Long Battle with Fire Grass Destroyed MULLUMBIMBY
For more than three hours last night seven men fought an outbreak of fire over an area of five or six acres of hilly country…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
607 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 31
Grass Fire Near Mullumbimby Extinguished After Three-Hour Battle
For more than three hours on Wednesday night, seven men fought an outbreak of fire over an area of five or six acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charge of Arson Farmer for Trial Fire in Richmond Home
CASINO, Thursday.--Charles Sydney Lockhart, farmer, of Ellangowan, was committed for trial on a charge of arson following a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Express Crashes Into Runaway Trucks Two Killed and 27 INJURED Fires From Debris Light Rescue Work
LONDON, Wednesday:--A serious railway accident occurred in darkness early this morning about five miles from Swindon, on the Great Western Railway when the night express from Penzance to London came into collision with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Ellangowan CHAS. S. E. Lockhakt Committed for Trial. Remarkable Evidence
Mr. Elsmer Jones, District Coroner, conducted an inquiry at Casino on Wednesday into the circumstance attending a fire which destroyed the residence of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Expert's Rescue Hints 'Don't Jump From Windows'
Valuable hints on the protection of life in case of fire are given by Lieutenant Colin Guy Symonds, fire adviser to the Home Office in a book…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrow Escape From Fire Men and Girl Passage Filled with Flame and Smoke
SYDNEY, Monday:--Seven men and a girl had narrow escape from serious injury when a fire broke out to-day in a two-storey…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Outbreak Near Billindugel
For more than three Sours on Wednesday night, seven men fought an outbreak of fire over an area of five or six acres of hilly country bordering…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Divorce Conspiracy Fire Persons Charged in sydney
SYDNEY, Tuesday:--Alwyn Everard [?] (34), traveller, Alfred John Ross [?] traveller, William Henry Blythe Frederick John Williams (28),…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Fire Interrupts Firemen's Party
While members of the South Grafton Fire Brigade were being entertained at a party recently at the fire station, they received a call to a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spectacular Fire ADELAIDE
A spectacular fire destroyed the barrel-making plant and office of R. Badidge and Sons, of Mile End. The damage is estimated at £25,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fire £40,000 Damage Done SYDNEY
Two firemen were injured and several employees had narrow escapes from being trapped by flames when a fire practically gutted a two-storeyed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£30,000 Fire In Sydney Talkie Firm's Punt Fireman Hurt in Fall Through Roof
SYDNEY, Wednesday:--A fireman was injured and an employee had one hand crushed and his hair singed, and property worth about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Marching Through Town No Brigade Big Mungindi Blaze
MUNGINDI, Thursday:--A fire broke out in the dispensary of Wylie's chemist's shop about 11, o'clock to-night and, as there was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Blaze MELBOURNE
Firemen effected a good save in extinguishing a fierce blaze which broke out in a three-storey building at the corner of Russell and Little…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mysterious Affray Four People Injured Fire In Cottage SYDNEY
Severe injuries were sustained by four people, following an affray in a cottage at Yarra Bay early this…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Insurance Policies and Payments P.P. Union Notes (Issued by authority of the Central Executive Council.) SYDNEY, 21st January, 1936
At the last meeting of the Primary Producers' Union Central Executive a resolution was carried to the effect that where loss occurs through…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Scrub Fire
A column of smoke rising from the Goonellabah Heights yesterday afternoon aroused interest in Lismore. It was due to the burning of scrub on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seven Shops Destroyed by Fire £15,000 Damage SYDNEY
Seven shops were destroyed and five persons injured directly and indirectly in a disastrous fire last night at Mungindi. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rescues From Fire Some Hints By British Expert
Valuable hints on the protection of life in case of fire are given by Lieutenant Colin Guy Symonds, fire adviser to the Home Office in a book…
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