Kyogle Fire
Damage estimated at £10,000 was done by fire at Kyogle on Tuesday morning; the School of Arts and five shops were destroyed…
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Fires & bushfires, 1931
401 stories in New England's papers · page 14 of 21
Coal Mine Fire Worst In North's History 350 Men Thrown Out of Work Sydney
One of the most disastrous pit-top fires in the history of the northern coalfields broke out at Pelaw Main colliery, Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thousands of Pounds Damage in Colliery Fire Eviction Case Win For the Landlord the Tenants Record Sydney
What is believed to be the first case since the new amendments to the Landlords and Tenants Act came into force last Friday, was heard at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Fire. Pelaw Main Pit Head Destroyed. £25,000 Damage Sustained
One of the most disastrous Ares in the history of the coalfields occurred on Monday night. when the whole of the pit. head equipment at Pelaw Main…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Fire At Pelaw Main £25,000 DAMAGE Equipment Destroyed MAITLAND
One of the most disastrous fires in the history of the coalfields occurred last night, when the whole of the pit head…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forest Fires Whole Towns Destroyed Three Men Burned to Death New York
Disastrous forest fires are again sweeping the North-western States, where the present devastation comprises an area of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Towed Engine to Fire
When Dorrigo fire engine is called out to a fire, a lorry has to be hired to tow it to the outbreak. This statement was made at a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain Strives to Avert Financial Crash. After the Blaze! Tell-tale Evidence Found. Sensational Fire at Albury. Albury
Early yesterday morning a fire was discovered in a large boarding-house in Crisp-street. The front portion of the building, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suspicious Fire Inflammable Liquid SYDNEY
A fire at a boarding house at Albury did considerable damage. Subsequently an investigation revealed that separate fires had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Summary of Yesterday's News Coming Elections—Mr. Theodore In Mr. Lang's Stronghold— Negotiations For Bank Merger —P.P. Bank May Carry On— Factory Workers' Narrow Escape From Fire—English Independ- ent Labor Party's Manifesto—Demands For Right of Free Speech —Change in British Politics May Help Australian Wheatgrowers —Death and Destruction Increase in Hankow District. SYDNEY
Interest was aroused in political circles to-day by the report that Mr. Theodore may contest the next Federal elections in the heart of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greenwood Blaze Cottage Destroyed Last Night
Last night a two-roomed weatherboard cottage, occupied by Henry Ewen Connolly and owned by Mr. John Sedgwick, was totally…
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Three girls and five youths were trapped on the second floor of the Briteshine Company's factory in O'Connell street, Newtown, when a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire, Wave and Wind Defied by Giant Seaplane. New York
Conquering at last a ten months' battle against fire, wave, and wind, the gigan[?] flying boat, Dornier Dox, arrived by a roundabout course from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Footballer on Fire
Whilst Kicking a football about on Hampden Park with other youths a few days ago, Mr. Clarke Smith slipped, and the fall iguited a full box of matches in his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shot in Leg. Policeman Fires at Suspect A Grim Struggle. Sydney
After an exciting chase during which three shots were fired at North Sydney early this morning an alleged thief was wounded in the leg…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Copmanhurst Hotel Destroyed by Fire SYDNEY
Smalls Hotel at Copmanhurst, 20 miles from Grafton was completely destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Damage is estimated at £7000. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →By Gun and Fire. Man's Determined Suicide. Sydney
The body of Henry Milliard (38), an ex-soldier pensioner, was found in a lonely tent on the Barsigae Reserve, Dubbo…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jock Garden Calls Body - GUARD -- Copmanhurst Fire "Jock" Garden. Heckled at Dubbo Calls Out His Guard SYDNEY
Alderman "Jock" Garden met with a hostile reception at an open air meeting at Dubbo and was counted out. He appealed for police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Did He Try to Fire 'Plane in Air?
London, Sunday.—Suspected of incendiarism, a man was arrested on the arrival of a passenger 'plane in Berlin. The 'plane, which was travelling from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inverell Fire Brigade Alterations in Personnel
On Tuesday night the staff of the Inverell Fire Brigade made a presentation to Mr. R. J. Chisholm on the occasion of his resignation from the…
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