£1500 Fire at Mt. Lofty Two Horses Burnt To Death ADELAIDE
With fierce flames, fed by oil and coke, leaping about 30ft., two horses were incinerated and damage of about £1500 was caused in a midnight…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
204 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 11
R.m.s. Ormonde Fire Under Control
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A message from Twofold Bay to-day stated that the fire on board the R.M.S. Ormonde had not yet been subdued. The seat…
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PORT NOARLUNGA (S.A.), Tuesday.—A fire in a back room of Mr. H. R. Corpe's fine home, Fancourt, which occupies the most…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jumped Into Lake of Fire Lucky Rescue Of Engineer LONDON, September 27
The oil-tanker Passofleny was discharging, to the Anglo-Dutch Company's tanks on the shore of Poole Harbor, near Bournemouth, when an…
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A fire broke out about 6.35 p.m. yesterday in a vacant allotment putside the rear of Mr. P. H. Warren's home at the corner of Oxide and…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Bush fires in Grose Valley, about 10 miles from Richmond, spread with such rapidity that the postmistress sent out urgent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blue Mountain Bush Fires Tableland Being Swept SYDNEY
Practically the whole of the tableland of the Blue Mountains is being swept by bush fires. The outbreak started yesterday morning near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Family Fights Way to Safety Through Fire
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Walker O'Connell, a settler between Nana Glen and Glenreagh, in the Clarence River district, together with his wife…
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GRAFTON, Friday— Widespread bush fires continue in the Clarence River district. Among the precautionary measures…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—At a late hour last night between 20 and 80 bush fires wero raging in the Clarence River district extending from the…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—At a late hour last night between 20 and 30 bush fires were raging in the Clarence River district extending from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£15,000 Fire at Casino Business Premises Razed SYDNEY
One of the principal business sections in Casino was gutted by fire last night. Within three-quarters of an hour. Smith's general store and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Music is in The Air of--Hollywood Fire Breaks Out on "Dodsworth" Set Olympic Stars as Extras Beverley Hills, October 10
AT the moment Hollywood is resounding with musicals. At M.G.M. there's Eleanor Powell's "Born to Dance." Paramount comes in with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires in State Sydney
Several townships are now threatened with destruction by bush fires. Eight houses, a scouts' hall' and a dairy were razed by fire at Glenbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires in State Sydney
Several townships are now threatened with destruction by bush fires. Eight houses, a scouts' hall and a dairy were razed bv fire at Glenbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires Heavy Toll 30 CottagesNow Charred Ruins Beauty Spots Destroyed Sydney
With the cooler weather, the bushfire situation on the Blue Mountains was more hopeful to-day but more than 50 square…
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With the cooler weather, the bushfire situation on the Blue Momitains was more hopeful to-day, but more than 50 square…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Further serious bush fires were reported on the mountains to-day. A large body of police, assisted by civilians, is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Courage of Sisters Fire Breaks Out At Orphanage Boys Marched From Beds Adelaide
Awakened by the crackling of glass windows, the falling of crockery, and dense smoke, two sisters in a boys' dormitory of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Courage of Sisters Fire Breaks Out At Orphanage Boys Marched From Beds Adelaide
Awakened by the crackling of glass windows, the falling of crockery, and dense smoke, two sisters in a boys* dormitory of…
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