Overcome by Fumes Collapsed in Fire MELBOURNE
Heroically endeavouring to save valuable drums of oil from destruction in a fire which occurred at Laudy and Bolt's refinery at Bendigo…
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Fires & bushfires, 1934
412 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 21
Many Desperate Battles Against Fire Heavy Losses in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Friday:- Fanned into fierce activity by blustering hot northerlies, bush fires to-day swept over wide stretches of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Venemous Lie," Says Miles Harris' Story London Fire Frauds Case
LONDON. Thursday:- "It is a venomous lie from beginning to end," was one of Captain Miles' dramatic answers when dealing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Tasmanian Havoc Desolate Scenes Hobart
The bush fires in the northern section of the State have been extinguished and the people are returning to devastated and almost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smoke Screen in Hobart Bush Fires Rage Racehorses Run in Darkness
HOBART, Sunday:- The bush fires which caused so much damage in Tasmania a couple of weeks ago has exacted further toll in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge on Fire BRISBANE
While a south-bound goods train was crossing a timber bridge about 200 feet long over Brown's Creek, near Yandina,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Machine Guns Blaze Frenzied Battle Resumed in Paris 10,000 Rioters Abroad
PARIS, Saturday. Another outbreak of rioting, resulting in furious street fighting, occurred last night, and the city resounded to the rattle of machine-gun and rifle and revolver fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →POPULAR Fire Brigade Evenings
That the euchre and dance evenings at Murwillumbah Fire Station are gaining in popularity was indicated by the record attendance at the most…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Early Morning Car Fire
Murwillumbah firemen received an early morning alarm on Sunday. A motor car, owned by Mr. Garth Harry, of North Arm, caught fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miles Sent to Gaol London Fire Frauds Case Concluded
LONDON, Monday:--Captain Brymoor Miles, formerly chief officer of the London Salvage Corps, was found guilty in the Old Bailey…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Trial Echo Salvage Corps Chief Imprisoned LONDON
Brynmor Miles, the chief of the London Salvage Corps, was to-day found guilty on four charges of corruption, not guilty on two others…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Gloucester Hotel Destroyed Sydney
The Royal Hotel at Gloucester was destroyed by fire this morning. A middle-aged man named T. E. Stace, who was trapped on the upper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Early Morning Blaze GLOUCESTER
The Royal Hotel, in Park-street, was totally destroyed by fire at 2 a.m. to-day. One boarder, T. Stace, was not awakened until his room was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Russian Subjects." Accused in Fire Trial to be Expelled
BERLIN, Friday:- Following the Soviet Embassy's advising the Government that Russian citizenship has been granted to Dimitroff, Popoff and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prize Fowls Burnt Mysterious Fires
At an inquiry conducted on Friday into a series of mysterious fires, which broke out among poultry pens at Bankstown in the early hours of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Early Moping Blaze Brunswick Heads House and Contents Destroyed
Fire completely destroyed the residence of Mr. J. Slapp at Brunswick Heads early yesterday morning. None of the contents were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →House Destroyed B'wick Heads Blaze Adjoining Residence Saved Brunswick Heads
An early morning blaze completely destroyed Mr. J. Slapp's residence, together with contents, at Brunswick Heads this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire-walkers of Fiji P. and O. Arranges Rare Spectacle
Fiji is planning a unique spectacle n honor of the pleasure cruise of the Strathaird next' April. Fire walkers will be brought from Beqa Island to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kalgoorlie Riots Nine Men Charged "Cut Fire Hoses" KALGOORLIE
Evidence of the Kalgoorlie and Boulder riots and of the burning and looting was given at the Kalgoorlie court to-day, when nine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →10 Women Incinerated. Fire Destroys Infirmary
BROCK VILLE (Pennsylvania), Tuesday: -- Ten women, widows and daughters of civil war veterans, were burned to death early to-day…
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