Fire at Waterloo Bath-heater Factory Damaged
Premises occupied by Hugh Harford Pty. Ltd. bath-heater manufacturers, in Danks Street, Waterloo, were severely damaged by fire on…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
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Under Fire Raid on Sharks Tweed Heads
A party of men, armed with military rifles and standing on the deck of a fishing launch, made a raid upon a school of 40 sharks that was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bushfire Prevention
Stroud Road branch of the Primary Producers' Union advised that at a recent meeting it had been decided that a bushfire brigade should be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Menace Bundanoon Precautions BUNDANOON
Many residents of Bundanoon have been so alarmed by the loss of homes in the district this year through bushfires and other causes that unusual…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Car Exploded Blaze on Bulli Pass WOLLONGONG
Traffic on Bulli Pass was held up for move than an hour last night when a car which caught fire was wrecked. The petrol tank, which contained ten…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Fire Averted Brigades' Prompt Action SYDNEY
Live-wire action by the fire brigades averted a serious blaze at the Waterloo works of the Westinghouse Rosebery Company. Ltd., engineers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Rawson Street Good Work of Firemen Abortive
At 5 p.m. on Sunday the Cessnock Fire Brigade was called to a fire in Rawson-street, Aberdare. The premises were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Knitting Mills Fire Sydney
The City Coroner, at his inquiry into the fire at the Reliable Knitting Mills at Surry Hills, said that the circumstances were suspicious, but there…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire at Wollombi
Early on Monday morning of this week Mr. Astley Slack, of Wollombi, was awakened by his daughter to find that his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Moree Office on Fire Alleged Arson
For the second time within a few months an attempt has been made to burn down the premises of Messrs Cummins and Wallace, accountants,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£3000 Fire Wagga
Damage estimated at £3000 wan emitted by a fire in the girls' section of Gurwood-street public school, Wagga, before pupils assembled. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£300 Fire at Wagga School Early Morning Blaze
Damage estimated at £3000 was clone by a fire which broke out in the girls' section of the Gurwood Street Public School, Wagga, on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hospital Fire Causes Big Damage Main Ward Gutted
Panned by a northerly wind, a fire, which broke out in Lyell District Hospital near Queenstown (Tas.), early on Saturday, gutted the main ward and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charred Body Alive When Entered Fire Case of Suicide Melbourne
The police are now inclined to the theory that the man whose charred body was found In a paddock at Blackburn committed suicide…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BLAMED I.R.A. Chauffeur Sentenced Fire at Mansion
Frank Charles Cecil Henry Gold, stated to have several previous convictions for larceny, chiefly of motor cars, breaking and entering…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charred Body of Man Near Smouldering Stack Victorian Fire Mystery
It is now believed that the charred body of a man found at Blackburn, 30 miles east of Melbourne, early on Monday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Escape by Ladder Family Trapped By Fire BANGALOW
When they wore trapped in the upper storey by a fire in the Commonwealth Bank promises at Bangalow, the manager of the branch, Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire in Bangalow Bank Family Escaped by Ladder
The manager of the Commonwealth Bank at Bangalow (Mr J. Keast), his wife and child, escaped by ladder from the second story of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Hoax? Freighter Reported To Be On Fire RADIO S.O.S. New York, August 3
A 'plane and ships which raced to the rescue of the British freighter "Dunkwa," which was reported to be on fire at sea…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Shop Butcher's Son for Trial ALBURY
Frederick Norman Schaefer, 37, was committed for trial at Albury Court on a charge of having maliciously Bet fire to a butcher's shop owned by his…
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