Under Fire Double Bay Residents Accident On A Cruiser Machine Gun Sprays Street Sydney
Residents of Cross street, Double Bay, were under machine gun fire this morning, but fortunately no one was injured…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
445 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 21 of 23
Cottage Gutted by Fire
Damage to the extent of several hundred pounds was caused' by fire, in a cottage at Lismore early on Tuesday morning. The house, which was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Holocaust in Oilfield Fire Hundreds Burnt Alive Disaster in Venezuela Caracas (Venezuela)
It is reported that 800 are dead or injured as the result, of a fire which destroyed the township of Lagunilas on Lake Maracaibo oilfields…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glenreagh Fire
On Friday last a fire broke out near the boiler of the Glenreagh sawmill. With strong winds blowing, the position looked very serious, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire Menace
Splendid rains which have been falling since the beginning of spring are producing a lush growth of grass over plain, range and coastal belts in the three Eastern States. Wheat and all other crops have benefited. The result is an ever increasing mantle of green covering mother earth. Up in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Risks C'wealth Govt. Precautions. Canberra
The Government is taking steps to guard against bush fire risks, declared the Postmaster-General, Mr. Harrison, in the House of Representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Angry Troops Ingleburn Canteen Fire Inquiry Opened "Not Blot on Men" Sydney
Military authorities to-day commenced an inquiry into the burning of a canteen tent at Ingleburn last night, by irate members of the Second A.I.F…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Military Court the Ingleburn Fire. Sydney
The military court of inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the burning of a canteen tent at Ingleburn camp concluded its sitting to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Equipment for Lismore Fire Station
A siren, which is estimated to have a sound range of about two miles, is being installed on the roof of the Lismore Fire Station. Nine of the latest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eight Nazi Planes Shot Down on the Western Front Another Brought Down Into the Sea German Bombers Raid the Shetlands Again Moored British Seaplane Set on Fire London
Excellent flying weather resulted in increased aerial warfare to-day. Allied fighters on the Western front brought down seven German planes, while anti-aircraft guns brought down another. The French lost two planes. Half a dozen German bombers dropped bombs on the Shetlands, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires New Legislation Forecast Minister at Taree. Taree
The State Cabinet is to consider bringing in an amending Forestry Act whereby far-reaching powers will be given to the Forestry Commission to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car on Fire Extinguisher Successfully Used. Maclean
A Hudson 8 motor car owned by Mr. W, Scahill, of the M'aclean Hotel, Maclean, had a narrow escape from total destruction by fire on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burned to Death Farmer And Wife Trapped in Stubble Fire. Boggabilla
Trapped by flames m a fire on their property at Boggabilla yesterday, John Bosher, 54, and his wife, Elizabeth Bosher, 46, were fatally burned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burnt to Death Aged Woman And Daughter Fire Destroys Home. Stawell
Mrs. Alice Brackenwagen, 92, and her elderly daughter, Lucy Brackenwagen, were burned to death in a fire which destroyed their home early to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£200 REWARD Broken Hill Fire Four Planes and Hangar. Sydney
Arising out of a fire on September 6, which resulted in the destruction of four aeroplanes and a hangar, at Broken Hill, it was notified in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires In Many Suburbs Airmen Fight Flames at Mascot. Sydney
While the heat wave was at its height to-day there was a fire belt almost around the city. Bush and scrub outbreaks were reported from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Moree Fire Eight Buildings Destroyed. Moree
Six shops and two cottages in the principal business thoroughfare were destroyed by fire last night at Moree. The damage is estimated at £5000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SAFEBLOWERS Printing Works Wrecked £16.000 Fire Damage. Melbourne
Thieves who entered F. W. Nivens printing works in Flinders street early this morning inserted so much explosive into the kevhole of a safe that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Prevention Campaign Activities
Reports from country districts recently received by the Bush Fire's Advisory Committee and from field officers of the Rural Bank indicate a quickening…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Forest Fires N.S.W. Precautions Up-to-date Equipment. Sydney
By means of watch towers connected by two-way radio with fast fire fighting lorries, the Forestry Department hopes to protect New South…
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