Open Finding 17 Deaths in Bush Fires. Melbourne
An open finding was given by Mr. Tingate, P.M., to-day at the conclusion of an inquiry into the deaths of 17 persons in a bush fire at Matlock on…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
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Emergency Fire Brigade
In Keeping with other precautionary measures which are being taken throughout the Commonwealth, a move is now being made to enrol reserve…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Luxury Liner Destroyed by Fire Sabotage Suspected 34,000 Ton French Skip Gone Paris
Gutted by fire, the French luxury liner, Paris, 34,000 tons, turned turtle, and sank at the dockside at Le Havre. Sabotage is suspected and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£5000 Fire Three Shops Destroyed. Melbourne
Three shops and the living quarters of one occupant were destroyed by rfie in the small mountain township of Olinda before dawn this morning…
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Acting on advice from headquarters. Captain G. McKinnon, officer-in-charge of the Grafton Fire Brigade, has established a reserve corps of six men for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Quarter Sessions Appeal Charge Of Igniting Fire Hearing Adjourned
In the Quarter Sessions, held before Judge Edwards, at Grafton, on Friday last, the matter was called in which Glendwyr Williams has appealed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bones Found in Ashes of Old Fire New Development It Narromine Mystery. Sydney
There was a startling development in the Narromine "missing men mystery" to-day, when police discovered what are believed to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Watchman Arrested Fire on French Liner. Paris
Cesar Franck, 19, who gave the alarm of fire on the liner Paris, has been arrested arid charged with arson. Franck. who was one of the ship's watchmen,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Appeal Case Hearing Adjourned Until Next Quarter Sessions
Further ref drench was mads at the Grafton Quarter Sessions yesterday by Mr. C. M. Pollack (Collins and Pollack) to the matter in which Glendwyr…
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The captain of the Moree volunteer fire brigade, Mr. H. J. Cooksley, has been advised that the headquarters of fire brigades wishes a reserve corps to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Station Destroyed by Fire. Melbourne
Neerim South railway station, situated in the middle of the bush fire country, was destroyed by fire to-day. The possibility of the station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HUMAN Bones From Fire the Narromine Mystery. Sydney
Portion of the bones recovered from a fire at Narromine last Saturday have been proved by analysis to be human. The bones constituted portion of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£15,000 FIRE At Young Wheat Silos Huge Loss of Grain. Young
Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused by a fire which broke out in the wheat silos at Young last night, and destroyed 100,000 bushels of wheat,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Bangalow. £25,000 DAMAGE 1500 Watch Fire Reading's Store Gone. Bank of N,s,w Hotel and Shop Bang Alow
Four of the main business premises of Bangalow were destroyed las night by the most disastrous fire in the history of the district. The total…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Two Burnt to Death Ten Houses Destroyed Evidence at Inquest Windsor
The Hawkesbury District Coroner to-day opened an inquiry into a fire at Box Hill, on January 14, which resulted in the deaths of two men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Stack Fire At Wiollongong Brigade Called Out. Wollongong
As a result of spontaneous combustion, following wet weather last week, fire broke out to-day in a heap of coal containing 32 000 tons at the coke…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Under Control Coal Fire at Port Kembla Port Kembla
The fire which broke out in a stack of 32,000 tons of coal of the Australian Iron and Steel Co. is now under control…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Relief Disbursements Total £197,169. MELBOURNE
Building claims granted by the Cabinet Bush Fire Relief Committee now total £32;504 out o. a total of £107,61 distributed on claims made to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Complete Loss Kalipso Burnt Out Well- Known River Steamer . Destroyed at Cowper Wharf
Built in 1915 at a cost of about £6000 " the Clarence River pleasure and passenger boat, Kalipso, was burnt to the water's edge and became…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bangalow Fire Rebuilding Programme Police Investigating, Bangalow
An extensive rebuilding programme to replace the premises destroyed in Bangalow's biggest fire last week-end. is expected to begin soon…
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