Bush Fires Near Adelaide 30,000 Acres Traversed Adelaide
The bush fires which have been raging in the hills district for the past few days are dying slowly. For many miles wide a trail of blackened trees…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
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Bis Melbourne Fire Damage £30,000 Melbourne
Damage by fire estimated at £30,000 was done to the stock and building of W. Wood and Co. Pty., Ltd., wholesale opticians and general importers,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sun's Rays Cause Fires Mirror Reflections and Water Bottles Help London Cases
The sun's rays on broken glass are often blamed for bush, fires. Interesting experiences of fires having been caused by rays of sunlight were given…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Houses at Temora Are Destroyed by Fire a Cripple Rescued Sydney
Two houses were destroyed by fire at Temora yesterday. A cripple in one of the buildings was removed from the burning premises with great difficulty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schooner on Fire Abandoned by Crew Sydney
Captain Mathieson, the director of navigation, received a radio message from the steamer Nirvana yesterday afternoon stating that she sighted a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schooner on Fire Abandoned by Crew Sydney
Captain Mathieson, the director of navigation, received a radio message from the steamer Nirvana yesterday afternoon stating that she sighted a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire It Fremantle £15,000 Damage Caused Fremantle
Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused by a fire last night in Barton's drapery store in the main street of Fremantle. Fore metropolitan fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion and Fire in a Sydney Garage Eight Buses Destroyed Incendiarism Susspected Sydney
Over £10,600 damage was caused by a terrific explosion which wrecked Bardsley's motor bus garage at Penshurst early this morning. The police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cat's Battle with Rat Causes Fire in a House the Building Destroyed Sydney
A fire which destroyed a house at Dorrigo was started in a strange way. The owner, named White, was lying in bed reading, when a huge rat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Glenelg Sideshows Destroyed by Fire Owners Away From Adelaide Adelaide
Two sideshows were destroyed and one badly damaged when a fire broke out on Colley's Reserve. Glenelg early this morning. The shows were housed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Lorries Destroyed While Carrying Wood Backfiring Caused Fires Adelaide
Two motor lorries which were being used to convey wood to Dry Creek recently caught fire and were wrecked in circumstances which were almost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Penshurst Fire Man Charged and Remanded Sydney
In the Central Police Court to-day David Moyes (32), a mechanic, was charged with having maliciously set fire to a motor garage owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire at Glebe Two Men Injured £50,000 Damage Caused Sydney
Damage estimated at over £50,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed Hudson's eum[?]ntho[?] factory at Glebe this afternoon. Two men were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Colliery Eight Miners Dead (Special to "The Miner") London, March 18
Eight miners lost their lives in a fire at the Coombs Wood colliery, Worcestershire, to-day. The bodies were recovered after an all-day fight with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Miner's Dugout at Coober Pedy Field Damage About £300 Adelaide
In the afternoon of Monday. March 11, a fire broke out at Mr. B. Paxton's dug-out at Coober Pedy opal fields, Stuart Range. Mrs. Paxton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Port Macdonnell Store and Block of Flats Completely Destroyed Mount Gambier
At Port Macdonnell yesterday the general store of Mr. W. H. Pascoe and a block of flats adjoining were destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →W.A. State Sawmill Destroyed by Fire Blazing Sawdust Carried by the Wind. Perth
The State sawmill at Holyoake was destroyed by fire yesterday. The alarm was raised shortly after 3 o'clock in the morning. A strong wind was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Botany Woolyard Extensive Damage Sydney
Extensive damage was caused by a fire which broke out at Jordan's wool[?] yard, Botany, late last night. The near by premises were saved with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire at Glebe Two Men Injured £50,000 Damage Caused Sydney
Damage estimated at over £50,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed Hudson's eumentho[?] factory at Glebe this afternoon. Two men were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at the South
The fire brigade received a call at 1.27 p.m. to-day to a fire in a fourroomed wood and iron cottage situated at 123 South-street, South Broken…
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