City Blaze Good Save Effected Intense Heat Sydney
The intense hent from a fire in Aladdin House yesterday, turned the water from fire hones into steam as It entered the blase…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
601 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 31
Express on Fire Passenger Gives Alarm COOTAMUNDRA
Part of the Melbourne express caught fire about 2.30 a.m. to-day, and a passenger cut his arm badly while attempting to crawl out of a window…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seamen Charged with Fire on Train Early Morning Outbreak
Three seamen, Murdo Smith, Sinclair Pottinger, and Louis Kaho, were charged at Moss Vale Police Court with having early…
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West Maitland Fire Brigade received a call on Saturday night to the rear of the Advanx service station in High-street. However, investigations…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Bridesmaids Die Fire in Photographer's Studio
As a sequel to a fire in a photographer's studio at Coventry (Eng.), where a bridal party was being photographed on Saturday, two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Train Two Men Remanded One Released
Bail of £100 each was allowed Murdo Smith, 45, and Sinclair Pottinger, 45, at the Central PolCourt, Sydney, when they appened…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Moree Cottage Destroyed £1200 Damage Moree
Damage estimated at about £1200 was caused yesterday afternoon when a five-roomed cottage in Chester St., owned by Mrs. Lennan, who almost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Melbourne Damage Estimated at £40,000. MELBOURNE
Damage estimated at £40,000 was caused by a Are in Flinders-lane early to-day, which destroyed the premises of Deniston and Co., clothing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Blaze Firemen Get Shocks Animals' Panic Sydney
Severe shocks wore sustained by firemen, some being so severe that they were hurled to the ground, when they fought a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£68,000 FIRE Factory Nearly Gutted MELBOURNE
Damage estimated at £68,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed most of the clothing factory of Denniston and Co. Pty., Ltd., in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Near Blaze In Newcastle Hall NEWCASTLE
Firemen from Newcastle headquarters averted what might have been a serious outbreak in the Palais Royal, Hunter-street West, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Aberdare Blaze Cottage Badly Damaged CESSNOCK
A four-roomed wontherboard cottage in Aberdnre-road. Aberdare, owned and occupied by Anthony Soro was severely damaged by fire this morning. The…
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At 4.45 this morning Cessnock Fire Brigade was called out to a fire in a 4-roomed weatherboard cottage owned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on Train Two Men Acquitted
Murdo Smith, 45, sailor, and Sinclair clair Pottinger, 50 seaman, who were arrested after a fire on the Melbourne Express on April 21, appeared at, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surprise Party to Fire Brigade Captain
Mr Les. M'Kendry, the popular captain of Singleton Fire Brigade, attained his 50th birthday yesterday. There was a surprise party last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Train Two Men Remanded, One Released
Bail of £100 each was allowed Murdo Smith, 45, and Sinclair Pottinger, 45, at the Central Police Court, Sidney, when they appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Serious Walgett Fire Sydney
The fourth serious country fire in a short time occurred early to-day when two shops and an office at Walgett were destroyed, and another building was badly damaged. The premises destroyed to-day were occupied by F. Diegnan,…
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A Walgett to-day destroyed two shops and an office, besides badly damaging two other buildings. At one stage the fire threatened an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"False Alarm" Mania Fire Brigade Fooled
Described by a detective at Tower Bridge the other day as "a public nuisance," William Joseph Fitzgerald, aged 23, was addressed by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade Found Most Antiquated in England
Some people in the village of Rotherfield, Sussex, have just learned for the first time that it possesses a fire brigade…
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