New Fire Officer
Mr. A. Richards has taken charge of the Maitland fire district as successor to Mr. G. W. Turner, transferred to Gordon. Mr. Richards, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1928
886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 45
Fire Officer Transferred
Mr. O. G. Sherwin, of Marrickville Fire Station, has taken up duty as station officer a Cessnock, vice Mr. J. A. Moul, transferred to…
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Mr. F. J. Biswick has been elected to represent the volunteer fire brigades on the Fire Brigades. Board, and Mr. E. E. Collins, of Wagga, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Benzine Fire Motorist's Lucky Escape
When benzine took fire in the garage attached to his residence, Mr A. Finlayson, a well-known Armidale agent, had a narrow escape. Mr Finlayson was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extensive Damage Fire in West Australia
Damage estimated at about £20,000 was caused by a fire which broke out at 3.30 o'clock' on Wednesday. morning in Johnston—street,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soaked in Petrol Then Set on Fire
New York, Wednesday.—Squads of detectives are hunting day and night for clues to the murder of a costilydressed girl who was found in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Burns. Two Children Dead. Celluloid Doll Catches Fire
Two small children received fatal burns when, playing with matches in the yard of a house at Globe, they set fire to a celluloid doll. Flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Just in Time. Family's Narrow Escape. Fire in Brisbane. Brisbane
Six adults and a baby had a sensational escape in the Logan road, South Brisbane, when a shop caught fire on the ground floor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gilgandra Fire. Five Shops Destroyed
A disastrous fire occurred in the main street at Gilgandra, when five shops with their contents were destroyed. The outbreak was first noticed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Forty Dead. Calamitous Cinema Fire
A report from Rome gives details of a shocking disaster at Morlago, where 40 people were Incinerated and many injured…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cinema Fire Many Persons Incinerated
London, Tuesday;—It is reported from Rome that a fire at a cinema in Mariago resulted in many persons being incinerated and many injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Fire. Electrical Stock Damaged
A fire broke out at the rear of the warehouse of the Weldon Electrical Supply Company, Ltd., on the ground floor of the Utz Building,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Concord Fire. Damage Over-estimated. Sydney
It is now estimated that the damage done by last night's fire at Concord amounts to not more than £20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Concord Fire. Timber Mills Destroyed. £100,000 Damage
A fire, which followed an explosion, spread with amazing rapidity, and destroyed the timber mills of Tanner and Middleton, Ltd., at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Started On Fire Engine
A scarlet six-wheeled Morris, fire engine made a memorable journey across snow-covered country so that Mr. W. R. Morris, the motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gilgandra Fire. Five Shops Destroyed
A disastrous fire occurred in tile main street at Gilgandra, when five shops with their contents were destroyed, The outbreak was firs noticed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Fire. Electrical Stock Damaged
Afire broke out at the rear of the warehouse of the Weldon Electrical Supply Company, Ltd, on the ground floor of the Utz Building,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Concord Fire. Timber Mills Destroyed. £100,000 Damage
A fire, which followed an explosion, spread with amazing rapidity, and destroyed the timber mills of Tanner and Middleton, Ltd., at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Burns. Two Children Dead. Celluloid Doll Catches Fire
Two small children received fatal burns when, playing with matches in the yard of a house at Glebe, they set fire to a celluloid doll. Flames…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Just in Time. Family's Narrow Escape. Fire in Brisbane. Brisbane
Six adults and a baby hud a sensational escape in the Logan road, South Brisbane, when a shop caught fire on the ground floor…
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