Albury Fires; Saudi Percentage of False Alarms
Figures compiled by the officer in charge of the Albury Fire Station (Mr. Dwyer) for the year just raided, show that of the total alarms given only a…
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Police Car Catches fire
When the ignition on a police car standing in the police station yard short circuited at 8.25 o’clock on Saturday night, the car caught fire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heroic Efforts Fail to Save Aged Cripple Sydney Fire Tragedy Sydney
James Sharkey, aged 76, a one legged man, was burnt to death when trapped in a fire at his home in Marrickville early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Family Burnt in Fire Tragedy in Snow Country Six Persons Dead Winnipeg, December 30
The wife and five children of Leslie Robson, fuel merchant, perished when trapped in their beds during a fire that destroyed their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Transport Smash in Bushfire Smoke Three Men Injured Brisbane
Believed to have been caused by bushfire smoke obscuring the vision of the drivers, two three-ton transports crashed head-on on the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fire. Ravensfield Homestead Destroyed
Yesterday afternoon, the homestead at Ravensfield, in the Mossgiel district, was totally destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in Victoria. Desperate Fights. Twenty Homes in Danger
Fierce bush fires on four fronts menaced about 20 homes in the Black Forest, between Ashbourne and Woodend yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Parramatta. "Argus" Office Suffers. SYDNEY
Newsprint, valued at £300, was destroyed, and valuable machinery was damaged when an old building in George Street, Parramatta, used…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Waterloo. Matches and Printers. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon
About five o'clock this morning, a fire broke out in the factory of Matches Australia, Ltd., and the printing works of George B. Philip…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Number of Fire Calls in N.S.W. SYDNEY
During 1938 fire calls in the metropolitan area and in the country were easily a record. In Sydney and suburbs 6123 calls were answered—an increase…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tawonga Bush Fires: No Danger
Fires burning in the hills above Tawonga are not causing any worry to landholders, as they are located in very rough and uninhabited country along…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Alarms (To the Editor)
Sir — Recently I noticed in your paper at a request was made to have the fire-bell removed from the corner of Cressy and Macaulay streets. I notice…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Match Factory £60,000 Fire
A fierce Are fed by millions of matches severely damaged four premises and an explosion of 25 tons of chlorate of potash which followed smashed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire Ravages District near Wangaratta
The fire that has been burning in the Toombullup (Wangaratta) district since. December 22, has assumed large proportions in the last two or three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Arrested Following £20,000 Fire Adelaide
Henry Bulling, married, aged 40, rabbit-carter, was arrested at Mount Gambler and charged with having on Saturday last blown up…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Corowa -Man Injured when Car Overturns and Catches Fire
When a car which he was driving overturned near Corowa about 8.30 o’clock last night, Thomas Farran, aged 22, of Corowa, received serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Firemen Run for Safety Terrific Explosion in Match Factory Cause of Fire a Mystery Sydney
Six firemen ran to safety out of a blazing match factory at Waterloo today a few seconds before a terrific explosion shook the building. The iron…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Wangaratta Business Centre Quelled
The prompt work of the fire brigade prevented a disastrous fire in the main business centre in Murphy Wangaratta, at 3.15 yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bushfire Near Wangaratta
The fire in the Toombullup forest, near Wangaratta, burned fiercely on Tuesday night, but quietened down early yesterday morning, when there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Fires. a Police Theory. MELBOURNE
The police are satisfied that the bush fire in the Macedon district, which threatened houses yesterday, and which has been got under…
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