£20,000 FIRE Furniture Factory Gutted SYDNEY
Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused and several adjoining homes were threatened, by a fire which partly gutted the furniture…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
642 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 33
Body Found in Shed Sequel to Fire COWRA
Mr. Wallace Hyles, a well-known grazier, of Lawling Vale, Cowra, aged about 44, was found dead in his woolshed, half a mile from his house, where…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Brigades Graziers to Co-operate
At the last annual conference, the Graziers' Association resolved to advocate more actively the formation of bush fire brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire at Camperdown Homes Threatened
Several adjoining homes were threatened by a fire which partly gutted the furniture repository store of Kilners Pty. Ltd., in Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Melbourne Hotel Canary Saves Inmates
Wakened early on Sunday morning by the terrified chattering of a canary, eight sleepers on the upper floors of the Colonial Bank Hotel, in Little…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Sorry Spectacle' Recent Fire At Kurri Kurri Shire Comment Cessnock
Owing to the insufficient funds available the Board of Fire Commissioners has declined to appoint a permanent officer to take charge of the Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Waukivory Car Partly Destroyed
A 1935 model Willys sedan, belonging to Mr. S. J. Banks, of Waukivory, was partly destroyed by fire in a garage on his farm at Waukivory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kurri Fire Brigade Board Declines to Appoint Permanent Officer
"We want a permanent man at Kurri Kurri. In the last big fire there we had the sorry spectacle of having no one at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Outbreak at Japanese Consul's Home Police Satisfied Not Deliberately Caused
Police are satisfied that a fire which broke out in the basement at the home of the Japanese ConsulGeneral (Mr Akiyama) last Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Chatswood Fire Three Shops Damaged SYDNEY
Late yesterday a fire broke out in three shop premises in Victoria Avenue, Chatswood. A radio shop, which was heavily…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stores Alight Newcastle Blaze NEWCASTLE
Considerable damage was caused to the bulk storeroom and offices at the rear of Selfridges (Australia) Ltd, in Hunter and Thorn-sts., Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cost of Fire Damages ADELAIDE
Over £580,000 has been paid out By insurance companies for fire damages, casualty or accident insurance, as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maids Killed Fire at Mansion LONDON, July 14
Two maids were killed at a fire at the mansion of Sir William Carrie, chairman of the P. and O. Company at Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Girls Cause Fire "Only Having a Game." Sydney
Two girls, aged nine and six years, have confessed to being responsible for a fire which caused slight damage yesterday at Moran and Cato's store…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Having a Game" Girls Confess to Starting A Fire SYDNEY
Two girls, aged 9 and 6, confessed to detectives that they had been responsible for the fire which caused slight damage yesterday at Moran and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Shops Gutted Blaze Starts In Straw SYDNEY
A blaze beginning with the spontaneous combustion of a bale of straw in a produce store gutted two: shops in Oxford-strept, Paddington…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deaths in Liner Fire
Five members' of the crew of the Royal mail liner Narkunda lost their lives in an explosion which followed a fire on the vessel at Colombo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waterloo Fire Sydney
Premises occupied by Hugh Hartor[?] Pty. Ltd., bath-heater manufacturers in Danks-st., Waterloo, were severely damaged by fire last night. The cause…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Widows of Bushfire Victims Melbourne
About 25 women who lost their husbands in the bushfires in January, will receive annuities ranging from £1 to £2/10/ a week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Home Destroyed Blaze at Captain's Flat SYDNEY
While James J. Kennedy, of Captain's Flat, was having a cup of coffee in the cafe opposite last night, his house and store were destroyed by…
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