Chitter Fire Firm Takes Precautions Council's Help Sought
Messrs. Jeater and Rodd, acting on behalf of D. Mitchell and Co., advised the City Council last night that they were taking necessary precautions to prevent…
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Fires & bushfires, 1935
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Inquiry To-day Pyrmont Wool Store Blaze SYDNEY
An inquiry into the cause of the fire which gutted Goldsbrough, More and Company's wool store at Payment recently, will be opened by the City Coroner (Mr…
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James Walters, Sturt-street. Darlinghurst, a receiving grader employed at the store, said that one of his duties was to sec whether any wet bales were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Graphic Story of Great Wool Fire How Flames Spread at Big Store Evidence of Firemen at the Inquest Coroner Returns Open Verdict Sydney
When the inquiry into the fire that ruined the Golds-brough, Mort wool store at Pyrmont on the morning of September 25, was opened to-day, the caretaker of the building said that he first saw the fire at twelve minutes…
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Following the death at Newcastle Hospital on October 19 of Annie Maria Griggs Prideaux, 52, of Gordon-avenue, Hamilton, an inquest was held yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Open Finding Pyrmont Wool Store Fire Cigarette Butt Theory Amazing Spread of Flames SYDNEY
The City Coroner (Mr. E. T. Oram) returned an open verdict to-day, after hearing evidence of the fire that destroyed one of the big wool stores of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cowboys Trapped In Fire in "Movie" Colony Flames Fanned by Gale Mansions Destroyed Los Angeles
A score of cowboys are trapped in a canvon, and £200,000 damage has been dope by a fire in the Malibu…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bush Fires Damage in California Many Homes Burnt Screen Actor's Dash to Safety (Australian Associated Press.) Los Angeles, October 23
Damage estimated at £800,000 was caused by bush fires in the Malibu district of Southern California. Many homes were destroyed,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Underground Fire Near Weston Appeal to Government
That fumes from the burning chitter dump at Weston caused vomiting and damaged furniture and iron roofs was declared by Councillor J. Ralston…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Underground Fire Intensity Has Increased Trenches Being Dug
Newcastle Fire Brigade is making renewed efforts to extinguish the underground fire near the Trades Hall, which has…
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The Hunter Cu[?] and Hepworth Shield competitions will be continued at Adamstown range to-morrow from the 700 yards mound…
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Changing winds swept the forest fire in the Malibu Hills out of control again late yesterday, after damage to the extent of £1,600,000 had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forest Fire Again Out of Control Southern California (Australian Associated Press.) Los Angeles, October 24
Changing winds swept the Malibu Hills forest fire out of control again late to-day, after 8,000,000 dollars' worth of damage had already been done in Southern…
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Inspections every two hours, night and day, are still being made by Newcastle Fire Brigade of the underground fire near the Trades Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Enormous Damage Forest Fires in U.S. Californian Homes Razed Los Angeles, Oct. 26
Hundreds of homes and thousands of acres of farms in the Los Angeles area were destroyed by the series of forest fires which raged in Southern California this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£50,000 FIRE Victorian Box Factory 70 Hands Affected New Machinery Destroyed MELBOURNE
Damage estimated at £50,000 was caused by a spectacular fire which almost completely destroyed the box factory of John Sharp and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bushfires on Road to Sydney Motorists Had Very Trying Day
Small bushfires along the Sydney-road caused inconvenience to motorists yesterday and to-day. The smoke from the burning wood drifted across the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Fire in North Hotel and Shops Destroyed Murwillumbah Blaze
MURWILLUMBAH, Tuesday. Though a fire destroyed buildings and shops early this morning, efforts by the firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Isolating Fire Under Road City Council Work
A start has been made by the City Council in putting down a sand barrier across Gibson-street to check the spread of the fire beneath the road…
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When a fire broke out in a large unoccupied two-storied shop and dwelling to-day, the fire brigade was on the scene smartly, and effected a good save,…
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