Oil Ship on Fire in Newcastle Harbour. Racehorse Caught in Flames. Newcastle
A fire broke out at Newcastle this morning on board the steamer British Honor, which was loaded with 1000 tons of oil, all ready to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1930
714 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 36
Babinda Blaze. Five Shops Destroyed
A disastrous fire broke out at Babida (Q.) at 4. p.m. on Monday, and raged for three hours. The outbreak originated in the main portion of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Fires. One Ai Citroen House. Basement Outbreak. Sydney
A fire broke out late last night in Citroon House, an eight-story house in Chastieroagh Street, City. The firemen, who were quickly on…
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Captain Sangster, Superintendent of Navigation, conducted an inquiry to-day into the question of the damage done to the fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrifying Spectacle at Newcastle. Oil Vessels on Fire. Dramatic Rescues. Newcastle
Flames leapt 100 feet into the air when t the oil tanker, British Honor, suddenly became a blazing inferno at the oil wharf, at Wickham, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oil Tanker in Flames Newcastle's Most Spectacular Fire. Vessel a Racing Inferno
There was a sensational ha[?]sational happening in Newcastle yesterday when a fire broke out in the oil tanker British Honour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Self-loading Rifle Fires Go Rounds a Minute
The Military correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the long-sought ideal of an efficient selfloading rifle has been realised, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inquiry Into Steamer Fire Estimate of Damage
Captain Sangster, Superintendent of Navigation, conducted an inquiry yesterday into the question of the damage done to the wharves by tho fire on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Darlington Fire. Two Buildings Burned. Sydney
A fire which broke out in Codrington-street, Darlington, last night, severaly damaged two buildings and blistered the walls and ceilings of an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →2000 People Pray in Street Disastrous London Fire. Girls Trapped in Flames. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London
Two thousand people knelt in the street and prayed while the flames destroyed a hat factory at Luton, in which four girls and two men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Petrol Blaze Newcastle Occurrence Owners Thank Captain and Crew. Newcastle
Captain Collie, of the steamer British Honour, has received a cablegram from the owners, congratulating him and the crew upon saving the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heroic Sister. Fire in Girls' School. Ten Perish
CHEPAS (Manitoba), Feb, 26. The Sister Superior and nine children perished in a fire which destroyed an isolated Indian girls' school on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Awful Holocaust Trapped in Factory Fire. Six Burnt to Death. London, Feb, 24
Two thousand people knelt in the street and prayed while flames devoured a hat factory at Luton, in which four girls and two men were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destroyed by Fire. Cottage at Baerami
During the absence of the occupant, Mr. Stan. Wilson, a house owned by his mother, Mrs. G. M. Wilson, of Baerami Creek, was totally destroyed…
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A four-roomed cottage and furniture were totally destroyed by fire at midnight. It was owned by Mrs.G. M. Wilson and occupied by her son…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blue Funnel Steamer on Fire Wool Cargo Ablaze
With a wool and general cargo blazing fiercely, and with lifeboats ready for Immediate use, the Blue Funnel liner Ningchow put into…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cross-fire at Birmingham
Mr, Fenton to-day inspected the British Industries Fair at Birmingham and later had a two hours' conversation with representatives of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at East Maitland
Early on Sunday morning, an unoccupied brick cottage with slate roof in Brisbane street East Maitland was gutted by fire. The building…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Chatswood. Narrow Escape of Mother and Babe. Sydney
When a fire broke out in a two-storey building in Chatswood late last night, a woman and her baby, who were the only occupants, had a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →River Front Fire Enarmous Damage. (Australian Press Assn. Message) London
A New Orleans message says, that a river front fire swept warehouses and wharves, causing damage estimated at 3,000,000 dollars…
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