Rubbish Fires
Two calls to rubbish fires were received by the Central Fire Brigade on New Year's night. The first was to an outbreak in Williams-lane at…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
174 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 9
Fierce Fires in Victoria Gales Play Havoc MELBOURNE
After a scorching day on Saturday with the temperature rising above 100 degrees in some parts of the State, fierce bush fires and gales…
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BUSH fires occurred in pearly every suburb of Sydney yesterday, and in many of the outbreaks firemen, police, and civilians had a hard fight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Palestine Steamer Destroyed by Fire Bucharest, January 5
The Palestine liner Harcarmel was destroyed by fire off Constanta (Rumania). The 40 members of the crew jumped into the sea and were rescued…
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FIRE completely gutted the grocery store in Argentstreet occupied by Mr. Vasilios Retsas in the early hours of this morning, and although no estimate has been made of the damage it will probably amount to…
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Sydney firemen yesterday had the novel experience of fighting a fire in surroundings where the temoerature was at freezing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Perished in Fire 91 Year-old Woman Victim MELBOURNE
WHEN her nephew's home at Greensborough caught fire soon after 9 o'clock last, night, Miss Eliza Anne Kingland (91), who was alone…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — A two-storey brick building bccupied by Walters and Hunt Pty. Ltd., shoe manufacturers, in Collingwood, was…
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AN explosion of cracKers in a shop wintlow, in Elizabeth-street, Paddington, to-day caused a serious fire. According to the police the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Steamers Escape Shells Chinese Fire on Japanese Landing Party Is Hong Kong, January 11
FOUR British steamers fled from the Canton River, South China, when gunners at the Boccatigris forts, near Canton, fired on a Japanese destroyer, from which an attempt was, being made to land sailors…
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TWENTY-ONE bush fires in forest areas to the north and east of Melbourne were reported to the Forests Commission to-day…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Strenuous work by 50 firemen who fought for an hour against a spectacular fire, which swept the top floor of a…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A fire late last night destroyed a big produce store conducted by Lillian Wilkinson at Gladesville. When the brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flying Boat Lost Captain and Crew Perish Mysterious Fire (Special to "The Miner") New York, January 12
IT was dramatically announced in Washington last night that Captain Edwin E. Musick and six members of his crew met their death on Tuesday at approximately 8.30 a.m. (Samoan time) when the flying boat,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne, Fire
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Strenuous, work by 50 firemen who fought for an hour against, a spectacular fire, which swept the top floor of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Fire in Sydney Prisoners Led To Safety SYDNEY
Over thirty prisoners had to be removed from cells at the Central Police Station early this morning when a fire broke out in a near by…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Eleven motor cars, worth about £2000, were badly damaged by fire which broke out in a machine shop of the Austral…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fourth Fire in 12 MONTHS Position May Be Serious STOCKINBINGAL, January 19
THE fourth fire within 12 months broke out here on Saturday night, when a house was burned to the ground…
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DAMAGE estimated at £5000 was caused by a fire which broke out about 3.30 a.m. in the People's Palace conducted by the Salvation Army in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Calls in Sydney
SYDNEY, Thursday.—There were 1015 fewer fire calls in Sydney and suburbs last year than in 1936, but of the total of 3971 calls made, 1102…
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