Fire on a Pier
Women leap from blazing pier into end of Hunstanton Pier, Engaland, when the fire broke out, Miss Winifred Taylor and Miss Doris Brassford jumped into from the flames…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
449 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 16 of 23
Fire Brigade Wanted Application By Crookwell
CROOKWELL: By a unanimous vote, the Crookwell Shire Council decided at the special meeting held on Thursday to apply to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Students and Staff Fight School Blaze
Aided by a number of the students, members of the staff at the Presbyterian Ladies' College successfully fought a fire which broke out in a classroom on the third floor o f a large block of buildings at the College early last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Security Against Fire Establishment of Brigade to Be Proceeded with
That the Board of Fire Commisioners of N.S.W. be requested to take the necessary steps to establish a fire brigade in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge Fire in London Four Warehouses Go Up In Smoke
LONDON, Tuesday: The biggest fire since 1897 engaged the entire fire fighting organisation of London when a blaze broke…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thought Benzine Was Kerosene Minor Outbreak Of Fire
At 6 o’clock last evening, the Fire Brigade was called to the residence of Mrs. March at the top end of Cooma Street. In lighting a fire a girl…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country Party Rooms on Fire
Fire broke out in the ceiling of the Country Party rooms, Parliament House. Firemen, shown here scrambling over the roof, prevented the blaze from spreading…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire in Sydney Furniture Store-Rooms
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Fire swept through the two top floors of the five-storied furniture storercoms of Kilners Pty., Ltd., at the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire At Japanese Consul's Home
The words "China X 30" were chalked on the door of the basement in which a fire occurred at the Japanese Consul-General's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Station Blaze
Prompt action on the part of the night officer, Mr. Burg, saved a fire from spreading at the Tallong railway station early on Monday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brigade's Good Save Regent Block Office Fire
Members of the Goulburn Fire Brigade made a good save following an outbreak of fire in the Regent Shopping Block office…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →10 Cars Burnt in N.z. Fire
SYDNEY, Thursday: During a Fire in a garage in Wellsford, North Auckland, ten cars were burnt, The damage totalled thousands of pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Only Having a Game Two Little Girls Start A Fire
SYDNEY, Monday: Two girls, aged 9 and 6 years, respectively, confessed that they had been responsible for the fire which caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goodradigbee Shire Grant Towards Bushfire Damage
The president of Goodradigbee Shire, Cr. S. H. Walker, presided at the monthly meeting held on Friday. Others present were Crs. C. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aftermath of Fire Active Police Investigation
Inquiries into the fire which destroyed “Lawling Vale” on the night of Saturday, July I, and into the death of the owner,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Captain's Flat General Store Destroyed
At the late hour on Thursday night a fire broke out in the premises of J. J. Kennedy, newsagent and general storekeeper in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Lorry Laden with Petrol on Fire
On Tuesday afternoon a motor lorry, laden with 700 gallons of petrol, burst into flames on the Hume Highway, a mile and a half from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Old Stable
At 1.20 last Wednesday morning the Fire Brigade was called out to a fire in an old stable owned by Mr. A. T. Friend and situated at the rear…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Decision Reached Yet Goulburn And Fire Demonstration
Brief reference to the proposal to hold the N.S.W. Volunteer Firemen's Demonstration at Goulburn in 1941 was made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Ship Lost Freighter On Fire At Sea
NEW YORK, Thursday: A British freighter, reported to he the Dunkwa, is on fire at sea, and wars expected to sink within…
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