Dogs Suffocated in Fire
A fire did serious damage to a flock factory conducted by Mr. D. Bennett in Balmain, early on Wednesday morning, and after firemen from…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
601 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 31
Fire at Salisbury. Lorry Badly Damaged
A large lorry, owned by Mr. Roy Shelton, and used on the Salisbury milk and cream run, was extensively damaged by fire early last Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hikers' Plight Cottage Razed by Fire KATOOMBA
While the Katoomba Fire Brigade sped along the road to Leura, a party of 10 carefree hikers, comprising five girls and five men stood by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fires Damage in Victoria MELBOURNE
A timber mill, a boarding-house, two homes and several huts were destroyed by bushfires at Moe, Kalorama, Carrajung and Beaufort. At…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cottage Destroyed by Fire Plight of Hikers
While the Katoomba Fire Brigade sped along the road to Leura, a party of 10 carefree hikers, comprising five girls and five men, stood by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fell Into Fire. Old Man's Death OBERON
Richard Rausch, aged 71, who a been in indifferent health and lived in a one-roomed house at the rear of the presbytery, died on Monday as the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lismore Fire Draper For Trial LISMORE
George Malouf was committed for trial on a charge of arson at Lismore at an inquiry into a fire at his drapery store in Woodlark-street, Lismore…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Courageous Lad. Saves Men and Horses Form Fire
Courageous action by Jack Scott, 16, saved two men and a truckload of horses from death. Scott was a passenger on a mixed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Warning to Picnickers Wild Flowers
Campers and picnickers are reminded by the N.R.M.A. that they are required to comply with the provisions of the Careless Use of Fires Act, 1912,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gisborne Fire Death of Maori Infant Wellington (N.z.)
During a fire at Gisborne, a Maori infant, Kathleen Nukunuke, was burned to death. The child had been placed in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in New Zealand Whare Infant Burned to Death Sydney
During a fire in a whare at Gisborne a Maori infant was burned to death. The child had been placed in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Educational Efforts Radio Service
With the approach of the bush fire season, the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, representing a number of interested bodies, has…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →University Fire
Considerable damage to the Applied Chemistry Building, at the Queensland University, and to a number of valuable instruments was done by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Blaze Tyre Company's Loss SYDNEY
A weatherboard building occupied by the Gurton Tire Company in Nicholas-street, Was was severely damaged by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →14 Killed by Fire Fort Francis (Ontario), Oct. 11
Fourteen lives were claimed by a fire which swept through homesteads over an area 50 miles wide…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forest Fire in Canada Fourteen Lives Lost (Australian Press Assn. Messaged Port Frances, (Ontario)
Fourteen lives were claimed by a forest fire sweeping through homesteads over an area 50 miles wide. Two women and nine children…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thrown in Fire Cartridge Exploded GOULBURN
Exploding after it had been thrown in a fire by boys indulging in a game, a 303 calibre cartridge seriously injured Ronald Kennell, 12, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destruction by Arabs Fire in Cigarette Factory. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) JERUSALEM
Arabs entered the Maspere cigarette factory, which is controlled by a British-American company at Jaffa, held up the employees, and set fire to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thieves Blamed Two Fires at Cottage SYDNEY
Thieves are blamed for two outbreaks of fire at an Oatley home on Saturday night. Rubbish was found burning at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Injured Fire Engine Collides With Car KATOOMBA
Hurrying to a fire at Leura, the Katoomba fire engine and a sedan car collided at a corner on Sunday afternoon. The side of the car was torn…
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