No Inquiry Into Car Fire
The Coroner (Mr. A. B. Collins) has decided to dispense with an inquest into the fire which damaged the body work of a car belonging to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
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Blaze a Trail to Better Things
"LIFE is a great adventure, and everyone of you can be a pioneer, blazing by-thought and service a trail to better…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Drives Snakes From Building
SYDNEY, Wednesday— As firemen were fighting a blaze in a Granville bag store yesterday, a number of snakes emerged from the blazing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman and Child Die in Fire Husband May Not Recover Sydney
THE wife end eight-months-old daughter of a man named Eaton were burned to death in their home in a lonely mountain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Child's Burns Prove Fatal Was at Play with Her Brother Outbreak of Fire in Packing Case
SEVERELY burned yesterday afternoon when a packing case in which she was playing in the back yard of her home caught fire, Alison Margaret McLeod (aged 2), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. McLeod, of 249 Oxide…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six Fires In Shop In Afternoon SYDNEY
THE Criminal Investigation Branch arson squad is investigating a series of six fires on Friday afternoon in a city store. The police say that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hangar Was Maliciously Set On Fire Finding by Coroner
A FINDING that the hangar containing four aeroplanes was maliciously set on fire on September 6 by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£10.000 Sydney Fire
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A fire which broke out early this morning on the premises of Waddell's sporting goods factory at Alexandria…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →—10,000 Fire at Ballina
SYDNEY, Thursday.£A fire at Ballina last night completely destroyed four business premises and damaged others. The total loss is esti…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Danger of Grass Fires Outback Pastoralists Appeal. to Travelling Public
CONCERN at the apathy of campers and others who throw lighted matches without thought, and leave camp fires smouldering, has been expressed by pastoralists who point out the ever-increasing danger of grass…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blaze Of Color At North School Flower Show Best in History
PRESENTING a mass of multi-colored blooms the assembly hall and adjoining class rooms at the North School were transformed by a blaze of color today when the North School annual flower show was staged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Barrier Miner Saturday, October 21, 1939. Danger of Grass Fires
WITH the approach, of the hot summer months, the outlying districts are facing a danger which they have seldom, if ever before had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Calls
The South Fire Brigade was called upon to answer two malicious false alarms within half an hour last night. The first call came from the alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass Fire Dangers Pastoralists Are Alarmed
THERE is still an abundance of green feed outback, but pastoralists and stock and station agents reported today that dry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Works Display For Red Cross
A monster fireworks display will be held on the Western Oval tomorrow night to raise funds for the Red Cross Society. More than £100…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mysterious Fire At Oil Depot
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Detectives are investigating a mysterious [?]re which caused several thousand pounds worth of damage in the oil…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Family Has Lucky Escape From Fire
SYDNEY, Wednesday—A family named Hollyer had a narrow escape from being burnt to death at Yarra Bay early this morning when a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Drill Hall
SYDNEY, Thursday— A fire early this morning gutted the cook house and damaged adjoining offices at the Randwick Drill Hall. A few hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires Believed Started Deliberately
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A large number of fires which have occurred in the city and suburbs of late are believed in many instances to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on Electric Light Pole
Rain caused a short circuit of wires on top of an electric light pole at the corner of Rowe and Gypsum Streets, Railway Town, at 9.16 o'clock…
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