Fire Brigade Changes
The District Fire Officer (Mr. Johns) has received notification of his transfer to Stanmore, where he will be in charge of the fire district…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1938
174 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 9
£50,000 Damage Caused By Spectacular Fire Factory Gutted Melbourne
DRIVEN by a strong south-west wind a fire, which began at 1.30 a.m. to-day in the premises of Denniston & Co., clothing manufacturers, in Flinders-lane, City, destroyed workshops and offices and caused damage estimated at £50,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hollywood MERRY-CO-ROUND Wild West Films Have Changed Music Replaces Gun Fire
WESTERN pictures are becoming more numerous, and Western heroes have changed. A good voice or a musical instrument is more essential to the Western star of to-day than a pair of "shootin' irons" or a bucking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Offices Gutted in Sydney Fire
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A fire broke put in the temporary wooden offices of a building being erected at the intersection of Martin-place and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt to Set Fire to School Foiled
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A deliberate attempt to set fire to the Leichhardt Technical School was made last night after every teacher's desk had been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Freezing a Fire Out
A new fire [?]puts out [?]by freezing them. A steel cylinder filled with liquid carbon di[?]xide under a [?]reasure of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →2 Motar Cycles Destroyed By Fire Last Night
Two motor cycles, tools, and household furniture and a shed were totally destroyed in a fire shortly before 8 o'clock last night. Total damage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sifting Debris Of House Fire Narrandera Mystery Sydney
ACTING upon information which he considered might be vital to the inquiries into the mysterious death of Mrs. Dorothy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Fire on Thieves One Hit; May Not Live SYDNEY
ONE man was shot and is not expected to live and four men escaped in a car, believed to be a taxi-cab, when three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Fire In N. Zealand Auckland (N.z.), May 16
COMPLETELY beyond the control of six brigades a fire raged for hours until early to-day in a large four-story brick building in the heart…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous N.Z. Fire Christchurch (N.z.), May 23
DAMAGE estimated at £110,000 was caused early to-day by a fire which destroyed a four-storey block of buildings in Colombo-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Board Officers On Visit
Arrivals from Sydney this afternoon were Messrs. A. J. DeBaun and J. Hartley Cook, counsel and solicitor respectively for the Fire Brigades'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Firemen Will Fight Fires on Mines Chief Officer Explains
IN an interview to-day the Chief Officer of New South Wales Fire Brigades (Mr. Richardson) said that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Breaks Out in Drapery Store
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—When firemen rushed to the outbreak at Selby House, Flinders-lane, yesterday, occupied by I. Rose Pty. Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Were Children Responsible For Car Fire?
The burning, of a touring car outside Edgar's Service Station, North Broken Hill, shortly after 1 p.m. today is being investigated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Destroys Shop at Trangie
TRANGIE, Tuesday.— Ten thousand pounds worth of damage was done when the general store owned by Western Stores and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Stock Exchange Much Damage To S.A. Building ADELAIDE
CAUSED through a short circuit in the central heating system in the roof of the building, a fire broke out in the Stock Exchange of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Airmen Miss Death Coolness Of Crew In Face Of Fire (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, June 10
THE crew of six of a Royal Air Force bomber had a remarkable escape from death because of the coolness and resource of the pilot…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Factories Does £28,000 Damage
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Two large factories at Burnley were destroyed by fire yesterday, causing damage estimated at £28,000. Firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop Press Woman, 30. Burned to Death in Fire
MELBOURNE.—When fire[?]atroyed the house in which three people were living at Carlton an So-year-old woman, Miss M…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →