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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires
98 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 5
A fire which broke out in flood debris shortly before noon yesterday threatened a home, and associate dwellings at Pola Creek. Fortunately, the wind favoured the fight put up by the residents…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Many people passing along Elbow Street, in West Kempsey, have wondered at the purpose of the two brightly-painted 60ft…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Efforts will be made by the Macleay Shire Council to establish more bush fire brigades--there are already six established within its areas…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A four-and-a-quarter litre Rolls-Royce engine powers this new-style fire engine going into service in the Essex (England) town of Ilford. At 3,500 revolutions per minute, the engine develops 160 horse power. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Twenty-three year old Mrs. Enora Epperley, has been charged with first degree murder following a fire in which 41 women were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire which broke out in Street & Parish Pty. Ltd's. bulk store lost night, burned out one corner of the building and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Less than two minutes after employees had run to safety from a fire in a glycerine distillery in Alexandria this morning, the roof of the building caved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HOLBROOK, Friday. -- Sheep and cattle worth more than £5000 have been destroyed in the huge bushfire which is roaring out of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Taree Fire Brigade answered an alarm, yesterday afternoon, but it was only to keep in check a rubbish fire on the riverside park at the rear of the Fotheringham Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We are informed that the steamer Fire King got a ducking in going out last Saturday morning. A portion of the deck cargo and the ship's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another fire attended by Forestry employees was at the Glenwarrin Timber Co's sawmili near Elands was totally destroyed by fire, but some hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At two fires which recently occurred in the district, valuable voluntary assistance was given by the staff and fire fighting equipment of the Forestry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another mysterious fire ocurred here on Friday night of last week in a six-roomed residence owned by Mr. L. Partridge, and occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WOOLGOOLGA: A man was severely burnt, and what could have been a most disastrous fire narrowly averted early on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At two fires which recently occurred in the district, valuable voluntary assistance was given by the staff and fire fighting equipment of the Forestry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Forestry Commission is prepared to co-operate and assist with men and machinery in preventing and suppressing fires at all times…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting from n car, gangsters fatally wounded one man and .seriously injured another in the Collingwood-Fltzroy district last night. Police believe that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A gang of thieves set fire to a £6000 luxury yacht in Rose Bay today, after ransacking it, and three other yachts. The yacht, "White Cloud," was badly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire at the famous Brompton Oratory, one of London's best-known Catholic churches, yesterday caused damage estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British troops supervising the dismantling of the Hermann Goering steelworks, at Waltenstedt, Saltzgitter. have orders to fire on…
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