Ship Fire Extinguished. HORTA (The Azores)
The flooding of the lower hold of the steamer Maimoa, which put into Fayal Roads, in The Azores, on Tuesday, with a fire in No. 3 hold, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1930
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Playing with Matches Children Cause Fire Two Outbreaks
Children playing with matches on a grass paddock caused a big blaze on New Lambton Con ell ground in Mackie-avenue to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maimoa Fire Spreads N.Z. Wool Cargo Ablaze Horta (Azores), February 12
The fire in No. 3 hold of the Shaw, Saville and Albion steamer Maimoa, is increasing. The lower hold and between decks have been flooded, and the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grass Fires
A considerable area of grass land in the New Lambton municipality was burned yesterday as the result of fires believed to have been caused through the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →East Maitland Two Fires
The West Maitland Fire Brigade received two calls yesterday. The first fire occurred shortly after 1 o'clock in a fernery at the residence of Mr. G. P. Clift…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire in Maimoa
HORTA (Azores), Friday.--Flooding of the lower hold of the steamer Maimoa, which put into Fayal Roads, in the Azores, on Tuesday, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£500,000 Damage Big Kimberley Fire Capetown, February 13
Kimberley presented a desolate appearance to-day after a disastrous fire, involving a loss of £500,000. Nine buildings, including a large…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Adamstown Bush Fires
Firemen were called out to deal with bush fires in several suburbs on Saturday as a result of the hot weather. Adamstown brigade attended to an outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australian Fires Adelaide
Thousands of acres of country between Burrungull and Compton and Mount Gambier, including 600 acres of pinus insignus plantations were swept by fire to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Sydney Blaze Goods Worth £34,000 Saved SYDNEY
Silk goods worth £34.000 were saved by promptness on the part of the fire brigade this morning, when a fire broke out in Clark's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Weston Soldiers' Settlement Fire
A bush fire swept across the ridges in the vicinity of the Soldiers' Settlement, Weston, on Saturday, and for some time threatened the settlement. The Western…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Victorian Bush Fires Famous Park Threatened MELBOURNE
Large quantities of valuable timber are being eaten up by the bush fires in the Traralgon district, and the famous Bulga Park is threatened with destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grasslands Swept South Australian Fires ADELAIDE
Bushfires swept nearly 10 miles of forest and grasslands and ravaged thousands of acres of country at Mt. Gambier yesterday, and thousands of young pine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Supply Adequate Water for Racecourse Fire
A complaint of inadequate water supply on the occasion of the fire at the Leger stand of the Broadmeadow Racecourse was referred to at the meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Film Destroyed Fire at Cundletown Taree
Fifteen thousand feet of films were destroyed by fire last night, windows were blown out, and one of the arms of an operator, named L. Hamilton, was burned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rain Ends Bush Fires Melbourne
Bush fires in the Trarlgos district, which threatened the famous Bulga Park were extinguished by heavy rain following yesterday's cool change. The fires…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Plays Miss Fire
There is no Australian theatre. This is disappointing but difficult to remedy. Material conditions force the Australian playright to look to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire Sydney Furniture Store Spectators Faint Sydney
Breaking out shortly before 10 a.m. to-day, a fire raged from end to, end through the big furniture store of Kliner Ferns and Company, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Open Verdict "Premises Maliciously Set on Fire" Cessnock Inquiry
A verdict "that the premises were maliciously set on fire by some person or persons unknown' was returned by Mr. J. R Scott, Deputy Coroner, after inquiring at Cessnock to-day into a fire which early on the morning of January 11 totally…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Abermain Fire Station
In connection with the request of the Abermain Progress Association concerning the entrance road from the new concrete roadway to the Abermain. Fire Station,…
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