Katoomba Fire Brigade's Fine Save KATOOMBA, This Afternoon
Katoomba Fire Brigade effected a good save at 7.23 a.m. to-day, when the weatherboard staff quarters adjoining the "Hollywood," owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1939
677 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 23 of 34
Bush Fire Brigade Power to Go Into Other Shires
Abercromble Shire Council has decided to approach Oberon Shire Council and ask that portion of Oberon Shire adjacent to the Lagoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →About Fire Walking
"Spiritualist" discusses fire walking: I was interested in the picture of the Fijian fire walkers in the "Guardian" and would like to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Boarding House. Smoke Causes Damage
Believed to have been caused by a spark from a chip bath heater igniting a wooden wall. a fire br[?]ke out in the rear of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Relief Committee Report of Operations
The Bush Fire Relief Committee, which has been responsible for the disbursement of a large sum of money to victims of bush fires in this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brisbane Fire BRISBANE, This Afternoon
Considerable damage was caused by a fire which gutted most of the middle floor of a three-storey building in Elizabeth-street this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →10 Cars Destroyed Fire In North Auckland Garage AUCKLAND, This Afternoon
During a fire in a garage, at Wells- ford, North Auckland, 10 cars were burned and damage totalling several thousands of pounds was caused…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →G.P.O. Contract Ministers and Sir H. P. BROWN Thorby Again Under Fire SYDNEY
Resuming his address at the G.P.O. extensions inquiry to-day, Mr. W. Monahan, K.C., on behalf of Wunderllch's Ltd., submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General News Bush Fire Committee
A meeting of the Bush Fires Relief Committee will be held at the Town Hall, Bathurst, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday next, July 18. The business…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire May Burn for Years Big Timber Mill Threatened GRAFTON
The Dorrigo fire brigade for two days and nights has been fighting a fire in an acre of sawdust and shavings, which is threatening to destroy the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Narkunda Mystery Fire Follows Explosion Bomb Outrage ? Inquest Held at Colombo Colombo
Three members of the crew of the Narkunda lost their lives when a fire, which preceded an explosion, occurred on the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Fire Big Paddington Blaze SYDNEY
A fierce fire which started by spontansous combustion in a bale of straw gutted twor shops at Paddington this afternoon. The blaze started at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Fund Help for 150 PERSONS Bathurst District Effort
The Bathurst and District Bush Fire Fund Belief Committee raised and disbursed the sum of £493/13/7 in relief for victims…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cost Only One Per Cent. Administration of Bush Fire Fund
A remarkable tribute to the business efficiency of the Bathurst and District Bush Fire Relief Fund Committee was furnished…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Fighters Appreciated
MUDGEE fire fighters, as a rule, receive more bricks than bouquets, consequently a word of appreciation is much valued, by them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peel Street Fire
When the laundry of a house in Peel Street caught fire on Saturday night, a next door neighbor, Mr, H. R. McDonald, kept the flames in check…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →P.D. CHASE 85 Miles an Hour on City Streets Defectives Fire at Tyres Fugitives Leap From Speeding Car SYDNEY
Detectives Wiggins and Wightley, of Regent Street Police Station, Sydney, had an exciting, [?] through several suburbs this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truck and Motor Bike. Fire on Rescue Trip
A motor delivery van and a new motor bicycle were totally destroyed by fire on the Forest Road, near the Mental Hospital,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gives Fire Alarm Shop Saved
MONEY will not buy the cattle dog owned by Mr. P. F. Green, Dunedoo. About 7.45 on Sunday night the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Burned to Death Poured Kerosene on Fire
WHILE lighting a fire with heresons one night last week Michael Delaney (65), of Eumungerie, had his clothes burned from…
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