Warburton Fire Guest-house Destroyed Melbourne
Mountain Gran, at Warburton, one of the best known and largest guest-houses of Victoria, was destroyed by fire to-day. No guests were in residence, but…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
760 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 38
Grass Fire House Menaced
Firemen of the Newcastle Headquarters Brigade, led by District Officer Bellson arrived in Smith street, Mereweather yesterday afternoon just in time to save a…
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District-Officer J. Neville, of Fire Brigade Headquarters, was slightly hurt when he fell down a flight of steps while fighting a fire which gutted the ground floor…
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An outbreak of fire in the early hours of yesterday morning caused damage estimated at £15,000 at the premises of Storey Bros., engineers, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gallantry at Kabul Aviator Under Fire
An exciting account of perilous adventures in Afghanistan during the recent fighting for the Kingship of the country has been written by a man of Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Blaze at Ballina Gale Helps Destruction
With a howling gale blowing and heavy rain falling, a disastrous fire broke out in Ballina at 2 a.m. yesterday…
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Reference to the fire which destroyed many business places at Morea was contained in a pathetic letter which was found on the body of Owen Parry, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tragic Week-end the Richmond River District Flood at Lismore Threatens Town Fire at Ballina; £30,000 Damage Fatality Feared at Bangalow Lismore
Seldom has the Richmond River district known a week-end as disastrous as that just passed. All Saturday a 70-mile-an-hour gale tore through the district, driving before it torrential rain, that resulted in flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boolaroo Fire Brigade
Boolaroo and Toralba Fire Brigade members and auxiliaries met at the Boolaroo Fire Station on Saturday in a social and games evening. In the various gamines…
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Mr. J. T. Richards, coalfields' coroner, will hold an inquiry at Cessnock Court-house on Thursday next regarding a fire which destroyed a…
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An open verdict was returned by the Coalfields Coroner (Mr. Richards) after inquiring into a fire which destroyed a cottage, together with its…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Mater Fire Queen"
Mrs. Cecil Atkinson, who was the Mator Misercordiae Hospital (Waratah) Queen in the Fire Brigade Art Union competition, and won the title of Queen of her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →130 Houses Lost Million Dollar Fire San Francisco
A fire broke out in the wealthy section of Mill City, across the Golden Gate, and destroyed 130 houses. The loss is estimated at 1,000,000…
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During his inquiry into a fire which partially destroyed a cottage at Punchbowl on June 2, Mr. H. R. Clark, Parramatta Coroner, was told that the police…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Fire San Francisco
California's famous giant redwood forest in Muir Park, in the picturesque mountains north of San Francisco, were safe to-day after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Cable News Big American Fire San Francisco, July 3
A fire in the wealthy section of Mill City, across the Golden Gate, destroyed 130 houses on Tuesday night, and caused a loss estimated at £200,000. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two Mysterious Fires
Fire party destroyed premises in Parramatta-road, Petersham, occupied by G. R. Lamb nod Sons, Ltd., fibrecelling manufacturers, late on Friday night, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Keinbah
A weatherboard cottage, owned by Mr. Auprince, of Keinbah, was destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon, Mr. Auprince is at present in Sydney, and the origin…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland Blaze Shopping Centre Threatened Firemen Hurt
Breaking out soon after closing time yesterday evening, a fire threatened Maitland's business centre, but the fire brigades were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland District Maitland Blaze Croker's Premises £4000 DAMAGES
The West Maitland Fire Brigade was called out to a fire shortly before 6 p.m. yesterday, in the premises of Mr. Edward Corker, draper, of High-street, West…
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