Nurses Incinerated Fire at N.Z. Hospital SYDNEY
AT the public hospital at Nelson, New Zealand, this morning Nurse H. Rothwell was burned to death and five others…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1938
467 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 18 of 24
French Inferno 100 Believed Dead Marseilles Fire Havoc MARSEILLES
It is feared that the death roll in the fire which yesterday devoured the hear of the Marseilles shopping and hotel areas is no less than 100…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burned to Death Nurse Trapped in Fire Hospital Annex Aflame Wellington (N.z.)
A woman nurse, Mrs. Harry Rothwell, 22, was turned to death and another nurse and four sisters were injured when a fire destroyed an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destroyed by Fire. ’Drome’s Weather Bureau. BRISBANE
The weather bureau at the Archer-held aerodrome was destroyed by fire early this morning, and a large quantity of valuable instruments was lost,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Summing Up the Week Bush Fires
THE decision of the local branch of the F. and S. Association to endeavor to form a bush fire prevention and mitigation body is a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fire Prevention Local Body May Be Formed
A LOCAL body of men may be formed shortly with the object of helping to prevent bush fires. At the October meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Telegraphy To Prevent Fires
"Bush telegraphy," the method of conveying news and warnings used by the natives of Africa from time immemorial, is being employed in Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thirty Feared Dead Fire Ends Party Guests Jump From Windows OSLO
While a party was in progress a fire broke out in a photographer's fourth floor flat, and it is feared the death-roll will be thirty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Control Organisation of Brigades
Every summer heavy losses are sustained in rural districts as a result of fire. Some of this loss is inevitable but a large proportion might have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Fire Boarding House Blaze Two Killed, Others Injured
WELLINGTON, (N.Z.), Tuesday. A fire destroyed a two storey boarding house owned by Miss Katherine Schiska, in Auckland early this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ships Cargo Damaged. When Fire Broke Out. SYDNEY
Heavy damage was done to the cargo or the Japanese freighter. Yae Maru. berthed at Walsh Day, when a Are broke out In toe bold to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Demonstration Katoomba's Jubilee Also
Mr. W. A. Gregory, of Lithgow, visited Katoomba at the week- end and attended a meeting of the executive committee controlling the forthcoming…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Town Gutted Disastrous Collarenebri Fire
Fire destroyed practically the whole of the business section of Collarenebri last night, razing 13 buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forty Surfers in Danger When Big Wave Rises. Fire Lifesavers to Rescue. SYDNEY
Only prompt action by five honorary lifesavers saved the lives surfers at Bondl to-day they were swept Into a…
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The annual meeting of the above was held recently, and the following were present: Messrs. A. K. Shannon, R. R. Carman. W. J. Hodges, A…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Town Afire Detectives Inquire Blaze at Colarenebri SYDNEY
Detective Thomas Wilson left for Colarenebri to-day to collaborate with the local police who are inquiring into the cause of a fire which practically…
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A suggestion to install a water bypass at the corner of Wellington and Gidley Streets, to connect the six-inch gravitation main with the eight-inch…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Sydney Fire Big Blaze In City SYDNEY, This Afternoon
A fire occurred today in the showrooms of N. Leroy Tracy Ltd., Castlereagh-street, city. The electrical system was burned out and light…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cottage on Fire
A FIRE in a cottage at Gilgandra, owned by Mr C. Martin, of Mudgee, and occupied by Mrs Harris, caused considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brutal Scenes Children's Home Set on Fire Officials "Pass the Buck" LONDON
An elderly Jew, says a Berlin message, was trampled to death last night, and the Jewish Children's Home at isenburg (Prussia) was set on fire…
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