£25,000 Damage Mine on Fire Midnight Sensation at Bendigo MELBOURNE
Damage estimated at more than £25,000 was caused by fire early this morning in the huge ore crushing batteries of the New Red, White and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1938
467 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 24
20 Killed British Ship Sunk Another Set on Fire Rebel Air Raids Valencia
Twenty were killed and 33 wounded in a midnight raid, bombs sinking the British ship. Great End, which was being repaired after the raid on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£75,000 FIRE New Zealand Conflagration SYDNEY
A fire in Auckland last night destroyed a large building in the heart of the city, doing damage at £75,000. The outbreak was the most…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →24 KILLED Hotel on Fire New York
At least 24 were killed and several injured in a fire at Atalanta (Georgla) due to an explosion in a basement of a five storey brick and…
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One day last week, what might have proved a disastrous fire was averted at the Hotel Coolah through the prompt action of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Set Fire to House Drunken Man's Act SYDNEY
After stating it was a most serious case the city coroner, Mr. Oram, today committed Augustus Frank Ragusin for trial on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Panic in Store When Fireworks Explode and Fire Is Started
A panic occurred among 150 employees and about 300 customers when a fire, accompanied by numerous explosions, occurred at the Pitt-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Alarm
As Mrs. Alick Ross was returning from the Younger Set dance on Saturday night she noticed flames coming from the eaves of Mr. Dave Ball's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shells Explode Fire at West Wyalong West Wyalong
Two hundred heavy calibre rifle range shells exploded in rapid succession during a fire which totally destroyed a weatherboard cottage at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Cobar Several Homes Menaced COBAR
A garage and three shops in an old hotel building were severely damaged by fire early this morning. Several nearby homes were menaced, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£100,000 FIRE In N.Z. Business Centre AUCKLAND
A fire which caused damage estimated at over £100,000 destroyed, one building and damaged another in Christchurch early this morning. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Minister in City Fire
The Rev. W. L. I. Arnold, Presbyterian Minister at Dunedoo, was among the crowd of shoppers in G. J. Cole's store, Sydney, when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Fire Bug" Suspected Burning of Methodist Church KEMPSEY
A "fire bug" is suspected to have burned down the Methodist Church at Euroka, a few miles from Kempsey on Monday. Detective Wilson, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Fire Alarm
On Wednesday evening, when [?] of the members of the Fire Brig[?] were seated at tea, the alarm [?] sounded, and in an incredible [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Japanese Boys Perish In Tenement Fire VANCOUVER
Anti-Japanese sentiment is suspected to have been responsible for the death of three Japanese boys who were trapped by a fire in a Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trapped in Fire Three Jap. Boys Die VANCOUVER
Anti-Japanese sentiment is suspected to have been responsible for the death of three Japanese boys who were trapped in a fire in a Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Set Woman on Fire Two Years' for Man Threw Paraffin Over Clothing
Accompanied by a nurse from the hospital where she is a patient, a housekeeper went into the witnessbox at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£2000 Blaze Concord Produce Store Destroyed Sydney
Approximately £2,000 damage was done by fire to the N.S.W. Produce Company's store at Concord late this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suspicious Fire MELBOURNE, This Afternoon
When firemen arrived to quell an outbreak at Selby House, Flinderslane, early this morning, occupied by I. Rose, Pty. Ltd., wholesale drapers,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warehouse Fire Question of Arson Petrol Allegedly Found MELBOURNE
Wooden boxes filled with petrol and suspended from shelves by pieces of twine are alleged to have been found by firemen when they answered a…
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