Fire Officials Brief Visit to Kyogle KYOGLE
Messrs. T. J. Smith, M.L.C. (President of the Board of Fire Commissioners), W. B. Beare, deputy chief officer, and R. Rassau, transport…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
607 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 31
Careless Youths Almost Start Big Blaze Glen Innes Incident
A desire by some youths to fill a cigarette lighter from a bowzer outside the property of Messrs. J. J. Whyte, Ltd., at Glen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades' Galls And Expenditure SYDNEY
During the last year, fire brigades in Sydney answered 5065 calls. This is a record, the previous highest beins 4476 in 1928. Expenditure…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£50,000 Damage in Fire Sydney Blaze Big Retail Store Gutted
SYDNEY, Saturday: -- In the most damaging fire since the huge wool store blaze in September, the big retail store of Sweet Bros.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Throws 100 Out of Employment Damage Is Estimated AT £50,000 Firemen Hurt SYDNEY
Stock worth upwards of £50,000 was destroyed when a fire broke out in Sweet Bros. retail store in King-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fire Menace Serious Situation in Victoria MELBOURNE
Since Sunday morning severe bush fires have been raging on the Mornington peninsula and despite gallant efforts by hundreds of fire-fighters,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Shed
The front door of a shed, the western wall, and furniture packing inside the building were damaged when a fire broke out in a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Fires in Melbourne £57,000 Damage Factory Gutted; Meat Works Damaged
MELBOURNE, Wednesday:-- One hundred and forty employees at the Footscray factory of Federal Felters Pty. made a wild rush…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires in Victoria Serious Position Many Week-end Houses Destroyed
MELBOURNE, Thursday:--Bush fires are blazing throughout the State and fire-fighters have had little rest since yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Made Own Fires MELBOURNE
An allegation that Stamey Gee, a confectioner and parttime fireman, had started bush fires at Box Hill, was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Truck on Fire
When Mr. J. Withford, of Tomewin, was re-fuelling his utility truck at Walker's Service Station, Murwillumbah, yesterday morning it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain Checks Fires Heavy Victorian Damage MELBOURNE
Most of the bushfires which have devastated thousands of acres of grassland throughout. Victoria, causing damage estimated at £12,000,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Rain Aids Fire Fighters Another Night of Terror
MELBOURNE, Friday:-- Moderate rainfalls to-day subdued the bush fires in the western part of the State. Another night of terror was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cottage Destroyed by Fire Byron Bay
The five-roomed weatherboard cottage occupied by Mrs. Schnieder and family in Shirley-lane, Byron Bay, was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Notes From Here and There Fire In Post Office
Hickey's Creek Post Office and the dwelling of Mr. and. Mrs. A. Sillitoe was destroyed by fire recently. No postal property was lost, but Mr. and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dramatic Fight Save Township Bush Fire in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- A dramatic fight to save homes and property took place in the country district of Boronia…
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CAPTAIN GEO. FLICK…
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Photograph taken in 1928, shortly after the installation of the modern fire-engine at present in use. It shows: Fireman L. Easton (driving), Captain G. Flick. Back row: Firemen J. R. Mc[?]vride, J. I. Young, T. Taaffe (deed.). Sitting: Firemen G. W. S. Flick, S. F. Wulff, C. Scrivener…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Big Blaze British Film Studios
LONDON, Tuesday:--More than 25 engines from surrounding stations answered a district call this afternoon to a fire at film studios…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Film Studios Fire 25 Brigades Answer Call LONDON
More than 25 engines from surrounding stations answered a district call this afternoon to a fire at film studios under construction for…
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