North Creek Fire Ballina
A seven-roomed house, the property of Mr. William F. Faulks, was destroyed by fire at North Creek about 3 o'clock this morning. The…
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Fires & bushfires, 1933
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Six Minutes' Deay in Attending Fire Council's Dissatisfaction
Recently the Board of Fire Commissioners wrote to the Lismore Municipal Council regarding the result of an inquiry into an alleged delay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire at Tweed Heads Heavy Damage Two-storey Building Gutted
In sheeting rain and a strong south wind, fire last night gutted the two storey building at Tweed Heads, formerly known as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Runaway Prisoners Constable Fires Shots
GYMPIE, Wednesday:--Two youths, Neil Barnett and his brother David, who escaped from police custody on Saturday morning, were seen by Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Tweed Heads
The two-storey building at Tweed Heads, formerly known as Greenwood's, and occupied by G. H. O'Connor, storekeeper; J. C. Simonson, mereer, and D…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Experts' Conclusion Fire in Passenger Cabin
BRUSSELS, Wednesday:--Experts examined the debris of the City of Liverpool and decided that the petrol tank did not explode in the air, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tweed Heads Fire Heavy Damage Brigade's Great Work
The building gutted by fire at Tweed Heads on Tuesday night was owned by Mrs. Gill, senr., of Murwillumbah, and was insured for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Fire Five Blocks Wiped Out
WASHINGTON, Wednesday:— The State Department received word to-day that the entire business district in the heart of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Perished in Fire 4000ft. Underground CAPETOWN
Five lives were lost in a fire four thousand feet below the surface in Langlaagt Estate mine. There was no shift duty when the fire broke out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£4000 Fire in Brisbane Shed Full of Plywood Destroyed
BRISBANE, Sunday:--An outbreak of fire in a drying shed at the Austral Plywood Ltd.'s works at Tennyson Read, Tennyson, early on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Laborer Electrocuted at Fire Was Helping to Fight Flames
SYDNEY, Monday:--Denis Kennedy (28), a laborer, was electrocuted today during a fire which destroyed three shops and residences at Wyong. With…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stepped on Live Wire Electrocuted While Fighting Fire GOSFORD
Several buildings were badly damaged and a man lost his life through electrocution in a disastrous fire which broke out at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires in Victoria One Life Lost
The general rain in Victoria on Tuesday practically ended the danger from the numerous bush fires. There were several hard fights to save…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burned to Death Trapped in Bush Fire MELBOURNE
A young Gippsland farmer, George Fairbrother, was burned to death in a bush fire along the Gyuyah to Boolara road,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →False Fire Alarm Sydney
While Det.-Sergt. Koogh was passing a fire brigade street alarm during the week-end he heard a man giving a false alarm to the brigade. The man…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Bell Will Ring Question Decided
A letter from the Beard of Fire Commissioners before Lismore Municipal Council on Tuesday night regarding the ringing of the fire bell, stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Bakehouse
A fire broke out on Wednesday night in the bakehouse of Messrs. Hutton Bros., at, Kirra. Noticing the glare through a window, a neighbour promptly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Desperate Marauder Fires at Pursuer. Sydney
Late last night Victor Levett (30), of Bexley, was arounsed by a noise at the front of his house and off investigating disturbed a man who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£20,000 DAMAGE Big Fire in Brisbane
BRISBANE, Thursday: -- Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused by a fire which gutted a single-storied building owned by A. Forsyth, glass…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spectacular Blaze Rum Stores on Fire London
Fire broke out last night among huge stores of rum in what is known as the rum quay. The glare of the blaze reflected in the sky could be…
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