New Fire Engine for Ballina Ballina
The captain of the local Fire Brigade (Mr. W. H, Mountfield) took delivery to-day of a new Garford-Hale fire engine, which will replace…
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Fires & bushfires, 1937
415 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 21
Patrol Boat Fires on Fleeing Japanese Luggers Dramatic Chase In North 50 Vessels Surprised in Bay 17 Apprehended, But Allowed To Sail Away
DARWIN, Monday.--A dramatic story of how the captain of the Commonwealth patrol boat Larrakia pursued a number of fleeing Japanese pearling luggers and fired from a machine-gun at them was revealed in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Wauchope WAUCHOPE
Damage estimated at £8000 was caused by a fire to-day in the general store of J. H. Hannington. Drums of methylated spirits, oils and paints…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Discovered in Bunkers Interstate Freighter Macedon
BRISBANE, Tuesday:--A fire was discovered to-night in the bunkers of the interstate freighter Macedon (4368 tons), which is now berthed at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire-engines and Traffic Court Dismisses Driving Charge
A decision by the Stipendiary Magistrate at Clerkenwell Police Court, London, recently, in a case against the driver of a fire-engine may have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage Estimated at £[?],000 Big Fire at Wauchope
SYDNEY, Tuesday:--Awakened shortly after 2 a.m. by an explosion, about 1000 people flocked into the main street of Wauchope to find the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Fire in Bunkers Macedon Leaves Brisbane
BRISBANE, Wednesday: -- The steamer Macedon, whose departure from Brisbane for southern ports was delayed on Tuesday night through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire MANILA
Fire destroyed one and a half square miles of the popular Tondo district and 100,000 are homeless. One person was killed and eleven…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Exhaust Pipe Blamed For Unusual Fire
An unusual fire occurred at Yass recently. A Victorian car was proceeding through the town when the driver of a petrol waggon noticed a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Fire at Wauchope. £8000 Damage
Awakened shortly after 2 a.m. on Tuesday by the sound of an explosion, about 1000 people flocked into the main street of Wauchope to find the large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death Occurred Before Fire Roadvale Tragedy Doctor' Evidence at Murder Trial
IPSWICH, Thursday:--Giving evidence to-day in the case in which Wilhelm Frederick Brauer is charged with the wilful murder of his wife at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Million Dollars Damage Fire Renders 100,000 Homeless In Mani a
MANILA, Wednesday: -- Fire destroyed one and a half spare miles of the popular Tondo district. One hundred thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire- Walking "Only Secret Is Technique"
LONDON, Saturday:-- The ancient mystery" of fire-walking has been blown out by tests in Surrey supervised by the London…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on Freighter Australian Cargo Destroyed MELBOURNE
A large proportion of the cargo for Australia carried by the German freighter, Aller, was burned during the voyage from Antwerp, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dreamed of Fire. and Lo! It Was There!
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Puller have reason to remember Kempsey's recent mosquito plague as their efforts on Sunday week to combat the fierce attacks led…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£200 Damage by Fire Showground Building Gutted 7 Horses Rescued
Damage estimated at £200 was caused early yesterday afternoon by a fire which gutted the horse stalls erected on Kyogle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burnt-out Transformer
Advice was received by Mr. R. C. Creasy, Lismore Municipal Council's electrical engineer, on Saturday morning that the rewired coil in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lightning Sets Fire to Light Standards Brisbane
Lightning during a severe hailstorm at Goodna, 10 miles from the city last night, set fire to electric light poles carrying the high tension wires from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Opened Fire on Natives Japanese Sampan Trader's Report of Incidents In Solomon Islands
SYDNEY, Sunday: -- Fred Jones, trader, of Vanikoro Island, southern Solomons, in a letter received in Sydney tells relatives how, early…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heroic Rescue One-Armed Man's Dash Into Blaze
A one-armed war-pensioner, Percy Lillicrap, was responsible for a heroic rescue at Stanthorpe, when he dragged an unconscious man, Ken…
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