Big Fire in Qld. Hotel and Shops Occupants' Escape by Wire) Sydney
A message from Brisbane states:—At Nanago last night, fire destroyed the Commercial Hotel and the adjoining eight shops…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
206 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 11
Sunday Morning Fire Causes Severe Damage Mr. Mark Venables' Heavy Loss Garage Plant Was Uninsured Brigade's Good Work
SHORTLY before 8 o'clock on Sunday morning, a fire broke out in Rankin Street, Forbes, which at first threatened to demolish the entire block of buildings from Shanahan's…
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A new Dennis fire engine and pump, capable of lifting 400 gallons a minute, arrived at Forbes yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big City Blaze. Worst For Years. Five-Storey Building Gutted. Anthony Hordern's Catches
Damage estimated at £50,000 was caused when Nicholson's music warehouse in Market and George streets was gutted early on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Fire Engine Fob Leeton Brigade Largest in Country
A new fire engines' said to be the largest, outside the metropolitan area of Sydney, arrived at Leeton psi Friday last in charge of Inspector Eadie…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News From Other Centres From Our Exchanges. Forbes. Disastrous Fire
A fire which broke out in Rankin street, at first threatened to demolish the entire block of buildings from Shanahan's old livery stables to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Coal Conveyor Destroyed by Fire Traffic Hold Up (Br Wire) Sydney
The Hetton and Bellbird Collieries' large coal conveyor, which crosses both the main Northern railway line, and the main Northern Highway at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge City Fire £50,000 Damage Music Warehouse Gutted Four Premises Destroyed SVDXEY
Damage estimated at £50,030 was done when Nicholson's warehouse, between Market and George Streets was gutted…
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Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused when Nicholson's music warehouse in Market and George Streets was gutted early on Sunday…
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A residential section of a building in Kendall Street, Cowra, was completely gutted by fire in the early hours of Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motorists' Corner. the Cause of Bush Fires
"Carbon" Stands by the Farmers-- "Carbon," of the R.A.C.A., who is regarded as one of the leading motoring authorities in Australia, spiritedly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forbes. New Fire Engine
A new Dennis fire engine and pump; capable of lifting 406 gallons a minute, arrived at Forbes, on Thursday last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Air Liner on Fire Perfect Forced Landing All Aboard Escaped Sydney
An engine of an air liner caught fire when the plane was proceeding from Melbourne to Adelaide to-day…
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Hundreds of residents turned out last night to witness Condobolin Fire Brigade's attempts to quell an outbreak of fire in the storehouse of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Fires At West Wyalong[?]
West Wyalong, Fire Brigade was called to a fire in Boundary Street, West Wyalong, at about 5.30 a.m. on Friday last, when a small unoccupied…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Not So Careful" Fettlers and Fire Danger
Speaking at Bland Shire Council meeting at West Wyalong, during the course of a discussion on the danger of bush fires, Cr. C. J. M. Thomas said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Rosehill Station Officer Injured Racecourse Fence Damaged (By Wire) Sydney
While fighting a fire at Rosenhill yesterday. Station Officer Jacobs, of the Parramatta Fire Brigade, was injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£2,000 Damage Fire at Pithead Plant and Records Destroyed (By Wire) Sydney
Damage estimated at nearly £2,000, was caused by a fire at the pithead of the Glebe colliery, at Merewether, near Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Grass Fire Burns for Two Days Much Fencing Destroyed But Stock Removed to Safety
A grass fire which broke out on the property of Mr. Percy Brooks, of Yalgogrin North, burned for two days before it was…
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Returning from the power station fire the Brigade encountered a gross fire on the property occupied by Mrs. Moris Fontes, at the corner of Flint…
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