Fire Bugs Outbreaks in City And Suburbs SYDNEY
The large number of fires which occurred in the city and suburbs of late are believed, in some instances, to have been the work of fire bugs…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
642 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 33
Fire Claims 800 Lives in Venezuela Caracas, (Venezuela), November 14
It is reported that 800 are dead or injured as a result of a fire destroying the town at Lake Maracaibo oilfields. Workers' shacks were destroyed when the flames swept across the oily water of the lake. The authorities rushed all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Township Destroyed by Fire 800 Dead or Injured. (Australian Press. Assn. Message.) CARACAS (Venezuela)
It is reported t[?] 800 are dead or injured as the result of a fire which destroyed the township of Lagunillas, in the Lake Maracibo oilfields…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bush Fire Menace a Lesson to Be Learned
At the recent Interstate Conference on Bush Fire Prevention it was recommended that the widest possible publicity should be given to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge Fire
More than 800 people were killed or injured in a huge fire at Port Lagunillas in Venezuela, one of the Republic's most…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Appalling Death Roll Fire Sweeps Oilfield
CARACAS (Venezeula), Tuesday. Eight hundred people were reported killed and injured by a fire which swept through an oilfield at Lake de…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nazi Split Rumour "Where There's Smoke There's Fire" LONDON, Nov. 17
There is still no news beyond that from German sources to confirm the rumoured split in the Nazi Party, although since "where…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Finland Roasted on Slow Fire" Swedish View London, Nov. 19
"Finland is being roasted on a slow fire," says an outspoken comment in the Swedish Press on the demands made by Russia. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nazi Party Split Many Rumours. "Where There's Smoke There's Fire." London
There is still no news beyond that from German sources to confirm the rumoured split in the Nazi Party, although since "where there is smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Baby Sets Clothes on Fire Moree
Ronald Brack, 2, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Brack, dropped a lighted match on to his pyjamas and set fire to his clothes. The mother…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Care With Camp Fires
"Now that the camping and picnicking season is with us again, I think it is necessary that all motorists should be asked to take…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →House Damaged Fire at Abermain
At about 10.30 on Saturday night a fire occurred in a weatherboard cottage occupied by Mr. Richard O'Brien, in Elizabeth-street, Abermain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Warning Against Bush Fires
The State Meteorologist has issued a warning against the danger of bush fires. He said that the growth of grass…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Abermain Slight Damage Done
On Saturday night an outbreak of fire occurred at a weatherboard cottage occupied by Mr. Richard O'Brien, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Careless Use of Fire Wee Waa
Colin Bindleyn, drover's cook, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless use of fire and was fined £3. The owners of the properties affected by the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Return Fire": Soviet Order to Border Troops London, November 28
"In connection with the provocative artillery fire upon our troops from Finland, the Soviet troops have been ordered to return the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fierce Fire Two Badly Burnt Laundry Ablaze Sydney
When a fire destroyed the rear portion of the Bellevue Laundry at No. 149 Edgecliff-road, Woollahra, after a quantity of petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Menace
This week poster warnings to initiate precautionary measures against the outbreak of bushfires have been posted at post offices throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys 46 Tents at Bulga Blaze at Main Roads' Department Camp
A fire at a Department of Main Roads' camp at Bulga last night resulted in the destruction of 46 tents, representing a loss of £150…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at West Cessnock Brigade's Good Save
At about 2 o'clock yesterday morning Cessnock Fire Brigade was called to an outbreak of fire at the rear of the wood…
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