Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Fires & bushfires, all years

Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

201 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 11

Motors. Some Useful Information Regarding Them. How Motor Cars Catch Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 36

An owner of an automobile or of a house does not expect that it will be destroyed by fire. Yet, if he is wise he will do two things: First, he will…

Continued on Trove, page 36 →

Fire at Oatley. Block of Buildings Destroyed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 October 1923 · page 2

A block of buildings, in course of erection at Oatley caught alight from a bush fire yesterday. Three buildings, which were stored with a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

London's "Fire King." Huge Insurance Frauds. 200 Outbreaks Caused. London. September 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 20

A remarkable story of a gigantic incendiary organisation, described as the greatest ever known in Britain, lie behind the conviction at the Old…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

Boarding House Fire. An Inmate Loses £100

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 October 1923 · page 2

A boarding house at Nyngan was destroyed foy fire on Sunday, and Mrs. Tolhurst lost £100 in notes…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fires in Queensland Sugar Fields. Fire Bugs Apparently at Work

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 1

A Cairns message states that out-breaks of fire in the canefields have become bo prevalent during the past fortnight, the losses so severe and…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Hardwood Forest Swept by Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 25

The Yandina State Forest, Q., which is one of the most important hardwood forests remaining on the north coast line, has been, swept by fire from end…

Continued on Trove, page 25 →

Charge of Lighting Fire

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 25 October 1923 · page 3

In the local Police Court on Tuesday before the P.M., Norman Mitchell, on remand, was charged with maliciously setting fire to a woolshed, the property of…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Canefields Fires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 33

Messages from Cairns (Q.) state that outbreaks of fires in the canefields in the Cairns district have become so prevalent during the last two weeks…

Continued on Trove, page 33 →

Latest Telegrams. Big Pitt Street Fire. £100,000 Damage. SYDNEY, Thursday Night. The fire at John Danks and Sons

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 2

which broke out on Wednesday night, is still smouldering. It did damage in the vicinity of £100,000. Over a hundred, persons have been rendered…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Starvation in Berlin. a Most Ugly Situation. Police Fire at Crowd

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 3

While a demonstration by unemployed was in progress in front of the Town Hall the crowd came into collision with the police, and three people were…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Big Timber Yard Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 November 1923 · page 5

Mulready, Provin and Clark's timber yard and saw moulding mills, and the cottages adjoining Alexandra Parade, Fitzroy, near the gasworks, were,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Another Big City Fire

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 November 1923 · page 2

The fifth big fire within the week occurred shortly after midnight at Burleigh House and an adjoining building in Clarence-street, near the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Hot Day in Sydney. Scrub Fires in the Suburbs

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 November 1923 · page 2

Yesterday's Sydney temperature reached 90.6 degrees. The firemen had one of their biggest days for months fighting scrub fires in many suburbs…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

"Keep the Home Fires Burning." What Mr. Baldwin Stands For

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 3

Mr. Baldwin, in opening the Unionist election campaign, declared that the only issue was unemployment. His prescription was: Keep the home…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Disastrous Fire in Queensland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 6

The Queensland Railway Department has received advice from the Richmond stationmaster that a block of buildings up to and including the post office…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Latest Telegrams. Serious North Coast Fire. Damage £30,000. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 2

A fire at Coolangatta, Tweed Heads, this morning, destroyed the picture theatre, boarding house, and cafe, tobacconists shop, and town electric…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fire at Wallerawang. Extensive Damage

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 November 1923 · page 2

A big fire in the main street of Wallerawang destroyed the Carrington Hall, Weinert's picture show and plant, and also several shops…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Preventing Forest Fires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 3

Elaborate preparations have been made by the Forests Commission to ensure effective patrols in all forest areas, and a staff of expert men is to…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Big Sydney Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 29

A fire broke out in a four-storied building in Wentworth Avenue, occupied by Messrs. Turks and Co., motor and machinery merchants, on the…

Continued on Trove, page 29 →

Fire at Paddington. Women's Hospital Endangered

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 1

A fire at Paddington, at midnight, seriously endankered the Women's Hospital. Forty-three pre-maternity cases were hurriedly removed without…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →