Up in Smoke Lightning Starts Fire
Lightning struck a four-roomed cottage owned by Frederick Quarry and occupied by J. Johnson, at Cowra, Fire was noticed about ten minutes…
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Fires & bushfires, 1934
452 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 23
Severe Burns Fire at Workshop Fumes Ignite Sydney
Severe burns were sustained by Alma Trickett, 23 a milliner of Campsle, when a fire broke out in a workshop of Stoddart, Fisher, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Men Sent for Trial Following Cottage Fire £15 OFFER Police Story Wanted Cash Sydney
At the conclusion of the inquiry to-day into the destruction by fire of a weatherboard cottage at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Early Morning Blaze Cottage Destroyed at West End. '
During the early hours of Sunday morning a four-roomed weatherboard cottage, situated in Chidgey-street, West Cessnock, owned and occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Weston Fire Brigade
Of the Coalfields Fire Brigade teams which competed at the carnival at Newcastle during the weekend, Western Brigade was the only…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep Saved Grass Fire at Dalby
Incendiaries are blamed for a grass fire which destroyed 1000 acres on Mr. G. Jeckyll's property at. Dalby, Q., yesterday. Fires started in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigades' Demonstration. Muswellbrook Team's Activities. (Contributed)
No doubt there are many in Muswellbrook who would like to know of the activities of the Muswellbrook Fire Brigade team while attending the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death and Destruction Overtake Japanese City sBIG FIRE 650 Roasted Great Loss Tokio, March 22
The official announcement by the Home Office regarding the Hakodate fire, in Japan, states that 650 were burned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 23rd March,1934. Late Cables and Telegrams Two-thirds of City Destroyed by Fire. Japanese Disaster. 90,000 People Homeless. Tokio
Two-thirds of the city of Hakodate was destroyed by fire. Casualties were 650 killed, who were burned to death or died in emergency hospitals. Several hundreds were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire at Young No Water Supply Available. Sydney
There was a sensational fire at Young late last night when a dentist's surgery, containing much valuable apparatus, and an unoccupied residence adjoining,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stable Blaze Two Horses Die
In a vain endeavour-to save two of her horses from incineration in the blazing stables at Mentone early on Sunday, Mrs. Murrell, one of the best…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Johannesburg's Fire
To celebrate the wiping off of Johannesburg's (Transvaal) debt of £5,750,000, which it incurred in 1903 while its people were building the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electrician Shockingly Injured in City on Fire Short Circuit Near Death Sydney
Shocking injuries were received by Ernest Kirkpatrick (45), an electrician, while working in a sub-station in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Displays Great Bravery in Rescuing Horses 6 SAVED 7 Incinerated Tragic Fire Melbourne
Great heroism was displayed by Albert Cakebread this morning when, at the risk of his life, he entered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Fire Circle Farmer's Ordeal Lucky Escape Melbourne
With his pockets full of live cartridges, Mr, H. W. Gerlach, a farmer at Wolmer, near Horsham, was caught in a narrow circle of fire when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Chief Mr. Nance Retires SYDNEY
Mr. Thomas P. H. Nance, the chief officer of the Fire Brigades, officially retired from service at midnight on Saturday, after 38 years' service. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Night Fire Maitland Couple Property Lost Sydney
Edward Campbell and his wife, visitors from West Maitland, were obliged to make a hurried exit into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Second Fire Victim Dies Burning Race. Stables Cause Tragedy. Melbourne
William Murrell, aged 32, a wellknown trainer, and a former jockey, died early this morning as result of severe burns received when his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Horses Incinerated in Stable Fire able ire orses ree in Big Loss Randwick Blaze Many Saved Sydney
Three valuable yearlings were burned to death when a fire broke out in H. Chisholm and Co.'s stables at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire at Toowoomba Absence of Wind Saves Town. Toowoomba
A big fire last night destroyed 14 shops and other business, premises. The blaze started shortly after that night…
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