Lights Blaze At Yacht Club. Members' Revel
The waters of Horseshoe Cove, Pittwater, reflected the lights of gaily-illuminated yachts and motor boats last night, and the clubhouse…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires & bushfires, 1936
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Fire in Mungindi
Six shops and three houses in the main street of Mungindi, on the border of New South Wales and Queensland, were destroyed by a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Fire Destroys House. Grafton
Fire destroyed the residence at Brooklana of Mr. T. T. Campbell, manager of a sawmill, Campbell and his wife and family were away on holidays, and when the fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Year's Fires. Big Increase on 1934. Many False Alarms Answered
The Are brigades in the metropolitan area were busy in 1935, according to a report made available yesterday by the president of the Fire Brigades' Board (Mr. T. J. Smith). The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£12,000 Damage in Colliery Fire
MANY BUILDINGS GO AT CATHERINE HILL BAY NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- A fire which lit up the countryside for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Was Stolen While Fighting Fire CASINO
A daring theft of a sedan car was effected while the owner. Mr. C. A. Brown, a member of the Forestry Office staff, and several other men…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Six Deaths Xmas Tree Fire Reykjavik (Iceland)
Four children and two women were killed and 20 injured when a Christmas tree in the village hall at Keflavik caught on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Colliery. £10,000 Damage Done. Pit-top Workshops Destroyed. NEWCASTLE
A fire among some of the pit-top buildings at Wallarah colliery, Catherine Hill Bay, caused damage estimated at £10,000 late this evening…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Watchman Fires Shots
Abo[?]t 11 o'clock on Tuesday night Harry Brooke, a night watchman employed by the Water Board, disturbed three men who were breaking into the explosives magazine at the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Guildford Fire
A spark from a pipe is believed to have set fire to a bed at the home of Mr. Oswald Young, Clyde-street, Guildford, last week. Bedding and bed clothes…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Playing With Fire
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fashion in Electric Fire Design
Surely the most ingenious man in the motor car trade was he who first thought up the idea that the shape of a car goes out of date within a year after it has been in existence, yet engine and chassis…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Braemar State Forest. Casino
A fire in the Braemar State forest broke out on Monday night, and 4000 acres of grass and hundreds of spotted gum seedlings were burnt. Fortunately, no damage was done to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Old Landmark Razed by Fire Bathurst
When the store of N. Bleech and Co, was gutted by fire at Hill End, the of the oldest landmarks of the district was destroyed. The damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Stolen While Owner Fought Fire. Casino
A sedan car was stolen while its owner, Mr. C. A. Brown, a member of the forestry office staff, and several other men were fighting a grass fire at the Braemar State forest,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Panic At Christmas Party. Six People Killed. London, Jan. 1
A message from Reykjavik (Iceland) states that four children and two women were killed and 20 were injured in a fire at the village hall in Keflavik. A Christmas tree caught…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Southern and Western District News RECORD Guildford Fire Brigade Year's Work
A record for the number of fires attended since the opening of the new station seven years ago was set up by Guildford fire brigade last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bushfire Brigades. Need for Organisation
A determined move has been made this year in many districts to place the organisation of bushfire brigades on such a basis as will assure swift action to combat outbreaks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Week Campaign for Prevention in Victoria
FLOODS in East Gippsland and unsettled cold and showery weather in other parts of Victoria have not caused the Forests Commission to…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Lorry on Fire
A motor lorry, containing chocolates, in an amusement park in Grande Parade, Brighton-le-Sands, last Sunday, caught fire, the flames setting a…
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