All Combined to Fight Blaze
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 6
When a fire swept over several acres of grass and scrubland, on Poole’s Hill on Thursday afternoon, the brigade. assisted by numerous school boys and youths returning home from work, soon had the flames under control. The picture depicts some of the boys fighting the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“Lit Fires and Fought Them” Townships Menaced. Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 10
Allegations that Henry Frank Grumont, 21, of Ferndale had admitted causing extensive bush fires in the hills, and then taken…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Britain and Fire London, March 3
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 10
Although a trade agreement between Great Britain and Eire (Irish Free State) has not been reached, well-informed quarters do not expect that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New South Wales State Elections Candidates Preparing Their Itineraries Labor Candidate Fires First Shot
Riverina Recorder · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 3
Now that the date of the N.S.W. State elections has been officially declared by Mr. Stevens, the candidates for the various electorates and parties…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State-wide Heat Man Dies; Another Collapses Bush Fires Raging Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 March 1938 · page 3
Heat wave conditions were prevalent over many parts of the Slate to-day. end temperatures well over the century mark were recorded in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Combating Air Raid Fire Perils in Britain Plans in Hand London. March 6
Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 March 1938 · page 3
Revealing: Home Office plans to deal with air raid fire perils, Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd, addressing auxiliary firemen of Birmingham, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Board of Fire Commissioners at Hay. Present Long Service Medals
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 2
The Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales who are on a tour of the country fire brigade stations, visited Hay on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Flare Up Into Activity Damage at Granya Farmers Suffer
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 4
The absence of rain has resulted in frequent outbreaks of bush fire in ton North-East. A large area of Mr. Harry Rollings farm, near Granya,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£2000 Damage Done by Fire in Country Town. Glen Innes
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 8
A lire in n business section of the town list night caused damage estimated at more than £2000, When [?] Hotel was [?] a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fight to Save Granya Fires id the North-East 50 Volunteers Hard Pressed
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 March 1938 · page 2
An extensive bush fire, which 50 volunteer fire fighters were barely able to hold In check, threatened Granya yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coroner Warns Parents Leaving Children Alone Two Tiny Tots Die in Fire Geelong
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 March 1938 · page 8
Alter hearing- evidence of how two children, aged two and three, met their deaths during a fire which broke out when they were alone in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires at Granya and Kiewa Valley
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 4
The absence of rain has resulted in frequent outbreaks of bush fires in the North-East. A large area of Mr. Harry Rollings' farm, near Granya, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Alarm Serious Blaze Averted
The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 1
What could ea[?]ly have been very serious fire to-day at the pre[?]ses of Mr. Henry Gillespie, timber and hardware merchant, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Wagga Butter Factory
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 13
A fire which broke out in the factory of the Murrumbidgee Dairy Co. Ltd., in Tareutta-road, Wagga Wagga, early on Sunday morning, threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Will Fire on Foreign ’Planes Tokio, March 10
Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 6
Admiral Noga has given instructions to Japanese warships in Chinese waters to fire on all foreign aircraft passing over them…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigades Bendigo Demonstration Yesterday’s Results Bendigo
Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 10
With the country fire brigades’ demonstration almost completed, Kyabram cannot be beaten in the grand aggtrgate, although Eehuca…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Kyabram Champions Fire Brigades’ Display How Wodonga Fared Bendigo
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 6
The aggregate shield at the Bendigo country fire brigades’ demonstration was won to-day by Kyabram, which had been in an almost unbeatable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Oil Storage Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 2
A fire occurred last night in the main storeroom of the Commonwealth Oil ,Refineries Ltd. at Berry’s Bay, North,. Sydney. It was, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man, in Car Allegedly Stolen, Escapes From Wreckage Constable Fires Shot Sport Kembla
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 2
Three shots were fired by a constable in chasing a stolen car at Unanderra yesterday. The driver of the car escaped after surviving a crash down an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blaze in Showrooms Rare Timber Collection Lost Brisbane
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 6
A heavy blow was suffered. by the collectors of a rare display of Queensland timbers, when the collection was destroyed by fire which broke out in…
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