Fire Crosses Rail Track Sleepers Had To Ee Renewed ADELAIDE
Few of the passengers who arrived in Adelaide by the Melbourne, express to-day were aware that a fire had swept the main Adelaide-Melbourne…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
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Bush Fire Facts
Has it over occurred to you that sufficient growing timber to have built numerous homes in destroyed every year by bush firm…
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A wooden railway truck loaded with hay consigned to M. Dann and Co., Blende-street, was slightly damaged by fire, and the hay was…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Following a mysterious explosion, a fire broke out yesterday in the hallway of a house in Comber-street, Paddington, and…
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Fire destroyed the 10-roomed wooden home at Redcliff of Mr. A. G. Allnut, M.P. for Mildura, yesterday. Mr. Allnut had to receive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →France Will Open Fire Warning Given To Rebels Bombs Are Dropped On French Soil By 14 War 'Planes (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, January 24
FRANCE has warned the Salamanca (Spanish rebel) authorities that her aircraft patrol and antiaircraft guns will fire without warning on any Spanish aeroplanes flying over French territory with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Destroyer Fires On 'Planes Spanish Rebels in Fierce Battle Paris, January 25
A CTING under the direct orders of the Minister for War (M. Daladier), the French torpedo destroyer La Poursuivante fired machine-guns at 11 Spanish Nationalist and Republican 'planes that were…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Farms in the Wedderburn district are in danger from a fire in mallee scrub, which is sweeping before a strong…
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Has it ever occurred to you that sufficient growing timber to have built numerous homes is destroyed every year by bush fires?…
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Slight damage was done to clothing by a fire which occurred in a washhouse at the rear of Mr. F. J. Whitlock's residence in…
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MELBOURNE, Friday—Fierce bush fires destroyed thousands of acres of rich forest in the Kalorama District and Dandenong Ranges…
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BRINGING it into Une with the metropolitan fire brigades the Central Fire Brigade to-day took, delivear of a [?]w Dennis…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Plot to Burn Liner Mails And Van On fire Los Angeles, February 1
Police and postal authorities are investigating an apparent plot to set fire to the luxurious Matson liner Lurline…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Ten thousand pounds worth of damage was caused early this morning by a fire which broke out in Dalgety's Service…
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A Council tool box on vacant land off Rockwell-street between Morish and Piper streets caught alight yesterday afternoon. The South Fire…
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SEVERAL HOMES AND THE BRIDGEWATER SCHOOL were saved from a bushfire, which raged in a densely timbered gully near Bridge water, in the Adelaide hills, by the efforts of 100 volunte ers. These pictures show (top) the fire seen from Summertown, and (below) some of the firefighters enjoying refreshments after the battle…
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All Royal Australian Air Force 'planes will in future carry automatic fire extinguishers and orders have been…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A fire was discovered in number one hatch of the steamer Hunter about five o'clock this morning when the vessel which was…
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MINYIP, Wednesday. — Three wooden shops—those of Penny Bros., newsagents and grocers; Mr. W. Phelan, hairdresser; and Mr. S…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese Air Raids Enemy 'Planes Set On Fire Ten Killed (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, February 23
FLYING boldly over the Japanese lines, 12 Chinese 'planes to-day raided Formason Island. They claim that their bombs set fire to 40…
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