Fire Destroys Home Warialda
Fire destroyed the residence of .Mr. and Mrs. W. Parker, on the Bingara road, while Mr. Parker and members of the family were in Warialda. The…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
642 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 33
Victorian Fire Victim Estate Valued at £10,500
Alfred Bentley Saxton, saw-miller, who was burned to death at Fumins (Vic.) on January 14, left an estate valued at £10,500. His wife was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bullet Exploded in Fire. Then Enters Girl's Lungs Sydney, Friday
While Miss Edna Healey, domestic, was stoking a fire under a laundry copper at Parramatta, a bullet exploded, and the girl was flung heavily…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bones in Fire Mystery Probed in N. ZEALAND Alleged Exhumation Of Body AUCKLAND
James Arthur Talbot, 33, who was described as an Australian labourer, was charged at the Auckland Police Court with interfering with the body of Patrick Henry Shine at Auckland on or about February 10…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warehouse Fire in Japan 15 People Killed. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) HAKODETE (Japan)
There was a shocking disaster when a warehouse fire caused the deaths of 15 people, including seven children…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lit Fires to Watch Brigade Dubbo
Evidence that he had started a fire so he could watch the antics of firemen was given by Albert Edward Ewers, 20, when he pleaded guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Youth for Trial Sequel to Parramatta Fire
Frederick Kelly, 17, dairy hand, was committed for trial by the Parramatta District Coroner, on a charge of having maliciously set fire to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bones in Fire Insurance Companies' Attitude SYDNEY
The insurance companies who hold policies amounting to about £43,000 on the life of Gordon Robert McKay, the central figure in the Piha (New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Formation of Brigades
Lack of interest in the formation of brigades to control bushfires was discussed by the graziers' conference. It was decided, unanimously, that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Careless Graziers Blamed for Forest Fires
MELBOURNE, Thursday. So long as individual graziers were permitted to lease and graze cattle on forest areas there would…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire Rates Patrick Plains Seeks Reduction SINGLETON
The Fire Insurance Underwriter Association is to be asked to reduce the insurance rates on properties in the shire area served by the town…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tuncurry Pine Forest Amount of Fire Damage
In the Assembly recently, Mr. C. E. Bennett, member for Gloucester, made the following inquiry: In the absence of the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Move for Cheaper Fire Insurance in Shire
The Patrick' Plains Shire Council, at its monthly meeting yesterday, received a letter from the Chamber of Commerce in which Council was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To Fight Bushfires
At the New South Wales Graziers' conference on Wednesday, it was decided unanimously to advocate active co-operation with the Shires'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Dwelling Young Man For Trial TENTERFIELD
At Tenterfield Courthouse the District Coroner, Mr. N. H. E. Jennings, inquired into the circumstance, surrounding a charge against Leslie…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£11,000 Loss in Fire BRISBANE
A fire at Tewantin destroyed the Royal Mail Hotel and several smaller buildings erected in the grounds. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Theatre Blaze Audience Undisturbed SYDNEY
Oblivious to the fact that a fire bad broken out in the cooling system, hundreds of people watched the programme at the Regent Theatre in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Black Camp Fire Distress Fund
We have been requested to state that lists in connection with the above fund will definitely close on March 31, and anyone wishing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arsenal Fire Damage at Woolwich Narrow Escapes London, March 24
Troops were hastily called out to guard Woolwich arsenal arsenal this morning, following a series of terrific explosions, due to the bursting of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mystery Fires 13 in a Month at Balldrat BALLARAT
The police are inquiring into another fire at Ballarat which menaced the boiling-down works and slaughter sheds and damaged outhouses of the…
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