Mine Disaster 140 Men Entombed Fire Damp Explosion SYDNEY
Nearly 140 miners have been trapped in the mines at Ossegg and Dux, Hungary, following a fire damp explosion. The entrances to three mines…
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Fires & bushfires, 1934
107 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 6
Explosion and Fire Store Destroyed at Uralla Whole Town Shaken (By Wire) Sydney
An explosion, followed by fire, destroyed the store of Samuel Bow & Sons, at Uralla. Brick walls, 14 inches thick, were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Temora Silos on Fire Rain to the Rescue Tragedy Narrowly Averted
TEMORA.—Out of the sky came the antidote to disaster on Friday afternoon, when a terrific rainstorm extingushed a big wheat silo blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Home Burnt Caragabal Fire
The residence on "Allandale," Caragabal, owned by Mr. Sam. Ticehurst, was destroyed by fire last week-end. No one was occupying the house…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gundigai Fatality 3 KILLED, 8 INJURED Service Car Overturns Fire Adds Horror to Scene (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday Afternoon
One of the worst fatalities of its kind in New South Wales occurred to--day near Gundagai, w[?]n a big tourist service car capsized, after the axle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol Blaze in Gaskill Street. But No Damage
The ringing of the Canowindra fire bell on Friday night last caused considerable constertion among a number of local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires in Tasmania Sydney
Hush fires are still raging in many parts of Tasmania. Last night Risby's Timber Mill together with 800,000 feet of timber…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Inquiry
Owing to the inability of Mr. Bell, fire assessor, to attend, the inquiry to have been held at Forbes on Wednesday last into the circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FIRE Cottage Destroyed TICHBORNE
Mr. and Mrs. W. Bowman and faultily suffered a severe loss on Saturday afternoon, when their home was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Aged Man's Death Burning Fire Break SYDNEY
A message from Hobart stales that Herbert Boden, aged 65 years, lost his lite, while trying to burn a fire break round a pile of palings at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Poultry Pens 65 Birds Destroyed SYDNEY
When Leonard Wilcocks was ohis way home at Bankstown he saw flames issuing fronT several pens containing hens belonging to the Banks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires 50 Calls in Metropolitan Area SYDNEY
Bush fires are raging in manyof the outlying parts of the metropolitan area, and brigades are busy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FIRES. Busy Night for Brigade. Good Work by Firemen
The Parkes Fire Brigade had a busy time on Tuesday night, receiving two calls within the space of half an hour. They performed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Inquiry Adjourned Till February 28
There was quite an arresting array of appearances before Mr. A. H. Sam, coroner, when he opened the court on Wednesday morning for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Additional Charges Alleged Malicious Setting of Fire
Subsequent to the adjournment of the fire inquiry, Nicholas Gaha, Stanton Hayek, Arthur Hayek, and Claude William Black were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Stables Three Horses Burnt to Death SYDNEY
Racing stables in Jamestown (S.A.) were gutted by fire. Three horses were burnt to death. A man plucklly released five horses…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sensational Developments In Fire Inquiry The Outbreak At Gaha's Local Residents Arrested Alleged Intention to Defraud Breaking, Entering & Stealing Charges Adjournments Granted
SHORTLY after the tea hour on Tuesday there were some sensational developments in connection with the fire at Gaha's business premises in Rankin Street, Forbes, which took place early on the morning of December 18, and into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Led to Fine
Frank McVeigh was fined £2 with 8s costs at Coonamble for leaving a fire in a tree on Wingadee Station, which is very heavily grassed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Wyalong. "Mavville" Hospital Destroyed
"Mavville" Private Hospital, one of the land-marks of Wyalong, was completely destroyed by fire on Thursday night last. It has been…
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Parkes suffered another fire when a small shed was badly damaged on Wednesday night. About 8.46 p.m. the firebell sounded, and a few…
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