Bagsnatchers Chased Police Fire Shots
After a sensational chase through backyards, factory premises, and Chinese gardens, an alleged bagsnatcher was arrested by the Rodfern police…
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Fires & bushfires, 1930
714 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 36
Carlton Fire. Chemist's Timely Discovery. Sydney
As Thomas Patrick Kelly, a chemist, of Carlton, was about to retire shortly after midnight, his suspicious were aroused by the smell of smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damaged Cargo. Fire on the Comorin. Colombo, March 16
Despite reassurances by local agents, it appears that considerable cargo was damaged, and that Australian mails were affected by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Fire Ball. Startling Experience at East Hills. Sydney
During a heavy downpour of rain It East Hills this morning, a flash of lightning was followed by a deafening report as a fireball descended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Timely Discovery of Fire Wife and Son Escape Over Awning. Sydney
Thomas Patrick Kelly, chemist, of Carlton, was about to retire shortly after midnight, when his suspicions were aroused by the smell of smoke…
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While returning from Raymond Terrace late on Tuesday night, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. White had a very unenviable experience. Owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Steamer. Newcastle Inquiry Adjourned. Newcastle
The Deputy-Coroner opened an inquiry this morning into the cause of the fire on the steamer British Honour, but it was adjourned without…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six Distinct Outbreaks of Fire Evidence at Brisbane Inquiry. Brisbane
The police at the inquiry to-day into the fire at a house said that suspicion for starting the fire rested upon one of the witnesses…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suspicious Fire. Six Distinct Outbreaks. Strong Smell of Kerosene. Brisbane
The police, at the enquiry into a fire at a house, asserted that suspicion for starting the fire rested upon one of the witnesses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Shed Fire
The Coroner, Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., has decided to open the inquiry concerning the destruction by fire of the South Maitland Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Garage Fire. Extensive Damage at Coonabarabran
A big fire occurred at Coonabarabran when Higgins' motor garage, in John-street, was totally destroyed. Six cars, a motor cycle and side…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Legislation for the Country. Bush Fires' Bill
The Bush Fires' Bill has now reached, the third, reading stage, and, especially in the light of amendments made during the committee stage, is a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires Increase Commissioners Report
The report of the New South Wales Fire Commissioners for 1920 was tabled in Parliament by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese Horror Another Cinema Fire. Proprietor Nearly Lynched Shanghai, March 20
The worst cinema disaster in China's history is reported from Chang Chun, in Machuria, where a fused electric wire ignited a flimsy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Panic. Eight Children Perish. Bucharest, March 21
Eight children were burned to death in the fire which destroyed the village of Siobozia. The pe[?]sants, overcome with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Paxton Fire Risks
The secretary of the Fire and Accident Underwriters' Association has written on the Kearsley Shire Council on the question of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Magpies Mauled Cessnock Licks Granville 8-1 Phil Johns Fires in Four
Cessnock met Granville in the State League competition at the Pit Paddock on Saturday afternoon. The game attracted a large attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Fire Motor, Body Works Damaged. Sydney
A fire broke out this morning at the promises of Watts, motor body builders, Palmer-street, Sydney, Considerable damage was done to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Obituary. Mrs. Catherine Sevil. Fire Tragedy. Miss Edna Bell. Girl Burnt to Death. Brother Dies From Injuries. Newcastle
Many were the expressions, of regret in town this morning when the sorrowful news spread of the passing in the Scott Memorial Hospital last evening. At her residence, Willow Tree, Mrs. Catherine Sevil, wife of Mr. James Sevil, passed away on Tuesday 18th inst. She was widely and favourably Shirley Musgrave, aged two years, was burnt to death when her parents' home in Shamrock-street, Hexham caught fire this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Third Victim Trundle Fire Tragedy. Trundle
Edward O'Malley, father of the two children who were incinerated last night, died early this morning in hospital…
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