Train Bursts Into Flame Motor Tanks Blaze in Refilling Griffith
A motor train which runs between Narrandera and Griffith, burst Into flames at the railway station last night and was destroyed…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
878 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 44
Big Adelaide Fire Adelaide
A spectacular fire to-day destroyed the barrel-making plant and office of R. Badidge and Sons, coopers, of Mile End. The damage in estimated at £25,000…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£40,000 DAMAGE Blaze at Annandale Two Firemen Hurt Employees Dash for Safety SYDNEY
Two firemen were injured and several employees had narrow escapes from being trapped by flames when a fire badly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Waterloo Fire Inquiry Questions on Value of Stock Sydeny
The staff was contented, and she did not consider there was any illfeeling, said Lillian Janet Young, secretary, In giving evidence to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Destructive Fire in Melbourne Damage Estimated at £15,000 MELBOURNE
Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused by a fire which broke out early to-day on a three-storey building at the corner of Russell and Little…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Suspicions Slipper Factory Fire Coroner's Open Verdict Sydney
"Even if the fire was not accidental, the directors and officers of the company had nothing to do with it." This observation was made to-day by the City Coroner (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →UNCHECKED Fire at Mungindi 12 Shops and Bank Sydney, Friday Morning
Raging unchecked, a fire destroyed 12 shops and a bank building in Mungindi, on the Queensland border, last night. The damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Spread Prevented Fire in Melbourne Damage Estimated at £15,000 MELBOURNE
Firemen effected a good save in extinguishing a fierce blaze which broke out in a three-storey building at the corner of Russell and Little Collins Streets, early…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bush Fire Warning Sydney
The Weather Bureau reports that owing to the prolonged heat wave conditions are favorable to bush-fire developments, chiefly in eastern areas, where,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grass Fire
A grass fire occurred on railway property adjoining Scott-street, near Market-street, shortly after 6 p.m. yesterday. It was put out by the Newcastle East Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Died at Car Wheel Retired Fire Brigade Officer SYDNEY
[?]ncis Joseph Smith, 60, a former fire [?]gade's officer, collapsed at the wheel of his ear on Windsor-road, Kellyville. He managed to apply the handbrake and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shop on Fire at Kurri Heavy Damage to Farr's Markets
Fire broke out last night at Farr's Markets. Barton-street, Kurri, and was noticed ten minutes after mid-night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Abandoned Destroyed by Fire at Sea Crew Take to Lifeboats Tokio, January 25
"Abandoned gutted steamer. All saved." That wireless message has been received from the captain of the British cargo steamer, Forthbridge, of 5140 tons, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bushfires Likely Heat Wave Continues SYDNEY
The Weather Bureau reported yesterday that owing to the heat wave, conditions were favourable to outbreaks of bushfires, chiefly in the eastern areas, where,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kurri Fire Damages Store
A fire did much damage to Farr's Markets, in Barton-street, Kurri Kurri, between 12 and 1 o'clock yesterday morning. The building was built of iron and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Men Charged with Conspiracy Fire at Griffith Griffith
Following a fire which early on the morning of January 13 destroyed a farmhouse, Henry Lucca was charged in the local court with having…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Australian Forests Urgent Need for Protection Fire and Erosion Menace Melbourne
The' urgent need to protect Australian forest areas so as to lessen the soil erosion menace was emphasised by the chairman of the Forests Commission of Victoria (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor-cycle on Fire
Firemen from headquarters used a chemical extinguisher when a motor-cycle was on fire at the corner of Stewart-avenue and Hunter-street, Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Blaze at Kilaben Bay Awkward Night Job for Toronto Firemen
Excitement was caused at Cool Point after midnight, when a large tree near the Kilaben Bay-road caught alight and the sparks, fanned by a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Fire on Mobs in Egypt Cairo
The police were obliged to-night to fire on mobs at Damanhur. A boy was killed and another wounded. Two students at…
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