Grass Fire at Wodonga
Wodonga Fire Brigade was summoned to a grass fire on the premises of Bothwick and Sons, adjacent to the C.O.R. depot last evening. Seeing that…
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After the Fire Was Over
From swimming pool to fire[?] What a changed atmosphere for the lad in the front row of this group of children who is displaying his swimming costume and towel. Several others, too, it was ascertained, had rushed from their their swimming recreation to-the scene of a fire which occurred in a house occupied by Mr. J. S. Brown, in Hume st. They had a grandstand view of proceedings form a handy car…
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Four weatherboard shops in the main street of Korumburra were destroyed by fire early this morning and only the efforts of the volunteer fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in S.A. Residential Guests Leave in Night Attire Adelaide
The upper storey of the Salvation Army’s People’s Palace in the city was destroyed this morning by fire. There were 45 people sleeping on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Italian Anthem Not Enough Fire in Compositions Authors Were Victims of Cold ! LONDON, January 18
The Milan correspondent, of the “Times” says that Italy has Fascist anthems. but to seeking an Imperial one for which purpose a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Catholic Boarding School a Big Death Roll Seventeen Bodies Found St. Hyacinthe (Quebec), Jan. 18
With the total dead not yet determined, due to the confusion, still existing since the fire, It is already that 30 met their death in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Facts
Has it over occurred to you that sufficient growing timber to have built numerous homes is destroyed every year by bush fires?…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Water to Fight Fires Stockinbingal's Plight
The fourth fire within 12 months broke out at Stockinbingal and the house was burnt to the ground. The local fire-fighting force was helpless…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Grass Fire at Bungowannah
On Tuesday morning a fire broke out on the property of Mr. J. Reid, Bungowannah, and destroyed 150 acres of grass before it was brought…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →£10,000 Fire in Country
One of the most destructive fires in Korumburra (Vic.) for many years broke out in buildings at the corner of Bridge and Commercial Streets…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →To Dead in School Fire [?]
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Twenty scholars and teachers are reported to be dead and ten injured, when a fire destroyed the Sacred Heart College at South Yachinthe…
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Mr. Ben Ward, captain of the Moyhu (Vie.) Bush Fire Brigade, was severely burned about the body when a truck in which he was rushing water…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Big Fire in Sydney Damages Estimated at £40,000
Only the strenuous efforts by firemen prevented a fire which gutted the Pizzy Pty. Ltd. building in Wilmot-street Sydney, from destroying the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →House Destroyed by Fire Water Pumped From Irrigation Drain
Fire destroyed the country home of Mr. Henry Besgrove, Riverside, near Forbes. The property was outside the water reticulation area, but the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →False Fire Alarms 1192 in Sydney Last Year Sydney
There were 1015 fever fire calls in Sydney and suburbs last year than in 1936, but of a total of 3971 calls made 1192 were false alarms…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fewer Fire Calls in Sydney But False Alarms Increase Sydney
There were 1015 fewer calls in Sydney and suburbs last year than in 1935 but of the total of 3971 calls made 1102 were false alarms. This was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire Prevention Special Campaign OpensTo-day Premier Makes Appeal Melbourne
The 1938 Bush Fire Prevention Week will he officially inaugurated on Monday, when appeals will be made to all citizens…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£300 Fire at Henty
Three stacks of [?]y, valued at approximately £300, were destroyed by fire on the property of Mr. E. T. [?] about…
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