Alleged Attempted Hold-up Two Masked Men Fire at Car Grafton Insurance Agent
Two armed and masked men made a sensational attempt to hold up Mr. Bert Fernance, a Grafton insurance agent, about 8 o'clock on Saturday…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
354 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 18
Armidaie City Council Financing North Armidale Sewerage Favoured Candidate for Fire Brigade Renewing Dumaresq Reservoir Main
Apart from the question of financing the North Armidale sewerage, which was dealt with in committee, the meeting of the Armidale Municipal Council on Monday night was quiet and uneventful…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cat Gave Alarm Shop on Fire KEMPSEY
Awakened by a noise made by his cat, a resident of Smithtown found the next door shop occupied by William Brown was on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Residential Chemist Injured in Attempt To Escape SYDNEY
Awakened by smoke from a fire which bad broken out in his bedroom at a residential at Newtown early this morning, Reginald Pearson (32), a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hospital Fire Damage to Building SYDNEY
Two men were injured when a fire broke out at Bourke District Hospital Damage, estimated at £500, was done to the operating theatre, sterilising…
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Two men were injured when a fire broke out at the Bourke District Hospital. Damage estimated at £500 was done…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warehouse Fire SYDNEY
A fire broke out on the top floor of the warehouse of J. A. D. Gibson and Company. Limited, Kent Street, City, about 3 o'clock this morning, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ASHFORD Camp Fire Dalby
A very large gathering assembled in the Ashford hall for the annual Church of England ball. Great interest was created in the "camp fire"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Warehouse Fire Spectacular Blaze Sight-seer Drenched Melbourne
The upper portion of Qua[?]eta House, a big Flinders St. warehouse, was destroyed by fire early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hotel Fire "Great Northern" Destroyed Byron Bay
The Great Northern Hotel at Byron Bay was destroyed by fire early this morning. Two adjoining shops also…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Baby Girl Dies Dress Catches Fire QUILPIE
Joyce Daphney Kennedy, aged 5, was fatally burned at her parents' herself in an old dress belonging to her camp at Cheeple. The child dressed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hut on Fire Neighbor Rescues Child SYDNEY
Joseph White, aged four, was saved from death by a neighbor when a fire broke out in a hut at Cabramatta last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fourth Birthday Girl Guides Celebrate with Camp Fire Rally
The First Glen Innes Company of Girl Guides, which was established on June 1, 1932, celebrated its fourth birthday with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Outbreak
At about 11 o'clock on Monday night the local Fire Brigade answered a call to extinguish a small outbreak in Mr. J. A Young's residence on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boarder's Screams Mattress on Fire GRAFTON
Hearing a scream coming from a boarder's bedroom early yesterday morning. W. Zictsch. proprietor of the Australian Hotel, South Grafton,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bed On Fire Early Morning Scare
Awakened in the early hours of the morning-between 3 and 4 o'clock—by screams coming from a boarder's bed-room, Mr. W. Zietsch. proprietor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hotel Fire a Lucky Doctor Spring in Winter
Free Selections : The following conditional purchases were made at the local lands of ice on Thursday : J. S. Drew, 200 acres, county Clive, parish…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire-proof Dresses
Children's dresses may be rendered well-nigh fire-proof if in the last rinsing water or in the starch in which they are stiffened [?]oz. of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Blaze In South Coast Town Three Buildings Destroyed Sydney,Monday
Three business premises in the main street of Pambula, South Coast were destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The blaze started in Godfrey's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Store Alleged Theft of Goods SYDNEY
After allegedly Stealing so tobacco, and other articles from C. F. Roberts' grocery store in Oxford Street, Waverley, late last…
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