Firemen Collapse When Fighting Big Blaze Sydney
For several hours firemen fought a huge blaze in the basement of G. E. Crane and Sons, Pty. Ltd., hardware merchants, Circular Quay, to-night…
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Fire at Aerodrome Police Investigate Darwin
A fire which broke out on the new military aerodrome five miles from Darwin last night destroyed a halfcompleted building of pine and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sentry Fires on Intruder at Oil Depot Sydney
For the second time within a week shots were fired by a sentry at a suspect at a Vacuum Oil Company depot in Sydney to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man Fatally Burned Fire in a Garage Perth
Ken Somers, aged 46, married, was burned to death to-day when his motor garage caught fire. Two firemen who saw the service station alight…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fine Response to Bush Fire Relief Fund Sydney
Presiding at the final meeting of the Lord Mayor’s bush fire disaster li[?]f fund committee to-day, the Lord Mayor (Sir Norman Nock) said the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Windouran Shire Council Bush Fire Organisation In Hand
THE Windouran Shire Council met yesterday, when Crs. G. T. Lyons (president), A Daly, J, Eastman and A. C. Chalmers were present. Crs J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wanderer Inn Destroyed By Fire In 1867
WE have on numerous occasions been asked what became of the first Deniliquin licensed hotel — the Wandere Inn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Human Teeth and Bones Found in Fire; Produced At Trial of Man DUBBO
Evidence of the finding of two joints of a human vertebrae in the. ashes of an old fire at Mack's Reserve was given in the Dubbo Supreme Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bushfire Danger Warning to Graziers
Because of the tremendous growth of herbage over most of the pastoral country in New South Wales, the danger of extensive bushfires when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Redlands Hotel Destroyed by Fire
The Redlands Hotel at Redlands, 5 miles from Corowa, was, with its contents, destroyed by fire on Thursday night. The building, which was of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Voluntary Bush Fire Brigade
A public meeting was held at Carrathool on the night of Thursday, 21st., at which it was decided to form a Carrathool District Voluntary Bush…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Redlands Hotel Destroyed by Fire
At about 9 o'clock on Friday, September 22, 1939, the Redlands hotel, situated about six miles from Corowa, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Home and Contents Outbreak at North Deniliquin
Believed to have been caused by a short circuit m the electric wiring system, a five-roomed weatherboard house and its contents, in Davidson…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cafe Chimney on Fire: Brigade Called Out
Mild excitement occ[?] in Dean street last night about 9.30 o’ clock When [?] at the [?] sounded an alarm and the engine was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will Have Fire Breaks Burnt Sydney
When told by Mr. Kilpatrick (U.C.P., Wagga) that the State had been fortunate in fodder growth this year, the Minister for Works and Local…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mair Government's Budget Under Fire Sydney
The first outburst against the taxation increases set out in the State Budget, .which was introduced in Parliament to-night, comes from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hole Blasted in Siegfried Line Terrific French Onslaught Long Front Ablaze With Fire German Attack Also Launched Burst of Activity on the Western Front LONDON, September 27
According to the Paris correspondent of the British Associated Press, French artillery is reported to have blasted a hole in the Siegfried line between Merzig and Saarbrucken…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]Uston Hall Destroyed by Fire
[?] Mechanics’ Institute Hall in [?] street Euston, was destroyed by [?] 9 o’clock on Sunday night. The [?] was insured for £900…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfire Danger Dry Feed Everywhere ‘Ready for Conflagration’
The danger of bush and grass fires almost throughout New South Wales is said to be greater this season than it has been for many years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Brigades Prepare
With the prolific growth that has resulted from the mild winter and the equally mild spring, the danger grass fires in the summer will be more…
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