Incendiarists Cause £10,000 Fire in N.z
AUCKLAND (N.Z.),Jan. 5.—The police believe that incendiarists are responsible for the burning down, of the Runanga Miners' Hall and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1937
151 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 8
Modern Alfred The Great Turns Out Fire Brigade MELBOURNE
Three fire cars carrying 15 men from Eastern Hill brigade changed along Victoria-parade to the corner of Smith-street, Fitzroy, late on…
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Catching alight yesterday afternoon a large pile of drums filled with bitumen exploded at the Adelaide City Council works at Mile…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rebel Artillery Fire On Madrid
HEAVY ARTILLERY of General France's forces firing on Madrid. Note the press photographer in the left foreground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Carried to Safety Home Catches Fire
NEWCASTLE, Monday.—Mrs. E. Sanderson, of Kurri Kurri, narrowly escaped being burnt to death when her home caught fire early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The Fire" Was Only Rubbish On Big Mine
The sight of flames issuing from the Proprietary lease last night attracted the attention of many people who thought that there might be a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Freezing a Fire Out
A new fire extinguisher puts out names by freezing them. A steel cylinder filled with liquid carbon dioxide under a pressure of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pistol Duel with Police Fire Opened By Suspects Second Case in 3 Days Melbourne
FOR the second time in three days members of the Victorian police have used pistols in the streets in an attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pistol Duel with Police Fire Opened By Suspects Second Case in 3 Days Melbourne
FOR the second time in three days members of the Victorian police, have used pistols in the streets in an attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Benzine Explodes Near Fire Man Badly Burnt
SHOCKING burns were sustained by William Claude Lamont, (30), single, of South-street, South Broken Hill, yesterday when an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trotter Lost in Fire Gallant Effort At Rescue ADELAIDE
Suffocated in a blazing stable at Mitcham Park about 12.25 a.m. yesterday Towrang Boy, a trotting gelding valued at £400, was destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires Caused by Short Circuits
The rain is thought to be indirectly responsible for two short circuits in electric light transformers at South Broken Hill this morning. In each…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butter Lake Surrounds Fire Ruins in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Thousands upon thousands of tons of butter have spread out into a steadily hardening lake about the ruins cf…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Time Bombs Caused Express Fire
HONG KONG, January 30.—Railway authorities state that the fire on the Kowloon-Canton express, in which there was heavy loss of life, was due…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clearing Work Begins Cool Stores Fire Still Burning
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Two days after the outbreak, the Government Cool Stores fire at Victoria Dock is still smouldering, and another…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welshmen Gaoled Set Fire To Air Force Buildings "Was Protest of Nation" London, January 19
THREE Welsh Nationalists were each scntericed at the Old Bailey to-day to nine months' imprisonment. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Demon Causes £500,000 Damage
THE MOST DISASTROUS FIRE IN MELBOURNE FOR 10 YEARS destroyed the Government Cool Stores at Victoria Dock, causing damage estimated at £500,000. Six ships in the dock caught fire when they wore enveloped in burning debris driven from the store by a strong north wind. Billows of flame pouring from the stores which were alight from end to end when these pictures were taken…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There's Fire Down There Short Story
THE first officer came smiling along the deck of the smoking-room nodding greetings to friendly first-class passengers but heading steadily…
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THE first officer came, smiling along the deck of the smoking-room nodding greetings to friendly first-class passengers, but heading steadily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire in Melbourne. Destroys Buildings As Victoria D[?]ke
One of the biggest fire[?] Melbourne or a considerable time resulted in [?]ge of oppro[?]ately helf a mi[?]ion stealing when the Government…
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