French Liner on Fire
The French luxury liner, L'Atlantique (42,512 tons), while proceeding to Le Havre for overhaul, without passengers, caught fire off The Casquots (Channel…
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Fires & bushfires, 1933
81 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 5
Fire Nearly Out By. Wire
London: Tugs are towing the L'Atlantique to Portland. The fire is almost out. The deck is still red hot the smoke being confinest to the stern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamier in Tow. Fire Almost Out on Deck. LONDON
Tugs are towing the L'Atlantique to Portland. The fire is almost out on deck. Hot smoke is confined to the stern…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Given Up on Fire. French Steamer, L'Atlantique Lives Lost. LONDON
The owners of the 42,512 ton French liner L'Atlantique; which Was abandoned afire at 8.80 o'clock this morning off Guernsey, in the English…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dancing on Fire
That the age of miracles is not yet a thing of the past is vouched for by Mrs. J. Ramsay Fisher, who on Tuesday of last week, reached…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ancient God of Fire. Ceremonies in England Origin in Sun Worship Strange Festival by Night
Votaries of Baal, the ancient Pheonician God of Fire, still exist in the tiny village of Whalton, Northumberland, though they themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires at Williamstown
Williamstown had its dread day on Wednesday, when the homesteads of the residents on the west and northwest side of the road were saved from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires' Heavy Toll. Sydney
Damage resulting from outbreaks of fire between Wyong and Newcastle on Wednesday are estimated at £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Damage Fires in Newcastle District Services Disorganised
The most serious bushfires on the coast for many years broke out on Wednesday in the Newcastle district, devastating hundreds of thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wide-spread Bush Fires Railway Station Destroyed Train Passengers Menaced
Bushfires are raging in many districts as a result of heat wave conditions. At Fassifern, on the main railway line from Sydney to Newcastle, a serious outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heat Wave and Bush Fires. Railway Station Destroyed. Sydney's Hottest Day for Two Years
Bush fires were raging in many districts in the mid-week as a result of heat wave conditions. At Fassifern, on the main railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Constable Fires on Mob. Surry Hills Incident Sydney
Menaced by a crowd of about 40 men and women in Pelican street, Surry Hills, last night, Constable Bright was compelled to draw his revolver and fire…
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Wednesday last with the thermometer at 107, bush fires made a devastating sweep of a vast area of country in Newcastle district and caused damage…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fighting Fires
London news says that considerable progress is being made in European countries with gas and chemical fire fighting appliances. A Hungarian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Kimbriki. House Destroyed
A fire took place at Kimbriki on Friday night last when a house on the dairy farm of Mr. V. J. Allan was totally destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clybucca Blaze
Just on midnight on Friday Mr. Jack McCarthy, of Clybucca, was awakened by Mr. Thurgood, who informed him that his barn was on fire…
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Friday night last, between half-past ten and eleven, a Mr. Thurgood, motoring to Eungai, roused Mr. J. McCarthy, of Clybucca, from his bed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Telegrams. Bush Fires Subdued. Sydney
Bush fires in the Tumbarumba district are now completely under control. Prisoners from the adjoining prison camp rendered valuable assistance in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Mystery Fires Two Men Arrested Sydney
Two men were arrested at Southern Cross West Australian in connection with six mysterious fires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Blaze at Bathurst. Sydney
Several thousand pounds worth of damage was done by a fire which broke out in the railway workshops at Bathurst last night. A building, which was…
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