£12,000 BLAZE Ryde Theatre Gutted SYDNEY
The Ritz picture theatre at Ryde was destroyed by fire at a late hour last night. Shop and theatre buildings were also gutted. The damage is estimated…
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Fires & bushfires, 1931
584 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 30
Policeman Fires Stolen Car in Smash Chase Through Crowd
As a police wireless patrol car was cruising in Fitzroy Street, St. Kilda, Melbourne, on Saturday night, a car containing four youths drove past…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£12,000 DAMAGE Big Fire at Ryde
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Ritz Picture Theatre at Ryde was destroyed by fire at a late hour last night. A shop and the theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrandera Fires
NARRANDERA, Thursday:--Early this morning the Murrumbidgee garage was gutted by fire. The timely arrival of the fire brigade prevented…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrandera Fires Narrandera
Early this morning the Murrum[?]idgee garage was gutted by fire. The timely arrival of the fire brigade prevented the flames spreading to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mysterious Fires Police Investigating
Mysterious fires destroyed two houses in the Glen limes district during the Christmas holidays. At Fladbury, the home of Mr. and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Homeleigh
A fire occurred at Homeleigh on New Year's Eve, when the house owned by "Mr. Gray, and occupied by milk carrier Smith, was burned to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Year Ragging Street Fires at Darlinghurst Police Intervene
SYDNEY, Thursday.--Police and firemen in Darlinghurst had a lively time early this morning. The New Year celebrations took a serious turn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£4000 DAMAGE Fire at Murwillumbah MURWILLUMBAH
Main-street was the scene of a disastrous fire at 3.30 p.m. to-day when a two-storeyed wooden and iron building, the bottom floor of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Fire. Several Buildings Destroyed. Brisbane
A fire at Yeulda, Queensland, this morning, destroyed several buildings including the Post Office, a hotel, bootshop and wine saloon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£4,000 Damage Murwillumbah Fire Garage and Boarding House. Brigade's Good Work
Damage to the extent cf £4,000 was the Fire Fiend's celebration of New Year's Day in Murwillumbah yesterday, when he destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Decrease in Fires
A report of the work of the fire brigades in Sydney for the year shows that alarms in the city and suburbs to tailed 3742, a decrease of 4003…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£11,000 DAMAGE Blaze at Yeulba BRISBANE
Damage estimated at £11,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed five premises in the business portion of Yeulba, Central Queensland, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland Fire Three Places Burnt
[?] Friday.-- A fire at yeul [?] western queensland, [?] destroyed several buildings elading the post office, an botel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murwillumbah Fire Whole Block Menaced
Main-street, Murwillumbah, was the scene of a disastrous fire at 3.30 p.m. on Thursday, when a two-storeyed wood and iron building, the bottom floor of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →His Thirteenth Car Destroyed by Fire
Mr. Ramallie, of Bombay, had his Hudson Sedan car completely destroyed by fire last week. While cut on his property the engine back fired, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Enfield Fire Bath Heater Explodes SYDNEY
Frederick Schinkil (28), motor mechanic, was endeavouring to light a bath heater with some oily waste at his place of residence, Enfield, this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trapped by Fire Invalid Woman's Death MELBOURNE
When a fire broke out this morning on the top floor of a chemist's shop at Newmarket, which was also used as a private residence, Mrs. Martha…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Plane Caught Fire At Height of 12,000 Feet
A fine instance of cool courage in the face of what looked like certain death was reported from the flying centre of Rochefort (France), by the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire in Newspaper Office
Between 1 p.m. and 1.30 yesterday two lads, M. Muirhead and M. Wilkinson, noticed smoke issuing from the roof of the office of the "Bangalow…
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