Fire Brigade Hoaxed Melbourne
A person with.a distorted sense of humour sent a call from Selby to the metropolitan fire brigade to the effects that a serious fire was burning in the town. The metropolitan…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
902 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 46
Serious Fires Queensland Towns Business Portions Damaged Stanthorpe and Murgon
Serious fires broke out yesterday morning in the business portions of the two Queensland towns of Stanthorpe and Murgon,…
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The back firing of a motor car caused a fire which destroyed Ernest Eve's garage at Strathfield' on Friday night. Eve was slightly burned, while a fireman, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Girl's Clothing Catches Fire Forbes
Monica Green (7) was fatally burned when her clothing caught fire at her home. She had received permission from her mother to boil a pot of beetrot and, when placing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Red Coupons Store Sydney
Fire broke out early this morning at 132 George-street, West Sydney, in the premises of Red Coupons. The outbreak originated in a shed at the rear and spread to the store,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Vessel Boyd's Bay Sensation Cargo Destroyed
About 4 a.m. yesterday morning the N.C.S.N. Co's freight steamer, Cudgen, was discovered by local residents of Boyd's Bay, Tweed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shops Gutted Big Queensland Fires At Stanthorpe and Murgon Severe Damage Done Brisbane
Damage estimated at £18,000 was caused by fire in the main street of Stanthorpe early this morning. The conflagration was one of the most serious in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tweed Heads Drogher Damaged by Fire Tweed Heads
The drogher Cudgen was burned at Tweed Heads at daybreak to-day. The fire had full possession before it was discovered. The local motor fire engine extinguished the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Praying for Rain New Zealand Bush Fires
AUCKLAND, Tuesday. -- Scrub and bush fires are raging in many portions of the Auckland district, which is extremely dry owing to the prolonged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Township Threatened. Victorian Bush Fires
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Fire fighters are still at work in many parts of Victoria, where bush fire outbreaks have done tremendous damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Continue Melbourne
Bush fires continue many parts of the State and fire fighters worked throughout the night. At Powelltown timber caught alight and matters looked serious until a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scrub Fires in New Zealand Auckland
Scrub fires are raging in many portions of the district which is extremely dry owing to prolonged drought. The city is threatened with a waler shortage. Settlers are praying…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in a Shed
The Lismore fire brigade received a call at 10.30 last night to fire in a small shed in Victoria-street, which was owned by the Public Works Department, and used…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Damaged by Fire
The Lismore Fire Brigade was called out shortly after 8 o'clock last night to extinguish a blazing motor car in Molesworth-street. The car was the property of Mr. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Precaution Melbourne
Approval has been given by the Executive Council to a proclamation prohibiting the lighting of fires unless precautions are taken to prevent their spread in 28 of the 37…
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At Grenfell on Boxing Day a fire destroyed Mrs. Rossen's jewellery establshiment. The lady herself was in Sydney at the time, and her chief…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—As a result of the award granted by the industrial Commissioner (Mr. Piddington) last year, reorganisation of the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade Award Sydney
As the result of an award granted by the Industrial Commissioner (Mr. Piddington) last year reorganisation of the fire brigade service has become necessary and from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Russian Way. Fire Low and Lay 'Em Out
The Bed crowd which have captured the A.L.P. in this State would have us adopt the Soviet method of government if it had its way. And the Trades…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£750 DAMAGE Fire on Drogher Cudgen Repairs Under Way
The North Cost Steam Navigation Company's drogher, Cudgen, seriously damaged by fire at Norco's wharf, Doyd's Bay, on Monday last, has been…
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