Fire Siren Attracts Volunteers The Mayor's Appeal
Men have tried all sorts of contrivances to draw audiences to hear them seak, but the Mayor of Bathurst (Ad. M. J. Griffin) took…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
677 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 34
Careless Use of Fire Regarded as Criminal Act. MELBOURNE
Giving evidence at the Royal Commission on bush fires. Mr. J. F [?] (president of the Hardwood Millers’ Association) recommended that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£100,000 N.Z. FIRE Outbreak at Wellington Wellington (N.z.)
Begun 18 months ago, and now on the verge of completn, [?]oa four-storied building which was to have been occupied by the social Security…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Fire Damage Huge Victorian Claim MELBOURNE
The claims received by the Cabine bushfire relief committee now number 1777. The aggregate value of claims is £549,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Culprit Manslaughter Charge Threatened Detectives' Search MELBOURNE
Stating that the person who had caused the fire may yet find himself charged with manslaughter the City Coroner (Mr Tingate) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Township Afire Queensland Blaze BRISBANE
Damage estimated at £10.000 was caused by a fire at Millan Millas (North Queensland). All the buildings destroyed were of the wooden type,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illegal Fires Twenty Victorians Charged MELBOURNE
Eighteen men and two women war the defendants on 22 charges of lighting fires in prohibited areas to-day in the Perniree Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter to Editor. The Consuming Fire
Dear Sir,—The recent disastrous bush fires that devastated one-third of Victoria, and a great portion of the south cast of New South Wales,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wimbledon Fire Practically Under Control Little Damage Done
Checked on Thursday before any great damage had been done to p[?]turns and station property the bush b[?]s in the Wimbledon-H[?]ney area…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Injured Lorry Overturns on Blayney Road Sequel to Fire Fighting Trip
Three men were admitted to the Bathurst District Hospital card yesterday morning suffering frum injuries received when a lorry…
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A further donation of £4/4/-was added toe the Bathurst Bush Fires Distress Fund yesterday by Messrs Coles Ltd.. The…
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BUSHFIRES raged in the southern State, And many people met their fate When the fires swept the country-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oberon News Bush Fires Under Control Oberon
During the past week a number of bush fires have occurred in several parts of the Oberon district and volunteers from Oberon were quickly on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Started Bush Fire. Stock Inspector Fined
Giynn Williams of Coaldale. a stock inspector employed by the Department of Agriculture, appeared in the Grafton Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires the Wimbledon Outbreaks Straining the Generosity of a Generous Public Fire Fighters and Their Food
The system of bush fire fighting organisation and the supply of food and equipment has been brought sharply under review by expressions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BIG N.Z. FIRE Damage of £100,000
BEGUN 18 months ago, and now on the verge of completion, a four-storeyed building which was to have been Miss Decima Norman, of Western Australia, Empire Game sprint champion, photographed on board the Kanimbla on her way to Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Courage of Nuns. When Hospital Caught Fire MELBOURNE
Great [?] was displayed In nuns of the St. Joseph's Foundling Hospital last night when a fire [?] [?] wrapped in [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nuns' Courage Rescue Babies From Fire Foundling Hospital Outbreak MELBOURNE
Great courage was shown by nuns last night when they rescued babies from a fire which broke out in St. Joseph's Founding Hospital. Wrapped in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →From Blazing House. Two Children Escape. Burglars Started Fire? SYDNEY
Awakened by choking clouds smoke from a fire in their home, believed to have been started deliberately by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Just in Time Fire Threatens Mudgee Business Block Volunteers to Rescue
WHAT could easily have proved a most disastrous fire occurred at the Town Hall Hotel early on Friday…
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