Disastrous Fire Over £40,000 Damage SYDNEY, This Afternoon
A fire at the linseed and cocoanut oil factory of James Barnes, Alexandria, early this morning provided one of the most spectacular Sydney…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
467 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 24
Molong Blaze Second Within Fortnight Stables Destroyed Molong
For the second time within a fortnight the Molong fire brigade was called out last night, this time to East Molong, where a shed and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£40,000 Damage Spectacular Blaze at Alexandria 70,000 Gallons of Oil Saved Sydney
A fire at the Linseed and Coconut Oil factory of James Barnes, at Alexandria, early this morning was the most spectacular blaze in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Underground Heroism Canadian Fire Chief Saves Lives OTTAWA
Heroism of a fire chief, William Aitken, saved five lives after an explosion and fire in a colliery at Hinton, Alberta…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£40,000 FIRE. New linseed 09 Factory. Stock Food Destroyed. SYDNEY
Damage estimated at £40,000 was caused this morning by a fire at the recently constructed linseed oil factory…
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On Wednesday evening, shortly after eight, the Molong Fire Brigade received a call to a fire at East Molong on premises owned…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sydney Blaze Damage in Clarence Street SYDNEY
A great quantity of goods was destroyed by a fire on the first floor of the wholesale warehouse of W. F. Friend and Co., Clarence Street,…
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Suggestions that a fire which destroyed the Sports Club at Smithfield on February 16 had been malicious were made by relatives of the owner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stables on Fire Horses and Jockeys in Danger Narrow Escape
LONDON, Lady Gular, and Indiana, three well-known western racehorses, had a narrow escape from being burnt to death…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Fire Valuable Grassland Decimated Long and Hard Fight
A bushfire last Friday did a considerable amount of damage on Mr. S. Oliver's property near Running Stream. About 400 acres of valuable…
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The Swedish motor ship, Tisraren bound from Sydney to Hull and Oslo witha cargo of copper and wheat caught fire in the Thames…
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When a fire broke out in some electrical apparatus in Wescott and Hazell building in Castlereagh street to-day, 50 employees including a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lucky Discovery Small Main Street Fire Might Have Had Disastrous Results
The prompt arrival of the Lithgow Fire Brigade at a fire which broke out at the rear of Patterson and Hingley's shop in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blaze [?]Argentum. Homest[?] Destroyed
Making [?] third serious conflagration [?] in a period of three weeks, the [?]known homestead on "Ar[?]" Mr. Bruce…
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THE fire alarm set the people running on Thursday evening last, but the blaze was a bit difficult to locate, and some of the fireman did…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shower for Dancers Fire at Dance Hall Sydney
Water showered dancers in Mark Foy's Empress Rooms last night when a fire in the decoration caused the sprinklers to operate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades' Demonstration Lithgow To Send Team
The 1939 fire brigades demonstration will begin at Katoomba on February 27 and continue for a week. Arrangements were set moving at a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Liquid Fire? Loyalists' Charge Franco Resumes Advance Government Reorganising Defence London
General Franco's troops are alleged to have employed liquid fire against the loyalists at San Mateo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Girls' Panic Factory Fire Difficult Rescues Big Sydney Blaze Sydney, [?]
Their rescue cut off by a [?] in alowerf loor, about eight [?] is who were having their lunch [?] Jones and Com. Ltd. Jam [?]…
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INSPECTOR Parkes, from headquarters, made an inspection of the Mudgee Fire Brigade this week, and was very pleased with the…
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