Fire Engine Bought
As a result of recent fires at Baradine, £40 was subscribed towards the purchase of a fire engine from the Board of Fire Commissioners. The engine has been…
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Fires & bushfires, 1931
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Fire Inquiries
The Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns) stated yesterday that he had decided to dispense with an inquiry concerning the Heddon Greta Hall fire last Friday…
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When a furnace blew out at the timbervard of F. Viggers, Ltd., Union-street, Cook's Hill, yesterday, a quantity of sawdust became ignited and the alarm was…
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Fire broke out in a sedan motor car in Hunter-street West, Newcastle, last night, but the owner-driver, Mr. Sidney Somerville, of 33 Bull-street, succeeded in…
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Fire last night destroyed a large stock of drapery, groceries, and fittings at J. C. Ferrington's cash and carry store in John-street, Singleton…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Communists Blamed for Incendiarism Many Bankstown Fires Recently Coroner's Comments Sydney
Communists at Bankstown, it is alleged, have openly boasted their intention of taking the law in their own hands to deal with landlords…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suspicious Fires Police Suspect Communists Inquiry Into Bankstown Blaze Sydney
When the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) inquired to-day into the cause of a fire which damaged a house in Rosa-avenue, Bankstown,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hunter-street Blaze
About 9.15 o'clock last night, the Newcastle Headquarters Fire Brigade, under Divisional Officer Bellsom, attended an outbreak of fire in a shed at the rear of…
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It is not often that a fire is brought to the fire station to be put out, but such was the case at Kurri yesterday evening. A motor car,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Singleton News Singleton, Monday. Damaged by Fire
The Fire Brigade received a call at 4.3 a.m. to-day to Messrs. W. H. Bartrop and Sons' premises, 43-45 John-street. It was on the scene in a few minutes, but…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London in Blaze of Light Illumination Congress Display London
Chinese towers, silvery domes, and magic facades leapt from London's upper darkness when the principal buildings were bathed in flood lights…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pelaw Main Fire Alleged Poor Water Pressure
At the meeting of the Hunter Water Board, held yesterday, the Water Supply Committee reported having considered an extract from the "Newcastle Morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£10,000 FIRE Clarence Hotel Destroyed Boarders' Narrow Escapes Grafton
Damage estimated at about £10,000 was caused when fire totally destroyed Small's hotel at Copmanhurst, about 20 miles up the Clarence River from Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£8000 DAMAGE Big Fire at Gunnedah Three Shops Destroyed Tamworth
Damage estimated at between £7000 and £8000 was caused by a fire which broke out in the main business centre of Gunnedah early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Spanish Riot Convicts Set Gaol on Fire Troops Restore Order Barcelona, September 2
Communist convicts at Barcelona prison precipitated a remarkable riot, which culminated in the prison being set on fire, While the Commissioner nod other officials…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Cov Little Misses
Youthful competitors at the Newcastle Eisted[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Garage Man's Narrow Escape SYDNEY
When a garage at Point Piper caught alight at about 5 o'clock this morning, John Blakesley, gardoner, had a narrow escape from death. He was asleep on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Liner's Clever Fire Device Safety and Comfort on New P. & O. Vessel London
A fire detector, by which even the lighting of a cigarette of a pipe in any part of the [?] will be ms[?] revealed on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Women Join Rioters in Fierce Fighting in Barcelona Amazons Fire on Police Streets Cleared with Machine-guns Strike Off Barcelona
The leaders of the recent rioting mobs, whose identity remains a mystery, suddenly called off the general strike to-day owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Family Escapes From Fire Almost Trapped in Midnight Blaze Sydney
Almost surrounded by a fire which broke out in his home in Seaforth Crescent, Seaforth, shortly after midnight last night, Mr. Gerald…
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