Fires in Sydney Pepperell House Damaged. Sydney
A Fire at Pepperell House, in Castlereagh-street, Sydney, occupied by the Renovated Furniture Co. and other firms, was responsible for…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
601 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 31
Fire Brigade 75 Calls For Month
The West Maitland Fire Brigade received a call to the West Maitland Municipal Council's reserve near High-street station shortly after noon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Request for Scrub Clearing To Avert Fire Dangers
At its meeting on Tuesday night Kearsley Shire Council received a petition from forty Abermain residents requesting the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Merriwa Hospital Board. Chairman Resigns. Appointment of Full-paid Secretary. Fire Cover on Buildings
With a heavy agenda to discuss the monthly meeting of the Hospital Board, held in the School of Arts on Thursday night last, lasted until a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bushfire Damage
Fires on a 15-mile front which started in the Goonoo Forest, between Mendooran and Dubbo, three weeks ago, have caused considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clothes Damaged by Bushfires. Experience of Relief Workers
Reference to the valuable work done by relief workers in fighting bushfires was made by Cr. Collins at last Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fencing Destroyed Bush Fires In Victoria MELBOURNE
Bush fires have menaced the State for the past few days, and have cause damage. Many miles of fencing have been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in Kitchen Serious Blaze Averted DUNGOG
A fire broke out at 5.30 this morning in the kitchen of Mr. L. Richardson's refreshment rooms and fruit shop in Dowling st., Dungog…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Damages In High Street Blaze Brigade's Good Save of School and Other Buildings
Thousands of pounds' worth of damage was done when two store sheds at the rear of Mes-srs. David Cohen & Co's warehouse in High street, West Maitland, were totally destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dash for Life Disastrous Fire At Yallourn Briquette Plant Melbourne
The briquette plant of the State Electricity Commission at Yallourn, one of the biggest buildings in the State, was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Butcher's Shop Newcastle
An electric motor in a refrigerator Burst into flame at Fletcher's butcher shop in Brunker-road, Adamstown, about 9.30 last night. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lost Clothes Fire Destroys Marquee SYDNEY
A party of 46 young men and women, who were attending a Church of Christ picnic at Como, lost all their clothing, and other belongings when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires Claim Eleven Lives in Britain at Week-end London, December 26
Eleven are dead and families are homeless as a result of fires in Britain at the week-end. Britain is how warming up. The temperature in London has risen to 38 degrees, resulting in the rapid…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sun Sets House on Fire
Twice in six years , at the same minute of the same day of the same month, fire has broken out in a house in One Tree Hill, at Auckland, New…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fined for Leaving Fire Unattended
Keith Smith, of Reemo dairy, was fined £3, with 8/ costs, at Moree Police Court, on a charge of having left a fire unattended. Sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →False Alarm of Fire Sydney
John Miles (50) was charged at Pad dington Court to-day with having maliciously given a false alarm of a fire at the Hotel Astra, Bondi, on Septem…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Church Members Lose Clothes at Picnic Marquee Destroyed by Fire
A party of 46 young men and women at a church picnic at Como on Monday lost all their clothing and other belongings when a bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged False Alarm of Fire Man Charged and Remanded. Sydney
John Miles Russell, aged 50, a chef, was charged at Paddington Court today with having maliciously given a false alarm of fire at the Hotel Astra,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Blaze Coolah Threatened Terrific Heat Coolah
Early this morning, a 22-roomed guest house, two cottages and two smaller buildings, were destroyed by fire. Two hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Factory Damaged Fire at Coff's Harbour Coff's Harbour
Damage to the extent oE £600 was done by a fire which partially destroyed a box factory, the property of Mr. I. Smith, at Coff's Harbour…
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