Big Fire Half Business Centre Destroyed. Melbourne
Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed half the business centre of Belgrave township, on the Dandenong Kanges, at an…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 45
Fire Commissioners Visit Tour of Coalfields. Kurri to Have New Fire Station
The Board of Fire Commissioners, while on their tour of the northern district, paid a visit of inspection to the coalfield stations on Wednesday. Heddon Greta, Stanford Merthyr, Pelaw Main, Kurri Kurri, Weston, Abermain and Cessnock were the areas visited…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Alarms Improved System Wanted Bogus Calls Are Expensive
The fact that turning out to false alarms has cost the Cessnock fire brigade £15 during the past is months is a strong argument in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →After Many Years, Brothers' Meeting. a Camp Fire Yarn
Having given each other up for dead 20 years ago, two brothers, Frank and Thomas Johnstone, discovered each other across a log fire while humping…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shockingly Burned. Elderly Man Falls Into Fire
An elderly man, T. Taylor, was shockingly burned when he fell into his camp fire near. Darlington Point. He struggled to an hotel nearby, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Port Nicholson. Fire Damages Cargo. Gibraltar, July 23
A fire broke out in the holds of the steamer Port Nicholson, but was later extinguished. The affected cargo is in number five hold. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire. Victorian Town Badly. Damaged. Constable Saves High Tension Main. Melbourne
Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused by a fire which, destroyed half the business centre of Belgrave, a township on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kurri's Bad Roads Fire Commissioner's Remarks
When the Board of Fire Commissioners visited the coalfields last week, the president (Mr. T. J. Smith) made reference to the bad…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smouldering Fires in Balkans
Nationaliatic feeling at Venice is only comparable with that in Berlin in 1913 ami 1914. There is a movement to separate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tarro Fire Needs
Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has been informed by Mr. E. B. Harkneas, Under Secretary, that the request by residents of Tarro to bo provided…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Captain Courtney Forced Down by Fire. Nastiest Incident Experienced. London, Aug. 3
Captain Courtney has wirelessed his wife that he was forced down owing to an outbreak of fire. He describes it as the nastiest incident in…
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"I always, as a kid, followed every Fire engine that I heard clanging by," said Duke Warne, Producer-Director of Rayart's "Heros in Blue," to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wagga Explosion. Houses Severely Shaken. Gelignite Thrown Into Fire
A terrine explosion on Monday afternoon shook the buildings in the business portion of Wagga, and created alarm among residents…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.z. Fires. Concern of Insurance Companies
The frequency of serious fires was referred to at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Insurance Co., at Auckland, by the chairman (Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Explosion at Wagga Gelignite Thrown Into Fire
A terrific explosion at Wagga on Monday afternoon shook the buildings in the business portion of the town, and created alarm among residents…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Quickly Extinguished. Fire at Clyde Workshops. Sydney
A fire broke out in the basement of the locomotive creation shop at the Clyde Engineering Company, Ltd., Works, this morning, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mansion on Fire on Irish Coast. London, Aug, 9
Lord Cushendun's mansion, on the Antrim coast, has been destroyed by fire. It is recalled that the Sinn Feiners destroyed his lordship's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.z. Fires. Concern of Insurance Companies
The frequency of serious fires was referred to at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Insurance Co., at Auckland, by the chairman (Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Quickly Extinguished. Fire at Clyde Workshops. Sydney
A fire broke out in the basement of the locomotive erection shop at the Clyde Engineering Company, Ltd., Works, this morning, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wagga Explosion. Houses Severely Shaken. Gelignite Thrown Into Fire
A terrific explosion on Monday-afternoon shook the buildings in the business portion of Wagga, and created alarm among residents…
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