Fire Station Fire [?] Woman Trapped by Flam[?] Melbourne, Thurs[?]
A pedestrian found the Northcot[?] station on fire early this morning[?] by clanging the bell outside gave [?] sleeping firemen the first warning of[?]…
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Fires & bushfires, 1932
337 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 17
Temporarily Blinded Fire Ball at Five Dock. Sydney
Thomas Slarke, 28, of Five Dock, was temporarily blinded when, during a thunderstorm, which passed over the city last night, a fire ball fell on the road, as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pleaded Guilty Young Man and Grass Fire. Adelaide
At the Police Court to-day George little, 24, laborer, pleaded guilty to a charge of having unlawfully started a fire it Second Creek yesterday. Evidence was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1000 MEN [?] Fighting Bush Fires Cobar and Riverina Whole Stations Burnt Out. Cobar
More than one thousand men are fighting bush fires in the Gobar district to-day. Thousands of acres of grabs and crops have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mysterious Fire at Waterloo. Sydney
A mysterious fire occurred early this morning at Waterloo while New Year celebrations. were at their height. A seven-year-old daughter of Sydney Moen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires On 150-Mile Front Rain Is Only Hope Whole Districts Menaced. Sydney
The bush fire battle on a front of 150 miles in the Cobar district went on all day yesterday without checking the menace…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£900 Damag[?] Coraki Butter Fa[?] Fire in Engine Ro[?] Lismore, [?]
Damage to plant and [?] estimated at £900, was cause[?] in the engine room of the Co[?] factory at 8 p.m. on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire[?] Menace In West Thousands of Sheep Perish Cobar Stock Losses 12,000. SYDNEY
Despite strenuous efforts of volunteers through the day, bush fires in the west assumed serious proportions late this afternoon. Further fires…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Power Station Fire Outbreak at Lithgow. Lithgow
A fire which threatened to destroy the railway power station at Lithgow was controlled only after strenuous efforts. The station supplies electricity to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Only Hope Rain To Extinguish Fires Fighters Worn Out Impossible to Compute Damage. Sydney
A survey of the fire area from an aeroplane gives some idea of the enormous extent of the blaze, covering tens of thousands of acres. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COBAR Town In Danger Surrounded by Fires People Burning Fire Breaks. Sydney
Reports received from many parts of the State to-day show that fires are burning within an enormous triangle formed by Canberra, Bourke…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires in West Position Improved Sydney
[?]ection with the bush fires Far West, city volunteers were [?] last night that their ser[?] coping with the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Men From City Call for Fire-fighters by Special Trains? Four Million Acres Burnt. Sydney
Efforts are being made to despatch a contingent of city men to Western New South Wales to assist the fire fighters, many of whom are on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire-swept West
Like Job of old the people in the fire-swept areas of the Riverina and Western New South Wales must be finding their tribulations hard to endure. Their cup of trouble seems filled to the brim and many of them are facing a future that is well nigh bleak with hopelessness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Liquid Fire" at Yamba
A remarkable instance of natural phenonoma was observed at Yamba during the holiday season, the sea water being highly phosphorescent. The slightest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Tullamore Four Shops Destroyed Occupants Escape in Night Attire. Tullamore
Four buildings were destroyed by a fire which swept through them with great rapidity early this morning. The fire originated in Holdstock's bakery, which was a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shes in Fire Long Arm Of Law Murchison Mystery Recalled Man Charged with Murder. Perth
Police inquiries into the disappearance of three men extending over almost two years, culminated to-day in a charge of murder being preferred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Q'sland Fires Trapped By Flames Girl's Narrow Escape Blaze at Toowoomba. Toowoomba
Hemmed in by flames, and almost suffocated by smoke. Miss Walker, daughter of Mr. G. H. Walker, of Anzac Avenue, had a narrow escape…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Danger and Uncertainty Ahead The Bush Fire Menace Fresh Start in Cobar District More Satisfactory Position in Far West City Volunteers' Services Not Required Lab. Members Attack State Govt. Sydney
Whilst the reports from some districts in regard to the bush fires describe the position as more satisfactory, a message from Cobar states that a number of large fires which appeared to be dying down made a fresh start this morning with devastating results…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Fires Will Intensify" Disquieting Reports From Cobar Sydney
A message from Cobar this morning states that a number of the large bush fires, which yesterday appeared to be dying down, made a fresh start this…
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