£5000 Blaze: Exploding Ammunition Hampers Firemen
Damage estimated at £5000 was choice by a fire at Mitcheil (Qld.) Five shops and a dwelling were tostroyed…
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Fires & bushfires, 1932
428 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 22
£20,000 DAMAGE Destructive Fire at Armidale Midnight Blaze Braund & Co's Premises Almost Wiped Out ARMIDALE
A fire which occurred at midnight last night was one of the most destructive in Armidale's history. As a result, Messrs. F. Braund and Co's. general store, the second largest in the city, was completely gutted, with the exception of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Circus Panic Among Elephants. Burned in Chains
The Sarrasani Circus, one of the largest in the world, was partially destroyed by fire in Antwerp about three o'clock one morning recently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coroner's Sympathy With Armidale Firm's Loss Through Fire "Soon Going Again," Says Mr. A. W. BRAUND Eye-Witnesses story of Big Blaze
The Armidale Coroner (Mr. W. L. Elliott) yesterday opened an injured concerning the disastrous fire which occured on Sunday night, when the business premises of Messrs. F. Braund and Co., in Beardy-street,…
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The inquest into the fire which can [?] damage estimated at £20,000 in the general store of Messrs. F. Braund and Co., Armidale, last week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Fire Luggage and Mails Destroyed BRISBANE
A baggage van attached to the Brisbane-Townsville mail train was destroyed by fire at Blackmount early yesterday morning. The train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Menace Abandoned Colleries Burning Greta Fear-stricken NEWCASTLE
The town of Greta is reported to be in serious danger as a result of fires which are sweeping through the deserted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Taree Fire Masonic Hall Ablaze
About 2 o'clock on Friday morning, a night-watchman, F. Belford, noticed a fire in the Masonic Hath Taree. In 10 minutes the fire brigade was on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Theatre Firemen Save Films Sydney
When a fire broke oat in the dress circle of a cinema theatre at Kensing ton on Sunday morning, there war grave danger, of the flames spreading…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Fire. Still Burning Danger to Life NEWCASTLE
The fire to the Underground workings at Greta Co[?]iery was still unabated yesterday. It is reported that the smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colliery Fire Position at Greta Serious Fumes Kill Vegetation. Newcastle
The fire in the underground workings at Greta Colliery is still unabated. Smoke emerging from the ground yesterday. became much heavier…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pit-top Fires Hold-up of Trams ? SYDNEY
Pit-top workings at the Central Greta mine burst into flames at 1 o'clock this morning. It is now certain that the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flames Die Down . . Smoke Still Pours From Hidden Fires SYDNEY
At 1 o'clock this morning so fiercely were the flames shooting from the Central Greta pits that it was thought the train services would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Mine Fire
The fire which is burning in old underground colliery workings at Greta extended considerably on Tuesday afternoon and evening. It is now a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coalfields Fire Dense Smoke Clouds Greta
Although no flames are visible from the underground workings on Anvil Creek and Old Greta collieries this morning, dense clouds of smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flames Colliery Fire. Developments at Greta. MAITLAND
There was a startling development of the fire in Anvil Creek Colliery early this morning, when flames came roaring…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hay on Fire An Inquiry Held a Committal for Trial
At Emmaville last week the Deputy Coroner, Mr. H. Hilton, held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding a fire which destroyed a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Southport Fire £12,000 Damage BRISBANE
A fire which almost demolished the Pier Pavilion Theatre at Southport last night caused £12,000 worth of damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Picture Theatre Fire Serious Damage at Southport. Brisbane
Damage amounting to £12,000 was caused by a fire at Southport, when the Pier Pavilion Theatre was almost demolished, and valuable talking film…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Greta Fire Another Outbreak Near Railway. Sydney
Shortly after a train had passed over the main Northern line, near Greta railway station, last night, flames leapt out afresh from a big crater on the…
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