Gas Company Fire
Empty tar barrels and rubbish in the yard of the Newcastle Gas Company's premises. In Newcastle West, caught alight this afternoon, but no…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1932
743 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 38
Slipway Fire
Sparks flying in all directions drew attention yesterday to a blaze among logs at the patent slipway. Stockton. Stockton Fire Brigade attended the outbreak,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Rubber Works Girls' Thoughtful Action SYDNEY
When a fire broke out in Hardy's Rubber Works at Rushcutters Bay this morning, eight girls employed in the office collected all available papers, and looked…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in Hayshed
A fire was discovered in a hayshed in Smith-lane, East Maitland, yesterday, at 6.30 a.m. There was about five tons of bay in the shed, the fire arose from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Building on Fire Man Awakened by Dog Fire Brigades' Hard Fight Sydney
Awakened by the barking of his dog, and then hearing the cracking of tiles on the roof, Robert Allen, caretaker, of North Bondi Surf Club building, ran out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£9000 DAMAGE Fire in Launceston Two Explosions Caused Launceston
The general store of E. B. L. Dawson, Pty., Ltd., St. Marys, with stock valued at £9000, was totally destroyed by fire this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Camp Man Severely Burned Wollongong
Thomas Cook, 38, employed on the Moss Vale-Port Kembla railway construction camp, was severely burnt about the face and arms on Saturday when his tent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shop Damaged Spilt Benzine Starts Fire SYDNEY
The upsetting of a tin of benzine caused a fire which caused damage amounting to £500 at the furniture shop of C. W. Middleton, Glebe-road, Glebe, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suspicious Fire Cottage Destroyed at Merrylands Coroner's Comments Sydney
On June 19 a cottage in Merrylands was destroyed by fire. The circumstances were investigated by the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tar Ablaze Darling Harbour Fire SYDNEY
Dense columns of smoke rose hundreds of feet into the air at Darling Harbour this afternoon, when 500 gallons of tar caught alight in a pit at the works of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wage Increases Sought Fire Brigade Officers SYDNEY
A claim for increases of pay ranging up to £100 a year, and a working week of 44 hours, was made by the Fire Brigade Officers' Association before the Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dunedin Panic Early Morning Hotel Fire Wellington (N.z.)
Clothed only in their night attire, 12 women and girls made a sensational escape down fire-escape ladders from the top of the five-storied Waine Hotel, at Dunedin,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coney Island Swept by Fire Thousands Homeless New York, July 13
Coney Island, the best-known seaside resort in the United States, was swept by fire to-day, damage estimated at 2,000,000 dollars being done…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Henderson Park Power for Committee Merewether Council Fire Station Site Not Chosen
As a result of a deputation to Merewether Council last night, the Henderson Park Committee is to be appointed in a capacity similar to trustees of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bloody Catastrophe Shadows Germany Driverless Trams Under Fire Party Warfare More Intense London
"A bloody catastrophe is possible at any moment in Germany if the police interfere with Nazi parades," says…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Abermain. Fire at School
A wall and the ceiling of the junior classroom at the Abermain Public School were damaged by fire on Monday, when heat and flames from a portable stove…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Labourer Charged Woman's Clothing Set on Fire SYDNEY
Samuel Crawford, 53, a labourer, was charged at the Glebe Police Court to-day with having maliciously inflicted bodily harm on Ruby Catherine Ellis at Glebe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tragic Fire Invalid Burned to Death Cottage Destroyed Brisbane
Edward Duffy, aged 85, was burned to death in a fire which destroyed a cottage at Tannymorel, in the Warwick district, this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Ship Mr. Baldwin Averts Panic VANCOUVER, July 18
A message from the Empress of Britain at sea, received at Vancouver, stated that a minor blaze, started by a fused electric wire in a room of the ship oil…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cooma Fire Gas Cylinder Explodes Three Buildings Damaged Cooma
Three men had narrow escapes when a gas cylinder in a shop in Cooma exploded during a fire early this morning. Three buildings in the main street of the town…
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