Nearly a Fire
Our worthy Town Clerk, Mr. F. W. Aldis, received a shock the other morning when he awoke at 3 a.m. to find the house full of smoke. Mr. and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1932
514 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 26
Asylum Fire. Children Burned ZURICH, Nov, 10
There wore heart-reading scenes in a fire at Waenonsw[?]l a private asylum for subnormal children. The staff rosened the majority of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock's Fire Classification Request for Re-garding Turned Down
Further efforts by the Cessnock Municipal Council to have Cessnock put into a more favourable grade the matter of fire classification have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Children's Asylum Heartrending Scenes. (Australian Prnss Assn. Message.) Zurich
There were heartrending seenes at a fire at Waedensil private asylum for sub-normal childre. The majority were rescued, but many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Loss Fire at Moree SYDNEY,Saturday
Damage estimated at £5000 was caused by a fire which destroyed Thomason's wool store and plant at Moree early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Junee Good Save Effected JUNEE
Local firemen made a good save carly this morning when a fire broke out in a general store of A. W. Salver. The stock was severely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Fires In Country Four Outbreaks At Week-end Damage Over £30,000
Damage estimated at more than £30,000 was caused by fires which occurred during the week-end at Wagga, Junee, and East Moree. The most serious was that at Wagg a, where the Strand Theatre was destroyed, the damage being £20,0 00…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EXPLOSION Fire on Oil Tanker AMSTERDAM. Nov. 14
A brilliant spectacle was witnessed early this morning, when a fire broke out on the liner Picter Corneliazoon Hooft, which had just…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Season
The Director of Agriculture has issued a warning regarding the danger of bush and grass fires in the next few months He advises…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fireman Burned City Blaze Mishap SYDNEY
When fighting a fire in Bourke-street, City, yesterday evening, a fireman was burned. Brigades from Headquarters, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Wood
The wharf at Karuah has been, for the last few days, a scene of unusual activity, and now it is buried beneath an ever growing pile of firewood…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Outbreak Brigades to Rescue SYDNEY
Fire broke out in a hardware store near Bondi Junction this morning. Local brigades were soon on the [?]ene, and as the area was regard[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good Save Fire on Big Liner Baradine Damaged London, November 18
Dozens of fire brigades and fire floats assisted in extinguishing a tire which broke out on the liner Caradine, which is undergoing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Residence Destroyed by Fire
At about 12 o'clock noon on Saturday, just as the big thunderstorm which swept over the district was working up, the residence at Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Arrested After School Fire
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in connection, with the outbreak of fire which occurred during the week-end in the public school building at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in School Building 14-Year-old Boy Arrested
Detective Simpson, of North Sydney, arrested a 14-year-old boy on Monday night in connection with the outbreak of fire on Sunday night in the public…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Launch on Fire Fishermen Trapped Swim to Safety Sydney
Nat, Mathieson and Roy Lamb, of Watson's Bay, had a fortunate escape this morning when the launch in which they were setting out on a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush-fire Fighting. Merriwa Prepares
At Tuesday's meeting of the Shire Council Mr. C. E. W. Brown (Shire Clerk) suggested that all bush-fire fighting organisation arrangements he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Appliances. Official's Inspection
Mr. S. Tuck, inspector of the New South Wales Fire Brigades, was in town yesterday, and inspected the fire appliances at local institutions, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Mine on Fire Sydney
A message from Auckland states that the fire is still raging in the Hikurangi coal mine, although the miners are making strenuous efforts to stem the…
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