Swansea Pearce Fire Fund
A meeting of the Pearce Fire Fund committee was held, with Mr. M. Brogden presiding. Correspondence was received from Mr. Palmer, informing the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1933
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Disastrous Fire Valuable Relics Destroyed ADELAIDE
Heirlooms and relies which have passed through two wars and two revolutions were destroyed when a house owned by the Rev. K. Geilow, Lutheran pastor at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fell Into Fire Man's Body Found in Hut SYDNEY
When Tom Humphries, of Bowral, called at the hut of Fred Morling, who had lived the life of a recluse in the Robertson district for almost 50 years,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destroyed by Fire Methodist Hall at Eastwood SYDNEY, Tuesday Morning
The Methodist Sunday School Hall at Eastwood, which was a wooden structure, was razed to the ground by a fire early this morning, The cause of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early Morning Blaze at Abermain
A six-romed weatherboard cottage, owned and occupied by Mr. James Hunter, at Grafton-street, Abermain, was almost totally destroyed by fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigades Called To Butcher's Shop
The overheating of an electric motor at Joseph Anshan's butcher's shop in Mayfield was responsible for an alarm being received by Tighe's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hay Stack Fire Temora Council's Position TEMORA
Following an intimation from the Board of Fire Commissioners that the cost of extinguishing a fire at Dolden and Company's haystacks recently was £400, of which the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abermain Early Morning Blaze
A practically new six-roomed weather board cottage, owned by Mr. J. Hunter, in Grafton-street, Abermain, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Blaze at Kilaben Bay
A one-roomed galvanised iron cottage was totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday night. No one appears to have seen the blaze, but Mr. W. Wright, of Kilaben…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extensive Damage Fire in House at Mayfield
A two-storied weatherboard house at 111 Maitland-road, Mayfield, was extensively damaged by fire, which broke out about 1 o'clock this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Brigapes' Demonstration
To discuss matters in connection with the State Fire Brigades' demonstration, to the held in Newcastle in March, a meeting of representatives of all brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Football Banned Members of Fire Brigades Board Explains Reason Sydney
Under instructions issued by the Board of Fire Commissioners members of the brigades are prohibited from joining any grade football club. The prohibition…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Glorious Liliums Brilliant Color Blaze Handy Hints for Cultivation
The graceful form, wonderful coloring and sweet fragrance of the true liliums are factors which endear this race of plants to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theatre Damaged £1000 Fire at Camden SYDNEY
A fire broke out in the Empire Theatre, Camden, early this morning, and did damage estimated at more than £1000 before the flames were controlled. Police…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Brigades Preparing for Demonstration Committees Appointed
Representatives of fire brigades of B Division met at Newcastle headquarter's station on Saturday night to discuss the forthcoming demonstration, and appoint…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Chiefs' Visit to Maitland
Reference to the fact that the council had not previously attended functions staged by the Fire Commissioners in the district, was made by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cat Gave Alarm Then Perished in Fire ADELAIDE
Awakened by the noise of his cat rushing from room to room, Mr. Jack Shepard of Spalding, found his house on fire at 4 o'clock this morning and just…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on Karoola Melbourne
The steamer Karoola was slightly damaged to-day when a fire occurred through grease and all becoming ignited, due to the excessive heat omitted from an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Soon Extinguished Fire in City Building
Five City brigades, and the big firefighting tower from headquarters were ordered out late last night when an alarm of fire was received from a three-storied…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Forty Perish in Forest Fire Puebla (Mexico)
Forty lumbermen and their families are believed to have been burned to death in the great fire which is rasing in the Amajack Forest…
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