Car on Fire
The Bathurst Fire Brigade turned out on Saturday evening on the call of a passing motorist, who reported that a car in the Avenue had burst…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
467 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 24
Baby with Matches. Starts Field Fire
The striking of a match by a baby boy in a motor truck at Millthorpe yesterday was responsible for a fire in a…
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Prompt action on the part of Mr. Russell Simmons, probably saved, the entire homestead, owned by Mr. H. P. Brennan, of Burrgoen,…
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Master John Ryan, the 14 year old son of Station Officer Ryan, of the Bathurst fire brigade, missed his usual ride on—the fire engine…
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A fire destroyed the screen, stage, piano and other fittings at Hoyt's Theatre, King-street, Newtown, early this morning…
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A FIRE destroyed screen, stage, piano and other fittings of Hoyt's Theatre, King street, Newtown, early…
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When a mysterious fire destroyed a shed at the rear of their premises in Seymour Street yesterday, two well-known Bathurst residents lost goods…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£120,000 Damage Big Fire in Gladstone Business Places Destroyed BRISBANE
Damage estimated at £120,000 was caused this morning by a fire that destroyed four large business premises in the main street of Gladstone. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newtown Theatre Blaze "Flatties" Check Flames. SYDNEY Th[?]
F[?] d[?] ed the [?] a punch and [?] Th[?] King S[?] N[?] this [?]…
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The fourth fire alarm in Bathurst in less than two weeks attracted crowds of people to witness what at first looked like a dangerous blaze…
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A grass [?]re swept over the grating property of Mr. A. R. U. Hill, near the railway [?]ne at [?]yney early yesterday afternoon, destroying between [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Adelong Business Places Destroyed Adelong
The lack of water supplies made it impossible to subdue a blaze in the main business block early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrow Escapes. In Victorian Town Fire. MELBOURNE
Several people had narrow escapes from serious injury when a fire broke out in a small town, Piangil, near the border to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fights Fire Victorian Premier Business Places Burned Melbourne
Blazing on a front of several miles a bush fire is menacing buildings in the Maryvale district. Premier Dunstant and the Minister for Forest, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Threatens Adelong. Water Shortage, Serious Position. Adelong, T[?]
Lack of water supply made [?] an effort to subdue a fire in the main business block early this morning. Four shoos were destroyed, [?]…
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A number of bush fires have been burning in the district, but no damage has been reported. On Thursday an outbreak occurred…
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"We haye bush fires raging on both sides of the bill at The Quarry, and the smoke is dreadful. One is hardly able to breathe…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Police Fight Flames Bush Fire Near Dunedoo Cypress Pine Destroyed
Dunedoo police received an urgent call on Friday night, with a request for 100 volunteers to fight a five-mile front bush fire at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gladesville Fire SYDNEY, This Afternoon
A fire late last night destroyed a big produce store occupied by Lillian Wilkinson at Gladesville. When the brigades arrived the premises were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crackers Cause Fire Boy and Magnifying Glass Shop Keeper's Life in Dangek Sydney
An explosion of crackers in a shop window in Elizabeth Street. Paddington, to-day caused a fire which did extensive damage and endangered a…
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