Latest Cables. Fire-fighters Burned to Death. New York, 23837
A party of relief workers was trapped on a rock ledge while fighting a fire at Schochoni, National Park, Wyoming. Twelve are dead and 48 in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1937
88 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 5
Fire-walking at Suva
Writing to the "Times" from Suva, under date August 2, Mr. James Colston says:— During my stay at Suva I had the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Snake Gully." Lithgow Fire Engine Subject of Joke
A new fire engine arrived in Lithgow the other day to replace temporarily the other Dennis unit, which has been sent to Sydney to have pneumatic tyres…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blaze at Coopernook. Shop and Contents Destroyed
The quietude of Coopernook was rudely disturbed on Saturday morning last when the cry of fire rang through the town. In a short space…
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At about 2 or 2.30 a.m. on Saturday there was a big blaze at Coopernook when the general store conducted by Mr. John Chas. Staples was totally…
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When he discovered a bale of kapok smouldering in a rear room of his store last Saturday morning, Mr. R. T. Snodgrass stamped it out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Printing Works Fire. Sydney
When a fire broke out the dark room of the Dugdalee Plan Printing Works in Lombard Chambers, Pitts-street, City, to-day, dense smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →False Alarm for Picture-goers Blaze in Barber's Shop
When an alarm of fire was given in the main street on Saturday night., a number of the audience watching the pictures in the Majestic Theatre,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£30,000 Damage in Fire. At Cockatoo Dockyard SYDNEY
In a spectacular blaze at Cockatoo Island Dockyard the main general store and portion of the paint store were destroyed, the damage being…
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A spectacular fire occurred at the dockyards on Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour, on Sunday, when the main general store and part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blayney Fire Blacksmith for Trial Sydney
At the conclusion of the inquiry' into the fire which destroyed the Blayney Theatre, Vincent Tames O'Neill black-smith, was committed for trial on a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Control. Organisation of Brigades
Every summer heavy losses are sustained in rural districts as a result of fire. Some of this loss is inevitable, but a large proportion might…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theatre Fire Shrewd Detective Work Revealed at Inquiry
At the inquiry into the Blayney picture show fire, Detective Delaney told the Coroner he had found wool fibres on the top of the barbed wire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wingham Butter Factory. Outbreak of Fire. No Damage To Speak Of
A fire occurred in the pit under the exhaust pipe of the large Diesel engine at the Wingham Butter Factory on Saturday afternoon last…
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Shortly after midnight on Saturday night last an alarm of fire was given, and soon a large crowd assembled to watch the School of Arts…
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In regard to the destruction by fire of the Nambucca Heads School of Arts on Saturday night (reported by Correspondent), the "News" has…
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A fire occurred in the pit under the exhaust pipe of the large Diesel engine at the Wingham Butter Factory on Saturday afternoon last. Thanks…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Prison Mutiny Ninety French Boys. Reformatory Set on Fire
Ninety youths imprisoned in the French reformatory school at Aniane, near Montpellier, mutinied at night as they were about to leave the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Banana Fire Casey v. Joseph. Appeal for New Trial Dismissed
A verdict in favour of the plaintiff, awarding £44 damages, was given by Judge Clancy in the Bellingen District Court, in the action in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nambucca Heads Fire Inquisition
The inquiry held into the fire which caused the destruction of the School of Arts at Nambucca Heads early on the morning of the 24th…
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