Blaze Checked
When a spark from a heap of ashes ignited a pile of rubbish yesterday at 27 Thomas-street, Adamstown, the flames spread to an adjacent fence. The blaze…
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Fires & bushfires, 1931
730 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 37
Garage on Fire
A motor car and a garage, owned by Mr. V. T. Sparke, in George-street. Cessnock, were damaged by fire to-day. During the morning Mr. Sparke had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fire Races at N. Stockton Sweeping Over Wide Area Property Safe
Fanned by the strong wind. a bush fire swept the country near Fullarton Cove this ?morning. The fire was still…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Firing Japanese Concession Truce Refused Italians Return Chinese Fire (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI, November 27
Despite the Japanese ultimatum that Chinese troops should cease hostilities, severe fighting continues in Tientsin, in the European-Japanese concessions. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in Telephone Exchange Perth
Last night a fire broke out at the Perth telephone exchange, The fire brigade saved the place from being gutted, but the whole system was disorganised…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Maliciously Set on Fire" Coroner's Finding at Maitland
After listening to evidence concerning a fire which, at Trevor-street, Telarah, at 2 a.m. on October 26, partly destroyed an unoccupied…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Golf Club Fire Suspicions Attempt Was Made on Safe Sydney
Investigations to-day revealed that an attempt had been made to force the safe of the Australian Golf Club after the fire which destroyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Car Was Chased for Seven Miles Suspicious Characters at Mulbring Police Fire Shot
Becoming alarmed at the conduct of three men who were acting in a suspicious nature near the Mulbring Post Office, at 1 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Many Bushfires Big Losses in Far West SYDNEY
Big bush fires are raging in the far western part of the State and stockholders have lost many valuable pastures, On Winda station alone more than 60,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cottage Damage Maliciously Set On Fire
An inquiry was held by the Coroner (Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland) at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday into the cause of the outbreak of fire in an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Policy Speech Lacked Fire Labor Supporters Disappointed Election Campaign Melbourne
Keen Labor supporters are disappointed with the policy speech which the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) delivered last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Films on Fire Two People Burned Children Hurry to Safety Brisbane
Two persons were burned, and 40 small school children were forced to rush from their schoolroom when a large quantity of film caught fire in the packing room of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hamilton Fire
An outbreak of fire in sawdust at Hely Brothers' furniture factory, Hudson-street, Hamilton, yesterday, received attention by firemen from headquarters and Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£25,000 FIRE Melbourne Timber Mills Valuable Plant Destroyed Melbourne
Fire swept through a timber yard and storage area near the South Wharf, South Melbourne, early to-day, and caused damage amounting to about £25,000…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Girl's Bravery Tried to Stop Blaze Fire in Cap Factory Melbourne
Damage estimated at £7000 was caused by a fire which broke out at midday in the factory of Simons, Ltd., cap manufacturers, at North Carlton, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Grass Fire in S.a
Sweeping through thick, dry speargrass, in some places four or five feet high, a grass fire has devastates 60 square miles of pastoral country north-west of Port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tenterfield Fire Apiary Shed Destroyed TENTERFIELD
Mr. Phil, Sommerlad's apiary shed at Tenterfield was completely destroyed by fire about midnight on Friday. The building, which was a large wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£30,000 DAMAGE Spectacular Brisbane Fire BRISBANE
Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a spectacular fire in the Valley last night, when Bell's furniture factory, a two-storied building, was gutted, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorists and Bush Fires
The National Roads and Motorists' Association issues a special appeal to all motorists, particularly those picnicking or camping out at the week-ends, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heat Wave West Australia Suffers Destructive Fires Perth
Helped by the persistent easterly winds, the heat wave which has had West Australia in its grip for over a week still continues. Temperatures of over 100…
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