Fire Inquiry
At Kempsey Court House on Saturday, December 23, 1939, before Mr. N. L. Parker, J.P., District Coroner, an inquiry was held regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1940
177 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 9
Fire Pictures
The pictures on this page show Kempsey Fire Brigade members and volunteers making a gallant fight against the fire that destroyed portion…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Fire. Kempsey Station Ablaze
Saturday, 23rd December, was a day of action and sensation at Kempsey Railway Station, the ignition of several rolls of motion picture film…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fan of Fire
Each rush at your opponent, or his rush at you, results in a swift manoeuvre that carries the two of you far apart, and then brings you…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Fire Kempsey Railway Station Damaged Heavy Loss Sustained
Kempsey railway station was partly destroyed by fire on Saturday, December 23rd, at noon as a result of one of four boxes of films exploding when a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt to Rob Garage Early Morning Sensation at Taree Police Fire at Escaping Men
Quite a stir was caused in the neighbourhood of the Ford Service Station at Taree early on Sunday morning when the police fired shots at a couple of men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Five Fires in a Day at Kew
Five outbreaks of fire were discovered at Kew on Saturday, and they are believed to have been the work of an incendiary. At 4.45 a.m. the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires at Kendall
Five outbreaks of fire were discovered at Kew, near Kendall, on Saturday, and they are believed to have been the work of an incendiary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sensations at Kew. Five Fires in One Day
Saturday last was a sensational day for Kew. Early that morning, the ball at Kew was discovered on fire, which was extinguished, but not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensations at Kew Five Fires in One Day
Saturday last was a sensational day for Kew. Early on Saturday morning, the hall at Kew was discovered on fire, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coronial Fire Inquiry. Kempsey Railway Station
At the Kempsey Court House on Saturday morning last Mr. N. L. Parker, District Coroner, conducted an inquiry into the fire which occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Fire in Japan. Tokio, 15140
A fire destroyed 2000 houses in the suburb of Shizouka, in which 300 were killed. Troops are dynamiting the city to check the gale-driven…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General. Hut Maliciously Set on Fire
Mr. N. L. Parker, District Coroner, at the Kempsey Court House on Saturday last, concluded the inquiry into the destruction by fire on December…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coastal Fires. Kew Hotel Blaze
Five outbreaks of fire were discovered at Kew, near Kendall, on Saturday, 6th instant, and they are believed to have been the work of an incendiary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Airplane Fires
American news says that instead of water or chemicals a new type of crash truck installed at New York's new Municipal Airport, carries tanks…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Inquiry Kempsey Railway Station Blaze. Coroner Gives Open Verdict and Praises Fire Brigade and Volunteers for Splendid Work
At Kempsey Court House on Saturday 13th January, Mr. N. L, Parker, J.P., District Coroner, held an inquiry into the cause of the, fire that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wauchope Fire
At Wauchope, about 3 o'clock last Saturday morning, a fire wiped out the Star Hotel, owned by Mr. A, G, Byrnes, and Atkinson's billiards'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wauchope Blaze. Hotel and Billiards Saloon Gutted. Escapes in Night Attire
About 3 o'clock on Saturday morning fire completely gutted the Star Hotel, Wauchope, owned by Mr. A. G. Byrnes and Mr. I. Atkinson's billiards…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burnt Bridge Fire Coronial Inquiry. Open Verdict
At Kempsey Court House on Saturday, December 23, Mr. N. L. Parker, J.P., District Coroner, held an inquiry regarding a fire at Burnt Bridge on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wauchope Blaze
At Wauchope, on Saturday, about 3 a.m., fire completely gutted the Star Hotel, owned by A. G. Byrnes, and L. Atkinson's billiards saloon,…
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