Fire on York City
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 11
The Reardon Smith line steamer York City is reported by cable, received by the Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association, to have had a fire in her bunkers at Durban, but the fire has been [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Margarine Works Catch on Fire
The Labor Daily · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 1
About 8.30 a.m. on Sunday a fire broke out at the work of the Marrickville Margarine Coy., Ltd., at Edinburgh Rode, Marrhickville…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Bathroom in Woolcott Street
The Labor Daily · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 1
A fire occurred on Saturday on the promises occupied by Max Nagel, 77-79 Woolcott Street, ham and beef provisioner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Steamer Copra Cargo Ablaze
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 6
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday. A fire broke out among the copra cargo in No. 4 hold of the liner Kalkouru, at King's Wharf, Wellington, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Electrical Premises on Fire at Crow's Nest
The Labor Daily · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 1
Shortly after 10.30 a.m. on Sunday the premise at Falcon Street Crow's Nest, occupied by Temple, Malin and Evans. electrical engineers were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman's Leap From Burning Building Residential on Fire
The Sun · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 9
Awaking with a choking sensation and finding the bedroom full of smoke, Mrs. Florence Lambert, of Mosman, flung open the door to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Grafton Store Partially Destroyed GRAFTON
The Sun · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 10
A fire occurred at the general store of Money Savors, Ltd., Prince-street, in the early hours of this morning, and destroyed the grocery department…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire on Ship Copra Alight Terrific Heat Wellington (N.z.)
Evening News · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 7
A FIRE broke out among some gacks of copra in No. 4 hold of the New Zealand Shipping Company's ateamer Kaikoura at King's Wharf late on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Unusual Fatality by Burning, in S.A. Woman Has Habit of Lying Near Fire--She is Found Terribly Clinrred
The Labor Daily · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 5
ADELAIDE. Sunday.--While slaving with a friend at Stirling West, Caroline Clarke. a middle-aged single Woman. met with a fatal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car on Fire
The Sun · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 15
A motor car owned by A. H. Stone, Condamine-street, Manly, caught fire at the Spit punt last night. The flames were quickly extinguished, and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Lightning Flash Starts Huge Oil Blaze Whole Town Threatened Monterey (Cal.)
The Sun · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 1
A disastrous fire was started here by lightning striking a huge tank of crude oil Two soldiers have lost their lives,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Copra Suspected Fire on Kaikoura Wellington
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 9
Gangs of men were occupied yesterday and to-day in removing damaged cargo from the steamer Kalkoura. Portion of the deck was buckled by the fire, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disastrous Fire Four Perish New York
Evening News · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 7
Lightning struck a tank at Monterey. California last night, containing 53,000 barrels of crude oil, and started a conflagration which is likely to cost…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on Kaikoura. Vessel and Cargo Considerably Damaged
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 4
A fire broke out amongst the copra Stored in No. 4 hold of the steamer Kaikoura at Wellington on Saturday evening last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Church on Fire Man Burnt to Death Engulfed in Flames Bellingen
The Sun · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 9
At 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon, a bush-fire, which broke out in the Guy Fawkes district. Ignited the Hernani Church, which was soon ablaze. Local…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Woman Rescued From Choking Smoke Blaze at Darlinghurst
Evening News · Wednesday 17 September 1924 · page 5
Mrs. Lucy Grant, 60, was rescued from possible death by suffocation early to-day, when a fire broke out in the premises of the Covent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rescue From Fire Woman's Narrow Escape
The Sun · Wednesday 17 September 1924 · page 9
A sensation was caused at Darlinghurst at 2.15 a.m. to-day, when firemen rescued a woman from a hurtling building at the corner of Oxford and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Trapped by Smoke Woman Rescued Darlinghurst Fire
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 September 1924 · page 9
A sensational rescue was effected during the course of a fire which broke out in Taylor's Chambers, at the corner of Oxford and Flinders Streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Lay Low for Two Miles Wauchope
Evening News · Wednesday 17 September 1924 · page 5
William Coombes, 65, had driven his cart two miles beyond a bush fire yesterday, when his clothes burst into flames, evidently from a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blazing Oil Wells Fierce Fire at Baku LONDON
The Sun · Wednesday 17 September 1924 · page 1
The entire male population of Baku has been mobilised to subdue the fire in 37 blazing oil wells, also in reservoirs supplying the bulk of Russia's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →