Stop Press £100,000 FIRE Under Control at 2.30 a.m. SYDNEY, Friday Morning
At 2.30 a.m. the fire at the Hardie Rubber Company's mills was practically under control, although there was little of the works left…
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Fires & bushfires, 1931
730 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 37
Big Sydney Fire Estimated Damage £100,000 Hardie Rubber Company Mills Totally Destroyed This Morning SYDNEY, Friday Morning
The Hardie Rubber Company's mills, in Soudan-street, Paddington, one of the most modern mills in Australia, was totally destroyed by fire, which broke out at 12.30 o'clock this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Iron Believed to Have Caused Fire Sydney
An electric iron inadvertently left switched on is believed to have caused the fire that did about £300 worth of damage in the School Stores,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →350 Thrown Idle Fire at Rubber Works SYDNEY
A scene of desolation met employees of of the Hardie Rubber Company when they turned up for work this morning. About 350 men and women are out of work…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Peking Man Used Fire and Stone 1,000,000 Years Ago London, November 5
The Peking Man was living at least 1,000,000 years ago, and used fire and stone implements, reports the Chinese Geological Society. After four years'…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dyke Wharf Blaze
About 6.30 p.m. on Saturday, Carrington Fire Brigade attended an outbreak of fire in the vicinity of the McMyler Hoist, on the Dyke. The flames were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Historic Inn
Six families were rendered homeless as the result of a fire which broke out last week in the old Carron Inn, Falkirk. When the alarm was raised, flames were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →House Ransacked Set Fire To By Thieves SYDNEY
Thieves, after robbing the temporarily-deserted home of Horace Freeman, in Winburn-avenue, Kensington, to-night, set fire to the building…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bedroom Blaze Three Persons Burned Candle Ignites Bed
Suffering from extensive burns to the body, arms, and severe shock, Mrs. Houlhan, 52, of Gray-street, Wickham, was admitted to Newcastle Hospital late on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flax Fire Destroys 15,000 Acres in N.Z. AUCKLAND
A huge scrub and flax fire is raging near To Aroha, 15,000 acres already having been swept bare, destroying thousands of tons of flax…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Films Catch Fire Car Burnt at Leichhardt SYDNEY
A small car, carrying 20,000 feet of picture film, caught fire at Leichhardt to-day, and, running backwards downhill, was soon enveloped in flames. The car…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Under Fire on Both Sides Imperial Conference Date Sought Migrants' Lot London
The Secretary for the Dominions (Mr. J. H. Thomas) was under fire from both sides of the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Like Machine-gun Fire Bottles Pop in Factory Blaze Sydney
Into an inferno of blazing chemicals with salvoes of bursting bottles and flying corks on all sides, firemen bravely rushed to cut off the…
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The spot where the lounge stood which caused a fire at a tobacconist's shop in Rose Bay early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Danger From Glass Firemen at Factory Blaze SYDNEY
Firemen who were called out to a blaze which occurred at the Whitehead Manufacturing Company's factory in Devonshire-street, City, early this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Blackened Hulk Luxury Liner Destroyed Huge Blaze at Belfast Belfast, November 20
Only a blackened hulk remained this morning of the luxury liner, Bermuda, 10,000 tons, which presented an awesome spectacle at Belfast yesterday, when it…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bones in Fire Bungendore Discovery Pea-rifle Near Remains Sydney
A gruesome discovery was made by Andrew Cunningham on his property at Bungendore, a few mile from Goulburn, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Board's Inspection Tour
The Board of Fire Commissioners of Now South Wales, consisting of Ald. E. E. Collins (Mayor of Wagga, and representative of Country Councils), and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Bermuda Incendiarism Suspected LONDON, November 21
The seacocks of the luxury liner Bermuda, which caught fire at Belfast on Thursday, were opened at noon, and what remained of the vessel sank. Firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Swan Calls Out Fire Brigade Alarms Sound All Over a Town
ALTON (Hampshire). September 60. A swan went for a walk here to-day. It tripped over a wire on the roof of a school. and. as its wings…
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