Travelled Over 360 MILES Cessnock Fire Brigade
Cessnock Fire Brigade has travelled more than 360 miles during the year, in attending to thirty-five fires in the Cessnock area…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1933
492 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 25
Blaze on Steamer Extinguished by Floats. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London
The American steamship, Totatota, 5356 tons, carrying cotton and timber, arrived in the Thames to-day with a fire aboard, which had raged for 24…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades Newcastle Display NEWCASTLE
It was decided at a meeting of the Fire Brigades Demonstration Executive Committee last night not to attempt to raise the £300…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hard Fight Fire oh Steamer Cotton Cargo London, December 19
The American steamship Topa Topa, of 5,356 tons, carrying cotton and timber from Flerida to London, arrived in the Thamos to-day with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hobart Blaze £15,000 Damage
Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused by a fire Which broke out at midnight last night in Murray-street, Hobart, and almost gutted the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Petrol Fires
Some timid mortals are as fearful of petrol and its inherent evil qualities as they would be of gunpowder or nitro glycerine; others unfortunately…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Death Sentence The Reichstag Fire LONDON, Dec, 23
To a densely-packed court the President of the Supreme Court at Lelpzig (Dr. Buonger) pronounced the sentences in the Relchstag fire trial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock Blaze Cottage Destroyed Was Insured Cessnock
A, five-roomed weatherboard cottage in Sergeant-st., Cessnock, owned and occupied by Mr. P. olive, was totally destroyed by fire early…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dutch Appeal Der Lubbe's Sentence Reichstag Fire Berlin, Dec, 27
The Butch Government has appealed to the German Government for the commutation of Van der Lubbe's death sentence to one of life…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tenterfield Fire
A cottage situated near the cemetery, owned by Mr. W. Sewell and occupied by his son-in-law, Mr. Bentley, was totally destroyed by fire. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Fiend Incendiary Bomb Police Belief London, Dec. 28
The Manchester police are investigating a series of suspected cases of incendiarism, following the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fewer Fires State Statistics SYDNEY
There were nearly 600 fires fewer in Sydney in 1933 than in 1932. Figures issued by the Fire Commissioners show that the State is becoming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys Shed
A fire broke out at 12.40 yesterday morning in a shod at the rear of Mr. W. Clarke's home, 156 Jossic-street. The shed and contents, comprising…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Third in Month False Fire Alarms "DANGEROUSI"
For the third time in a month the Maitland Fire Brigade received a bogus call last night, as a result of which they hurried off to East…
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