Mishap to Fire Engine Melbourne
Mistaking signal lights on, the roadway at the intersection of Collins and Swanston Streets at midnight, the driver of a ladder carriage from Melbourne Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1929
760 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 38
Building Collapses Fire Killed: Many Injured Rescuers' Struggle Calcutta
Five were killed, and many gravely Injured, when the upper floors of a four-storied building collapsed like a pack of cards in one of the busiest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Timber-yard Blaze £100,000 Damage in Sydney Four Injured Two Hundred Men Thrown Idle SYDNEY
Damage to the extent of about £100,000, four persons burned, and loss of work to 200 employees, are the features of a fire which destroyed portion of Langdon and Langdon's timber yards at Annandale, near Glebe Point, this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire Timber Mill Destroyed Four Employees Hurt Sydney
Due to the fusing of electric wires in the turning shop, a fire broke out in the timber mill of Langdon and Langdon, at Glebe Point this morning, and spread…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →No Fire Brigade Toronto's Plight
Although Toronto is one of the biggest and most important of the lakeside suburbs, it has no fire brigade. During the last few days two fires have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Toronto Cottage Destroyed
A six-roomed watherboard cottage owned by Mr. George, Bernard-street, Ryde, was destroyed by fire at 10 o'clock on Saturday night. The building which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brave Air Cadet Comrade Saved From Fire LONDON, October 18
The "London Gazette" states that the medal of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire has been awarded to Flight-Cadet McKechnie for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in Cafe Outbreak Quickly Subdued SYDNEY, Tuesday Morning
Early this morning an outbreak of fire was discovered in the kitchen of the Waldorf Cafe, in George-street, next to the G.P.O. A prompt alarm was given by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gosford Fire Three Places Destroyed Gosford
Fire destroyed two business places and a residence in the main street of Gosford early to-day, making the second disastrous outbreak within a month. Phil…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bangalow Fire Business Block Menaced Brigade's 25-Mile Dash Lismore
Except for smart work by the volunteer bucket brigade, a contrary wind which sprang up at the crucial moment, and the timely arrival of the Lismore…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Huge Fire Started in Pictures Film Blaze Operators Leap for Life BRISBANE
Picture-show operators at Nambour Town Hall last night had to tear a hole in the galvanised iron wall, and jump for their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Brigade
Mr. G. Edwards, President of the Toronto Progress Association, states he will bring up the question of having a fire brigade established at Toronto. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Auburn School Sydney
A fire in the manual training room at Auburn Superior Public School this afternoon endangered the lives of a number of boys working in the room. All of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Theatre Blaze His Majesty's, Melbourne £50,000 Damage Melbourne
A sudden change of wind at 1.13 a.m. to-day saved His Majesty's Theatre from complete destruction by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Laboratory Fire's Tragic Toll
Holloway Calif., October 24.—Between 10 and 20 persons are missing, and are believed to be dead, following an explosion and fire at the laboratory of Consolidated…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Steamer on Fire London, October 22
The owners of the steamer Telemachus, 7480 tons, have received a radio message from the captain, stating that the fire which occurred in two holds when the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Ashes £1,000,000 Film Fire Stars' Vain Work Los Angeles
Films upon which lending stars, including Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, have spent months of hard work, were destroyed in a fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Film Laboratory Fire
Hollywood, Cal., October 24.—At first it was thought that from 10 to 20 people had lost their lives is an explosion and fire at the laboratory of Consolidated…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Thieves Start Fires Shop Practically Gutted SYDNEY
Damage estimated at £300 was caused by a fire deliberately started by thieves who entered the shop of Mrs. Annie Woods, in Wharf-road, Gladesville, this…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Firefighters Had an Impossible Task at This Morning's Fire
Among the ruins at Breckenridge's Timber Mill fire this morning. The firemen bad difficult task to save adjoining buildings, but made a remarkable save…
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