Keep the Home Fires Burning
THEY were summoned from the hillside, They were called in from the glen, And the Country found them ready…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Fires & bushfires, 1935
521 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 27
Man Rolls Into Camp Fire
James Ford, 43 years, of Marungi, was admitted to Mooroopiia Hospital (Vic.), suffering from extensive burns to the lower part of his body. Ford…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Factory Fire Started by Thieves Workmen's Dash to Save Lorries
After ransacking the premises of the Wholesale Butter Supply Pty. Ltd., South Melbourne, early on Monday and stealing a large quantity of butter,…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Girl’s Pyjamas on Fire in a Critical Condition Sydney
A 17-year-old girl, Loretta Rollander, of Erskineville, was severely burnt about the back when her pyjamas caught alight as she was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girls “Entertainment” Fire Alarms Broken Heavy Penalty Imposed Melbourne
Breaking fire alarms may provide sensational entertainment, but prices are high” said Mr. Bond, P.M., to Maisie Fleming, 19, machinist, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Colliery Many Fissures Appear Cessnock
Accompanied by a subsidence of earth and dense clouds of pungent smoke, fire broke out again in the underground workings of the Old Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Fire at Tumut Broom Factory Destroyed Sydney
A fire which broke out at Tumut early this morning in a broom factory was responsible for damage estimated at several thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Exciting Car Chase Fire Hydrant and Pole Smashed Two Arrests Made Melbourne
While patrolling through Fitzroy this morning a police wireless patrol caught sight of a motor car which is alleged to have been stolen from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Brigades 300 in Victoria Melbourne
Approximately there are now 300 bush fire brigades in Victoria, and already 90 have been registered with the committee which only come into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Disastrous Fire Four Families Homeless Big Factory Destroyed a Spectacular Scene Damage Estimated at £16,000 MELBOURNE
A fire at F. H. Cox and Company’s furniture, factory, Racecourse road, Kensington, early to-day, caused damage estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Undying Fire
At the isolated Saltergate Inn, on the moorland road midway between Pickering and Whitby, Yorkshire (England), there is a fire which was…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Fire in Factory Man Committed for Trial Manager’s Evidence Melbourne
Clarence Milton Ebbels, aged 27, Dorcas street, South Melbourne, carpenter was committed by the South Melbourne court to-day for trial on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tragic Fire Two Fighters Killed by Wall a Spectacular Blaze London, July 7
While firemen were fighting a big dockside fire [?] Poplar this evening, a wall crashed, killing two firemen and injuring a third…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Country Fire Brigade Officers to Be Elected Melbourne
Arrangements have been made to hold on August 30 an election of officers to represent bush lire -brigades on the Bush Fire Brigades Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Girl Burnt Drying Hair Before Fire
Jane Campbell, 18, was badly burnt when her hair caught fire, as she was drying it at her home in Ashfield, Sydney. Her father, who helped her to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Nightmare Battle For Life On Blazing Ship Roasted by Fire, Then Frozen by Ice
FIRE, not shipwreck, is the biggest peril of the sea, as recent disasters have shown. Wireless and the speed of modern vessels racing to the rescue…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Football Ground Fire Storeroom Destroyed Melbourne
A fire which broke out shortly before 1.50 .a.m. to-day, destroyed a storeroom and portion of the Press box at the Richmond football ground…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eight Men Overcome Coal on Ship on Fire Several Explosions Melbourne
Shortly after 1 o’clock last night smoke was noticed issuing from the coal bunkers of the s.s. [?] which is lying at Nelson p[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Family’s Fortunate Escape Week-end Cottage on Fire Completely Destroyed Sydney
A Sydney business man, Mr. C. H. [?] his wife and three children, had fortunate escapes when a fire completely gutted their week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Set Fire to Factory Man’s Strange Story Judge Is Merciful Melbourne
The strange story of how a [?] position preyed on his mind to such an extent that he decided to burn down its place of…
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