City Blaze £6000 Damage SYDNEY
A spectacular fire on the sixth floor of Merritt's hat factory in Foveaux-street, city, to-night, caused damage in the vicinity of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1934
412 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 21
Spectacular Fire Burning Wax Museum
One of the most spectacular fires staged for a motion picture, and one which caused studio executives keen anxiety during its taking, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Set Fire to House Two Men Gaoled GRAFTON
At Grafton Quarter Sessions to-day Judge Clancy passed sentence on Victor Roy Copas and Cecil Harold Eggins, share farmers,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on Board Steamer Poonbar Damaged
BUNDABERG, Friday.--During the salvaging of the steamer Poonbar a fire occurred on board in the fan room, where the blowers for the furnaces…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Brisbane Queen Street Premises Damaged
BRISBANE, Wednesday:— Damage to stock and interior of the premises occupied by Messrs. Guilfoy and Smith, opticians, was caused by a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →11 Perish in Fire Earthquake Areas CALCUTTA
The earthquake survivors in the village of Chandpura, Bihar, were terror-stricken yesterday when a fire destroyed their flimsy shelters. Six…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Horses Burned to Death Blaze in Racing Stable. Sydney
The sale ring and stand and seven horse boxes at H. Chisholm and Company's stables at Randwick., were destroyed by fire early this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Champion Racehorses Rescued From Blaze Three Perish Third Recent Outbreak Sydney
Three valuable yearlings were burnt to death and the sale ring, stand and 17 horse boxes destroyed by a fire…
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Shortly after midnight a fire commenced in the main street of Gatton and when it was extinguished several hours later 14…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Fire at Gatton £20,000 DAMAGE Thirteen Business Places Destroyed
GATTON, Friday: — Damage amounting to about £20,000 Was caused by a fire which destroyed 13 business Places in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tamworth Blaze Curios and Rare Canary Lost
SYDNEY, Sunday.--A valuable collection of curios was lost in a fire which destroyed the contents of the sitting room of Dr. Keith Piper's home, Peel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warning Notices Danger of Grass Fires ALSTONVILLE
With the excessive growth this year of paspalum on roadsides in Tintenbar Shire, the great danger of fire through carelessness of fishermen,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local Government Murwillumbah Council Town's Fire Insurance Schedule
The Fire and Accident Underwriters' Association of New South Wales, at the meeting of Murwillumbah, Municipal Council last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Not Exempt Fire Brigades and Traffic Regulations HOBART
Declaring that drivers of fire engines were not exempt from traffic regulations, Coroner White to-day found Henry Edward Frousselot, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dog Gives Alarm of Fire Family's Narrow Escape
But for the watchfulness of a dog which barked when it saw flames issuing from their house early on Tuesday morning, Charles Joseph…
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At the last meeting of the Woodburn Chamber of Commerce the following were present: Messrs. R. R. Morison (chair), J. Connors, P. S…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Damage Burleigh Heads Blaze BRISBANE
One of the most serious fires in the history of the town occurred at Burleigh Heads this morning, when a block in the business centre of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Church Bell Alarm Big Burleigh Blaze Shops and Residence Gutted
One of the most serious fires in the history of Burleigh Heads occurred in the business centre of the township early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigades Praised SYDNEY
"The New South Wales Fire Brigade is among the foremost in the world." declared Mr. T. P. Nance, who recently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Frauds Echo £5,800 CARRIAGE For Railway Commissioners
LONDON, Wednesday: —, Captain Brynmor Miles, formerly Chief Officer of the London Salvage Corps, who was found guilty on a charge of having SYDNEY, Thursday:— Constructed at a cost of £5,800 some years ago, a first-class express passenger railway carriage is to be converted into a new…
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