Factory Blaze Owner's Narrow Escape SYDNEY
Considerable damage was done by fire to a furniture factory and shop in Oxford-street, Paddington, early yesterday morning. William Magnus, the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1931
584 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 30
£25,000 DAMAGE Disastrous Launceston Fire
LAUNCESTON, Sunday.--The most disastrous fire in Launceston for some years occurred yesterday morning, when the timber and paint premises…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.--A radio message was received in Sydney this morning from Capt. Smith, of the motorship Enton, denying emphatically that…
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LONDON. Saturday.--Most Australian tourists have seen the famous Battle Abbey School. At 4.30 this morning afire broke…
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The most disastrous fire in Launceston for some years occurred early yesterday morning, when the timber and paint warehouse, of J. and T. Gunn,…
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Most Australian tourists have seen the famous Battle Abbey School. At 4.30 this morning a fire broke out in the historic Abbots Hall and spread…
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Detective-Sergeant Kennedy completed his inquiries regarding the fire which destroyed several buildings at the northern end of Main…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appalling Earthquake Disaster in New Zealand Two Cities Wiped Out Napier and Gisborne Heavy Death Roll Feared Fire Adds to Horror Warships Rushing to Rescue Harrowing Stories Told
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.--The city is horror stricken by an appalling earthquake which demolished the cities of Napier and Gisborne this morning, causing heavy loss of life, the extent of which cannot yet be estimated owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Death Roll Feared Fire Sweeping Ruins Hampers Rescue Efforts Buildings Collapse Like Pack of Cards Fate OF Many Towns in Doubt; Land Communication Severed Wellington (N.2.)
New Zealand was horror-stricken by an appalling earthquake which demolished the cities of Napier and Gisborne this morning, causing heavy loss of life, the extent of which cannot yet be estimated owing to the cutting off of land communications with the stricken area…
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At Margaret River, Ida Lynn (9) and her brother Jim (13) were trapped by a bush fire while walking home from school. The girl was…
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CHARLEVILLE, Wednesday:-- Buildings on both sides of the street in the main business centre of Charleville were gutted by…
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Although Britain probably has more stringent legal precautions against fire and more efficient means of dealing with outbreaks when they occur than…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Local Government Murwillumbah Council Reducing Risk of Fire
Present at Murwillumbah Municipal, Council meeting on Wednesday night were Ald. A. E. Eyles (Mayor), I. McI[?]rath, R. McCloy, R. J. Pritchard,…
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Sir,--Some time ago I had occasion to contribute something to your columns on what appeared to me to be the snide policy of certain insurance companies…
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At its meeting on Thursday night, Wallsend Council agreed to submit to the Local Government Association for inclusion in the agenda for the next…
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At the meeting of the Kyogle Chamber of Commerce during the week, Mr. Mitchell referred to the necessity of providing the town with some form…
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AUCKLAND, Friday--— The most disastrous fire in the history of Wairota, 80 miles north of Napier, meaning ruin to the district after the…
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Some time ago I had occasion to contribute something to your columns on what appeared to me to be the snide policy of certain insurance…
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Four persons were burned to death and between fifty and eighty houses valued at 500,000 dollars were destroyed in a fire which occurred in…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Ray Barringham, (12), and Gordon Johnson (9), two of the four who were badly burned in a fire at Cesonck on Sunday, died…
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