Bushes Blaze Pole Endangered
The west Maitland Fire Brigade received a call last night, at about 7.30. stating that a telegraph pole in Oakhampton-road was being menaced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1933
492 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 25
Fire at Rope Works Damage Estimated at £30,000. Brisbane
Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a fire at Forsyth's rope works at East Brisbane late last night. A big brick building was practically…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Silo Destroyed Blaze at Emerald Hill
The wheat silo erected in Emerald Hill railway yards, owned by Mr. H. Greenwood, Gunnodah, was totally destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thief Surprised Watchman Fires Shot SYDNEY
Surprising a thief, who was breaking into a factory at Camperdown late last night, nightwatchman George Brcheny drew a revolver and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Taxi-driver Robbed Armed Thief Fires at Victim
A taxi-driver was robbed, by an armed thief at Campsie on Friday night, and narrowly being shot. Victor Noel Capelle was called by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Gundy
Mr. Albert Ward, of Gundy, had the misfortune. to lose his home, a fibro and weatherboard structure of seven rooms by fire. The place was unoccupied at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Stables Terrified Horses Two Bolted Sydney
A harness-room and stables at Angel-street, Newtown, were partially destroyed by fire last night, while an employee of the stable was asleep in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Newtown. Horses Released Just in Time. Sydney
When a fire broke out in a harness room at Newtown late last night, nine horses in an adjoining stable were released from their stalls just in time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mill Ablaze £20,000 Damage N.Z. Fire Wellington (N.z.)
A disastrous fire yesterday totally destroyed the timber and joinery works of Hardie and Thomsen, which were the largest mills in Christchurch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Repairs to Fire Station
Yesterday work was commenced at the Singleton Fire Station of carrying out general repairs and painting. Although tenders were called for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →'Plane Fire Albert Voss' Death Open Verdict London, April 27
An open verdict was, returned at the Inquest on Albert Voss, who died when he fell from the City of Liverpool over Dixmude…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Football Ban Fire Brigade Men Board's Order Sydney
Under instructions issued by the Board of Fire Commissioners, members of fire brigades are prohibited from joining andy grade football club,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Abermain Home Destroyed By fire. Tuesday Night's Blaze
A six-roomed weatherboard cottage at Grafton Street, Abermain, owned and occupied by Mr. James Hunter, manager of the Weston…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Costly Haystack Fire
The Board, of Fire Commissioners reported to the Temora Municipal Council that the recent haystack fire at Dolden and Company's chaffmills had cost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Camden Theatre Damage Estimated at £2000. Sydney
The Empire Theatre at Camden was partly destroyed by fire early this morning. The brigade was able to save a good…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigades State Demonstration
Representatives of fire brigades in B division met in Newcastle on Saturday night to arrange for the firemen's demonstration to be held in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Board Visit to Maitland
The Fire Commissioners have advised West Maitland Council that the president and other members of the board would visit West Maitland on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Petrol Thieves Watchman Fires Shots Men Bolt Sydney
A night watchman fired six shots during a chase after two men whom he saw carrying away a tin of petrol from an unattended motor car at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →House on Fire Work of Vandals Police Inquire Sydney
The police are endeavouring to locate some vandals who, after deliberatly emashing the fittings of a house at Strathfield last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hospital Nurses Wage Heroic Fight Against Fire Great Save Night Outbreak No Alarm Sydney
Clad only in their night attire, 53 nurses at the Rydalmere Mental Hospital stood in terrific rain early…
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