Theatre Fire Audience was Ignorant DUBBO
A crowded audience at the Roxy Theatre was ignorant of the fact that a tire alarm had been given, after smoke had been issuing from the front of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1937
400 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 20
Test Case Pyrmont Wool Fire Appeal Allowed Sydney
An important test case, arising out of a fire which destroyed large quantities of wool at Golds-brough Mort's Wool Store at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Routed with Artillery Fire (Australian Press Assn. Message.) SHANGHAI
Hostilities ceased at Nanking after the invaders routed the defenders on the water front with artillery Are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigade
There was not too large an attendance at the meeting willed by the Chamber of Commerce, to establish a fire brigade under a volunteer system Many…
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Fire is one of man's greatest servants, but what a terrible master! A lighted match or lighted cigarette droped by a thoughtless smoker—a picnic…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires. Precautions Necessary
Fire is one of man's greatest servants, but what a terrible master! A lighted match or lighted cigarette dropped by a thoughtless smoker—a picnic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remarkable Heroism During Fire
Remarkable heroism by a man and woman employed by the Farmers' Trading Company at Auckland was shown during a fire which destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Incendiarism Alleged in Annandale Fire Coroner's Open Finding
An open finding was returned by the City Coroner (Mr Oram) after an inquiry on Monday into two fires discovered on the evening of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£10,000 FIRE Wool Brokers' Loss MELBOURNE
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused last night by a fire which broke out in a three-storied building occupied by several firms of wool and skin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at School Children Incinerated Fatal Stampede Tokio, Dec. 21
Five hundred people stampeded when fire broke out in a primary school at Wakayama during the showing of a newsreel to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prevent Bush Fires
Every thinking citizen is urged to take an active part in a drive to prevent bush fives. The Bushfires Advisory Committee recently appointed by the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fowls Destroyed Motor Lorry on Fire NARRABRI
A lorry belonging to Mr. S. Mungatah, of Wee Waa, was destroyed by fire 17 miles from Burron Junction. It carried a crate of fowls and a drum…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mills on Fire Blaze at Camperdown SYDNEY
A suspicious fire occurred in the Camperdown mills of Australian Rico Ltd, at the week-end. It is believed that boys broke into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Store Damaged by Fire
"Fire caused damage estimated at several thousand pounds in the wool stores of E. H. Ray, at the corner of Gold and Sackville street, Coiling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rapid Exodus Explosive Factory Fire LONDON, December 25
Seven hundred employees of the Nobel explosive factory at Falkirk, rushed out on Christmas Eve without their pay when a fire broke out…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Fire At Lunatic Asylum 8 Lives Lost Paris, Dec, 26
At least eight lives were, lost In a fire following Christmas celebrations at Mont Redon Lunatic Asylum, near Le Tuy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Lunatic Asylum Eight Lives Lost. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) PARIS
At least eight lives were lost by fire following Christmas celebrations at Mont Redon Lunatic Asylum, near Le Puy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train on Fire Tokio, December 28
A burning cigarette ignited of consignment of celluloid toys aboard a train, and set the train, on fire near Moji. There were seven deaths and 35 people injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Celluloid Toys Set on Fire Deaths on Japanese Train. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) TOKIO
A burning cigarette butt ignited a consignment of celluloid toys aboard a train and set fire to it near Moji, resulting in seven deaths, while 35…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigade District Operations Annual Report
Referring to-day to the operations of the fire brigades in the Maitland fire district. Station-officer W. Penman stated that the…
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