Sawmill Destroyed by Fire
The British Australian Timber Company's sawmill at Nana Glen, in the Grafton district, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday. Half-an-hour after…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 45
Fire at Nambour £10,000 Damage
A fire, which broke out in the business portion of Nambour (Q.), resulted in damage estimated at £10,000. This is the seventh time within five…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in John-street Smart Save Averts Disaster
Singleton can thank the alertness of its fire brigade staff for saving the town from what might easily have been a great disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires and Storm. Sweep Large Area. 45 Cottages Destroyed. Gale Does Extensive Damage
Tremendous damage resulted on Sunday from a violent westerly gale which was experienced in the city and in many other parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cumberland Paper Mills Destroyed by Fire. Damage Estimated at £500,000
Damage estimated at £500,000 was caused by a fire which on Sunday destroyed the Cumberland Paper Mills, on the Lane Cove River, and set fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Fiend Tuncurry Threatened. Saved After Strenuous Fight. Miles of Country Ablaze. Forster
The most threatening fire experienced in this district raged yesterday, when the township of Tuncurry was in grave danger of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Savage Sabbath How Cessnock Fared in Cyclonic Visitation Roofs Blown On and Numerous Fires. Grim Fights Against Flames at Kearsley and Kitchener
Last Sunday is not likely to be soon forgotten by residents of Cessnock. Throughout the day a wine which was cyclonic in character (it would be putting it somewhat mildly to call it a gale) raged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blaze of Red. China's Nationalist Revolution. Shanghai. Oct. [?]
Strict precautions will be enforced within the foreign concessions owing to to-morrows' celebration of the anniversary of the outbreak of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fierce Fires. on Toowoomba Range. Earmers' Heavy Losses. T00wo0mba
Serious bush fireS are sweeping Parts of the main Toowoomba Range. Last night the flames were burning fiercely. Thousands of acres…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bed on Fire. Dangers of Cigarette Smoking. Sydney
Leslie Goodman, 28, a farmer, residing at Miller's Point, was severely burned about the face, arms and hips early this morning owing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires Sweeping Toowoomba Ranges. Toowoomba
Serious bush fires are sweeping parts of the main Toowoomba ranges. Last night the flames were burning fiercely. Thousands of acres arc burnt out, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Blaze. Fire in Adams' Buildings. Firemen's Good Save. Sydney
Damage estimated at more than £2000 was done by fire in Adams' Chambers, Elizabeth-street, city, early this morning…
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A fire broke out in grass and dry vines in a vacant allotment in Lee-street, West Maitland, on Wednesday afternoon, but it was extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kyogle Fire Timber Mills Destroyed
Seocombe's timber mills at Kyogle were destroyed by fire on Wednesday. The damage is estimated at £[?]0,000. It is not known how the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on Benalla Cabins Charred
A large section of the starboard accommodation for third-class passengers on the P. and O. branch liner Benalla, lying at the Dorman, Long wharf,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damage by Fire in Maitland and Kurri Districts
Throughout the Maitland and Kurri. districts much damage was done by fire on Sunday. Kurri was surrounded by a bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at State Mine. Men Endangered by Smoke. Lithgow
Shortly before 8 o'clock last night, a fire broke out amongst a pile of wooden props in the main heading of the State coalmine at Lithgow…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pastoral Industry. Bush Fire Organisation. Legislation and Local Efforts. Who Will Start the Ball Rolling?
To combat the bush fire menace, legislation and local organisation is now i being considered and the, suggestion is made that local meetings be called to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cut Off by Fires Residents Exciting Experience
One of many thrilling incidents which occurred during the week end when the bush fires were raging at their fiercest comes from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Fire Excitement at Lithgow
A large number of miners were endangered by smoke when a fire broke out amongst a pile of wooden props in the main heading of the…
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