Factory Blaze Employees in Danger Good Rescues Melbourne
Nearly suffocated by smoke, more than 60 employees, mostly girls, were trapped on the first floor of the leather goods factory of Creelman Bros…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
579 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 29
Aberdare Blaze Home Destroyed CESSNOCK
A three-roomed weatherboard house in Mulbring-street, Aberdare, owned and occupied by Mrs. A. Hampson, a widow, was totally destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Weston Fire Brigades Turn Out
Weston and Kurri Kurri Fire Brigades turned out yesterday to a fire which occurred in the yard of a motor garage occupied by George Reld, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Aberdare
Shortly before 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon Cessnock fire brigade was called out to a fire in a three-roomed weatherboard cottage owned and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Near Motor Garage
On Sunday afternoon a quantity of old tyres and rubbish which was burning in a yard of a motor garage owned by Messrs. C. and A. Bailey…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Fighters Increasing Efficiency Education by Films Sydney
In order to increase the efficiency of the fire-lighting forces, moving pictures are to be taken of the firemen in action, and later the men ill…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →False Alarm Fire Brigades Hoaxed Serious Matter
A false alarm brought the west Maitland and East Maitland Fire Brigades out to High-street, East Maitland, about 9 o'clock last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Glare in Sky Seen for Miles Sydney
A vivid glare in the sky over Manly started residents in many Sydney suburbs last night. It could be seen from as far away as Stanmore and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brooder Burned Early Morning Blaze
A number of young chickens were burned when a koresene brooder caught alight at the residence of Mr. F. J. Callaghan, in King-street, Lorn…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Badly Burned Fire at Garage SYDNEY
Edward Fietcher, of Roslyn Gardens Darlinghurst, formerly of West Maitland, was severely burnt about the hands, legs, neck, and face last…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Blaze Alexandria Factory £80,000 Damage Sydney
When a fire broke out at the premises of Felt and Textiles of Australia, Ltd., at Alexandria early this morning, the premises were practically…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Injured Fire Engine Overturns Ran Into Cow Sydney
After running into a cow on the road between Windsor and Parramatta a fire engine plunged over an embankment and overturned. Four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Warships Given Orders To Fire Gibraltar Dash Spanish Cruiser HELD Up Liner Stir in Mediterranean London, August 23
British warships were rushed from Gibraltar to-day following a report that a Spanish Government cruiser, the Miguel de Cervantes, had stopped and searched the British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Outhouse Blaze
An outhouse at the residence of Mr. T. H. Moon, in Mill-street, East Maitland caught fire his morning, but East Maitland Fire Brigade quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fence on Fire
About 8 o'clock on Sunday morning a fence caught fire at the rear of Pender's shop in Vincent-street, and the fire brigade was called out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Sydney Fire
Damage estimated at £80,000 was done by a fire which practically destroyed the factory of Fell and Textiles of Australia Ltd., at Alexandria,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Outbreaks Two Calls at Kurri KURRI
Kurri Kurri Fire Brigade received two calls yesterday. The first was to the residence of Mr. J. Carey, Alexandra-street, where the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Echo of Fire in Furniture Shop Widow's Claim for £3000 Damages. Appeal Against New Trial Decision
The death of John Carr in an explosion at Cessnock in December, 1934, had an echo in the High Court yesterday, when application was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Long Bridge Fire
The West Maitland Fire Brigade' turned out at 10.40 last night to a small blaze at the end of a plank on the Long Bridge. The fire was speed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Display East Maitland Brigade Tamworth Contest
Teams from fire brigades throughout New South Wales will compete at the Fire Brigades' demonstration at Tamworth next March…
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