Tamworth Fire. Joinery Works Destroyed
Mr. C. A. Skinner's joinery works at Tamworth were destroyed by fire on Wednesday. The damage is estimated at £2500, insurance totalling…
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Fires & bushfires, 1930
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Trapped. Family in Blaze—dramatic Escape
Mr. and Mrs. Champion and their daughter, Carrie (18), had a narrow escape from death in Sydney on Monday morning, when they were trapped by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Brigade Appointments Cessnock Council's Protest Appeal to Commissioners
At last night's meeting of the Cessnock Municipal Council, Aid Snedden, speaking in reference to the resignation of two firemen who were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Fire Epidemic. Hundreds Homeless. Property Damage Enormous New York
A widespread portion of the Eastern United Stales is threatened by timber fixes, in which three persons have already lost their lives, and hundreds…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Fire Station
The new fire station in Church-street, West Maitland, is almost completed. The contractor has practically finished his part, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Officer Transferred
Station-officer H. Stuntz, of the West Maitland fire station, has been transferred to Leichhardt, and will shortly he leaving for his new…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£600 Reward. East-greta Railway Sheds Fire
An announcement appears in the "Government Gazette" over the name of the Chief Secretary (Mr. F. A. Chaffey), offering a reward of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →After the Fire. Convicts Burn Tents. Columbus (Ohio), May 8
Following several minor riots to-day, 650 who were prisoners, and are now isolated in an iron barred stockade following the recent disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shop Destroyed Fire Started by Thieves
Thieves raided a block of four shops at Fendalton, a suburb of Christchurch (N.Z.). The front doors were smashed in and after an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newtown Fire What Police Found. Sydney
Following the extinguishing of a fire under an unoccupied cottage at Newtown this morning, the police found that the rubbish under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Engine Runs Without Fire
Can a locomotive run under its own steam, yet have no fire in its beller? The answer, Recording to engineers who attended the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Officer Entertained
Station Officer R. Stuntz, of the Maitland District Fire Brigade, who has been transferred to Leichhardt, was the guest of the members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nightdress on Fire. Child Fatally Burned
Thelma Gertrude Bills aged three years daughter of Mr. C. M. Bills of Mary's Mount died in the Goulburn Hospital from severe burns. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Redfern Fire. Brigade Makes Good Save. Sydney
For the third time in less than three months, a fire broke out in the furniture factory of Mrs. Katherine Gaxal, of Elizabeth-street, Redfern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burned in Petrol Blaze Stayed to Quell Flames
Great courage was displayed by a young garage attendant, Alan Ashton, aged 18, of Lakemba, who, with his clothes alight from an explosion when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burned in Petrol Blaze Stayed to Quell Flames
Great courage was displayed by a young garage attendant, Alan Ashton, aged 18, of Lakemba, who, with his clothes alight from an explosion when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extensive Damage Fire at Bowraville
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the general store Messrs. Tuck and Gillies, at Bowraville. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Three Fires. Exciting Incidents. Motor Garage Gutted. Sydney
Three fires occurred in the city and suburbs early this morning. Exciting incidents…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cottage Damaged by Fire
A fire occurred early this morning in an old brick and weatherboard cottage in High-street, West Maitland, near High-street station. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hasty Retreat. Early Morning Fire at Leichhardt. Sydney
A fire broke out this morning in a shop and dwelling occupied by Charles Vaughan, at Leichhardt. Alfred Goldsworth, with his wife…
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