Rurnt to Death Tragedy at Fire Brigades' Display. London, July 11
Nine cadets were burnt to death when a dummy house collapsed in a fire brigade display at Gillingham, Kent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1929
1,104 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 56
Maitland Blaze. Croker's Premises Gutted. Damage Estimated at About £3000
Shortly before six o'clock on Monday the West Maitland Fire Brigade was called out to a fire in the premises of Mr. Edward croker…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electric Iron. Causes Fire in House
Owing to the overheating of an electric iron, which had been accidentally left switched on, fire broke out early in a large boarding-house in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Keinbah Fire. Four-roomed Cottage Destroyed. Cessnock
A four-roomed weatherboard cottage, owned by Mr. Auprince, of Koinbah, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday, between noon and one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Great Fire Russian Town Decimated, Riga, July 18
There was a great fire in the district of Kasoinsko, which destroyed one thousand homes. Five thousand people are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Arson Alleged. Two Men Charged. Fire at Palm Beach. Sydney
Sydney Keys, 38, a boarding-house keeper,a nd Eric Woodger, 34, a labourer, were remanded at the Manly Court to-day on a charge of setting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire. Storage Shed Destroyed
A fire broke out in Messrs. S. G. Morey and Co's, storage shed in Foley-street on Saturday last. The brigade was quickly on the scene, but the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Fires. Warehouse and Factory Destroyed. Melbourne
The soft goods warchouse of C. Gilpin Ply., Ltd., Malvern, and the furniture factory of C. Dunean, North Fitzroy, were destroyed by fire carly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fell Into Fire. Old Man Shockingly Burned
Blinded and in excruciating agency as the result of burns when he fell into a camp fire at Cairns, Herbert Foote, 74, wandered off into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sabre Rattling. China Defies the Soviet Moscow Breathes Fire Chinese President Ready for Emergency
A delicate situation has arisen as a result of the demands made upon China by the Soviet in the ultimatum served on Saturday, which are being ignored. Excitement prevails at Moscow, and thousands have pledged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Town in Mourning. Gillingham Fire Tragedy. Burial of Victims. London, July 17
The fifteen victims of the fire tragedy at Gillingham, Kent. were buried in a long line of graves…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Notorious Bandit's Dramatic End. Shot on Grave of Victims. Squad Fires Two Volleys. Mexico City
Jesus Robles, a notorious assassin, and the terror of the State of Jalisco for four years, met a dramatic death at Guadalajara…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Fires. Warehouse and Factory Destroyed. Melbourne
The soft goods warehouse of O. Gilpin Pty., Ltd., Malvern, and the furniture factory of C. Duncan, North Fitzroy, were destroyed by fire early…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Electric Spark. Causes Fire at Stockton
When one of the residents in a house in Queen-street, Stockton on 11th inst switched on the electric light in a bedroom, the sequel was a loud explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fell Into Fire. Old Man Shockingly Burned
Blinded and in excr[?]ating agony as the result of burns whenhe fell into a camp fire at Cairns, Horbert Foote, 71, wandered off into the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A Great Fire Russian Town Decimated. Riga, July 12
There was a great fire in the district of Kuscinsko, which destroyed one thousand homes. Five thousand people are…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cinema Fire. Stampede in Kent. Three Severely Burned London, July 11
One hundred women and children dashed from a blazing cinema at Welling, Kent, following on a fire in the operator's box…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Two Outbreaks To-day. Grass Fire Out of Control
Dense columns of smoke, which quickly rendered part of John-street invisible, startled everyone in that area to-day, and the strident notes of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shop Damaged. Fire and Explosion
Following an explosion, a fire broke out in Pierce's mercery shop in George-street, Haymarket, Sydney, on Saturday night and before the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Damages. Fire in Melbourne
One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Melbourne, which broke out on Sunday morning, completely destroyed the drapery establishment…
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