Wallsend Fire Details of Insurances
Insurances with the Australian Amicable Assurance Association on Mr. A. Froome's property, at Wallsend, which was extensively damaged by fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1931
730 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 37
Two False Alarms Cessnock Fire Brigade
Evidently somebody with a peculiar idea of humor is wandering about Cessnock. The local fire brigade has had two false alarms this week, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lorry Driver Burned Vehicle Catches Fire SYDNEY
Martin Loffberg, 21. of Gordon, was severely burned about the body, face, arms find hands when a motor lorry, which he was driving along Lane Cove-road, at…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Coraki Fire Open Verdict Returned Threats to House Owner Lismore
At an inquiry at Coraki into the fire which destroyed the residence of G. W. T. Yabsley, on January 28, the Coroner returned an open verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Furniture Factory Fire in Sydney Couple's Lucky Escape Sydney
Following a fire at 2.30 o'clocK this morning at the furniture of Edward and sons, Cleveland and Nixon streets, Surrey Hills, Mr. and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire and Robbery Attempt to Blow Safe Morpeth Outbreak
Damage to the extent of about £1200 was caused by fire to Styman Bros,' store, in Swan-street, Morpeth, shortly after 12 o'clock on Saturday night, following an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on Maloja Scare for Passengers LONDON, February 14
Just as Divine Service ended aboard the Maloja, shortly after leaving Bombay for England on the voyage from Australia, the fire alarm sounded. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Passengers Disregard Maloja's Firebell But a Hold Was on Fire London
Shortly after the R.M.S. Maloja had left Bombay on her voyage from Australia to England, tho fire alarm sounded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton Fire Brigade
An inspector from the head Fire Brigade Station Sydney, who in touring New South Wales under instructions from the Board of Fire Commissioners visited the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bunker Fire Quelled Sydney
After about 200 tons of coal had been removed from the bunkers of the steamer Uffington Court to-day, the crew quelled a small outbreak of fire that had occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Disastrous Fire Auckland Business Block Sailors Assist Police Auckland
Standing with fixed bayonets, a number of sailors from the warships in New Zealand waters kept the crowd at a safe distance from a fire which broke out last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Camp Fire Ball
Mrs. G. B. Littler (President) presided at the meeting of the Camp Fire Ball Committee held in the Reception Room of the Town Hall yesterday. Reports from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Destroys Store Dorrigo
Long Bros general store was destroyed by fire last night. The outbreak, which occurred in the rear portion of the premises, was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →House Destroyed by Fire Tamworth
A wooden residential in the Chinese quarter of Tamworth was destroyed by fire yesterday. The building was owned by Mrs. C. Bannon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Store Destroyed Fire at North Dorrigo GRAFTON
The general store of Long Bros., at North Dorrigo, was completely destroyed by fire last night. A man named Winkley noticed the glare through a shop…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cool-headed Maid Prevented Fire After Crash LONDON, February 17
When a Westland bombing aeroplane, similar to that used in the Royal Australian Air Force, crashed on to the roof of a house at Hampstead to-day the pilot…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£25,000 DAMAGE Big Fire in Brisbane Timber-yards Destroyed Brisbane
Thousands of spectators gathered at New Farm to-night to watch one of the most spectacular fires in Brisbane for some years…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →City Office Fire Big Crowd Watches
Smoke pouring from the windows of an office on the top floor of Carrington Chambers attracted a big crowd in Watt-street at mid-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Morpeth Fire Attempt to Blow Safe Open Verdict
The fire which caused serious damage to Messrs. Styman Bros.' store in Swan-street. Morpeth, shortly after midnight last Saturday, was the subject of an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hamilton Blaze
Yesterday morning the Hamilton Fire Brigade was called out to an outbreak of fire in a laundry at the rear of premises at 24 Steel-street, Hamilton, owned…
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