyage. Refugees Run Gauntlet of Heavy Fire. Shanghai, Sept. 27
Seventy-five foreign refugees successfully reached Hankow from Chungking on the upper Yangtse river, after a perilious voyage:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Awakened by Fire. Woman's Narrow Escape
Mrs. Carr, a resident of Coogee, was awakened early in the morning by a crackling Sound and Smoke Pouring into her room…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge Catches Fire
The driver of a train passing over Gowrie Bridge about 2 a.m. yesterday noticed that portion of the under-structure was burning. He…
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