Bush Fires
Bush fires caused many logs to fall across roads in Dungog district. On the road from Clarence Town to the Main North Coast road, motorists…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
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Fire at Coonamble 38 Buildings Destroyed. Coonamble
All that remains of the business centre of Coonamble this morning is one lonely building—the Commercial Bank. 38 buildings were destroyed,…
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The followers of Zoroaster in Persia or India would not run short of a shrine at which to worship if they were to migrate to Dorrigo, says…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£200,000 Fire Damage 36 SHOPS : 3 Homes Destroyed
Although the disastrous fire at Coonamble, involving £200,000 damage, had burnt itself out at an early hour on Thursday, the local fire lighters…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Engineer's Report. Damage by Fire and Flood
The shire engineer (Mr. R. J. Montgomery) reported as follows to the meeting of the Manning Shire Council on Monday:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Petrol Blaze
While cleaning a dress with petrol at her home at Newtown Saturday, Constance Dawes, 21, was seriously burned when the fumes ignited as they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blaze at Dungog Electric Light Station
At 1 a.m. on Monday morning the Dungog fire bell clanged furiously and residents rushed to their verandahs to see where the fire was. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Cronulla. Sydney
A fourteen-roomed weatherboard house, together with its contents, was destroyed by fire at Cronulla early this morning. Three of the occupants…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallamba Fire. Coroner's Enquiry at Forster
On Saturday last Mr. Hubert Flett, Coroner, held an enquiry at Forster Court House Into the cause of the fire which on the 26th January…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigades Art Union and Local Hospital
A representative meeting was held in the Municipal Chambers on Thursday evening last for the purpose of launching the Firemen's Art Union…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables £100,000 Fire London, March 14
A £100,000 fire at Deptford commenced at midnight and is still smouldering after destroying a hundred tons of newsprint. Two hundred firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forster Fishing Launch on Fire. Off Cape Hawke
A message from Tuncurry received at Taree yesterday (Friday) afternoon states that McMillan's fishing launch, Ventura, which left Forster that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest Cables. Big Fire at Deptford. London
One hundred thousand pounds sterling damage was caused by a fire at Deptford, which commenced at midnight, and is still smouldering, after…
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Public meetings to further the effort in aid of the Macleay District Hospital in conjunction with the Firemen's Art Union, will be held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in East Kempsey
At about 4 a.m. on Saturday a lurid glow illuminated Kempsey from the direction of what is known as the Dcok Flat, East Kempsey. The blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fishermen in Peril Near Forster Launch Destroyed by Fire on the High Seas
Mr. Donald McMillan, a well known figure in the lobster and fishing industry, of Cape Hawke, sustained a heavy loss on Friday last, when his well…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CAT v. Rat Fight Starts Fire
There was a strange start to a fire which destroyed a house occupied by an old man named William White, at Dorrigo. White who lives on his own,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cat and Rat Cause Fire at Dorrigo
Rats are often blamed for starting fires that occur mysteriously. At Dorrigo on Tuesday night of last week a cat assisted its rodent enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Blaze in the City. Sydney
Thirty thousand pounds worth of damage was caused by a fire at Belmore House Campbell-street, city, last night…
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At a meeting held on Tuesday, April 2nd, it was reported that Kempsey Theatres have generously supported the Fire Brigades effort in aid of…
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