£20,000 Damage Timber Yards Gutted Another Big Blaze in Sydney
SYDNEY, Thursday:—The timber yards of Beat Bros. Ltd., building contractors and joiners, of Waverley, were practically…
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Fires & bushfires, 1937
415 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 21
Chapter Ix "The Queen's Room Is on Fire!"
As George Adams came out of the large railway station which seems the one commonplace building in Venice, he felt that in spite of the crowd of…
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Valuable machinery and timber valued at £20,000 were destroyed by fire which broke out in Beat Bros, timber yards, Henrietta-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →4546 CALLS N.S.W. Fire Brigades SYDNEY
During 1936 the fire brigades in New South Wales attended nearly 4546 calls compared with the record number of [?]032 last year. Country fire calls…
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The Casino fire brigade attended 30 fires last year. Seven false alarms were also answered. The brigade travelled 58 miles in answering calls…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pitt Street Fire Sydney
Many thousands of people watched a fire gutter three floors of Robson House, Pitt-street, near Liverpoolstreet, City, on Saturday night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Blaze in Sydney 14 Brigades Out Extra Police to Control Crowds
SYDNEY, Saturday:-- A spectacular blaze which attracted thousands of spectators and called into action 14 brigades occurred shortly before 10 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electrical Storm in New Zealand Damage From Explosion of Fire Ball
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday:-- During an electrical storm near Punnythorpe, in the Manawatu district, a fire ball exploded near the…
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A spectacular blaze which attracted thousands of spectators and called into action 14 brigades occurred shortly before 10 o'clock on…
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The three top floors of Robson House, 338a Pitt-street, were burnt out in a fire on Saturday night. The damage has not yet been fully assessed…
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Practically the whole business centre of the wheatbelt town of Bruce Rock was destroyed by firs today. The blaze started at a saddler's…
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During a fire which practically wiped out the main street at Bruce Rock yesterday five persons had narrow escapes when trapped by…
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Lismore Fire Brigade was called to attend to an electric motor, which had become overheated and commenced to smoulder, at Cecil Baker's butcher…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rats Cause Fire HENTY
Rats are held responsible for a fire which destroyed three shops in Ivorstreet this morning, the loss being estimated at £2500. A bucket brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Avoid Dear Money Like Hell-fire" Obviating Slumps Mr. J. M. Keynes Adocates Revolutionary Ways
LONDON, Tuesday: -- Revolutionary ways "of avoiding slumps" are advocated by Mr. J. M.. Keynes, M.A., the noted economist and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Death of Aged Half-caste Bones in Fire Inquest Opened at Mungindi
MUNGUNDI, Thursday:-- Mr. Wilson, P. M., of Warwick, sat all day and to-night in an effort to finish the hearing of the case in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dramatic Incidents Fire in Sydney Baby Dropped From Balcony
SYDNEY, Friday:-- There were several dramatic' incidents In a fire in residential premises in Darlinghurst this morning. An…
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The Lismore Municipal Council last night decided to nominate the president of the Local Government Association (Aid. M. J. Griffin), as a…
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LONDON, Sunday:--A fire occurred in the boiler room of the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Furious at Devonport dockyard, but was…
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Fire broke out in the boiler-room of the aircraft carrier, Furious, at Devonport dockyard. It was quickly extinguished. The Admiralty was not…
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