Car on Fire Mrs. Lang in Danger Rescued by Mechanic SYDNEY
While Mrs. Lang, Wife of the leader of Die Opposition, was seated in a motor car yesterday at Burraneer the engine burst into flames…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
336 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 17
Fire in Cellar At Tattersall's Hotel
A fire which occurred in the cellar at Tattersall's Hotel, about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, gave cause for concern, but quick…
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About 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning a fire broke out in the brick s ore of Mansours Proprietary Ltd. and in a short time the building and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inn Fire Burning For 130 Years
Fire in the bar-parlor of Warren House Inn, an isolated wayside hostelry on Dartmoor, was kindled in 1808. and has been burning continuously…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Forest Fires British Columbia Towns Wiped Out VANCOUVER
The worst forest fires in the history of British Columbia are sweeping Vancouver Island over an area fifteen miles long and eight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Midnight Fire Narrow Escapes Building Destroyed SYDNEY
Lindsay Malland a resident of Manchester Avenue Auburn was awakened early this morning almost choking the room being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forest Fires Sweep Vancouver Isl. Worst In History Town Wiped i)UT, Six Doomed 30 Firemen Dismissed Vancouver
The worst forest fires in the history of British Columbia are sweeping Vancouver Island over an area 15 miles long and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Tank on Fire!" Charged with Electricity From Supply Mains
Members of the local police force could hardly believe their cars when on Sunday morning; a resident came to the station, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fell Into Fire Pensioner's Condition Serious SYDNEY
Michael Fitzgerald 70. an old age pensioner, of Abercro[?] Street City was found unconscious in his horns yesterday morning sprawled across a…
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Michael Fitzgerald, a 70 years old age pensioner, of Abercrombie-street, Sydney, was found unconscious in his home yesterday morning sprawled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chalet at Kosciusko in Ruins Totally Destroyed By Fire This Morning Damage Between £40,000 AND £50,000 Sydney
A message from Kosciusko states that the "Chalet," Australia's greatest winter resort, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. Within two hours after the alarm, the two-storey budding was a mass of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chalet at Kosciusko Totally Destroyed by Fire
A message from Kosciusko slates that the "Chalet," Australia's greatest winter resort, was totally destroyed by fire early…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bed on Fire Occupant Panic-stricken With Pain SYDNEY
Anthony Dawson (34) awoke in his home in Crown Street, Darlinghurst, early this morning to find his bed alight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Telegraphy To Prevent Forest Fires in Southern Rhodesia
"Bush telegraphy," the method of conveying news and warnings used by the natives of Africa from time immemorial, is being employed in Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Blaze of Colour Town Hall Transformed For Tennis Club's Wattle Ball
After an absence of several years the Armidale City Tennis Club's Wattle Ball was restored to the calendar of social functions…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newtown Fire £8000 Worth Silks Residents Flee in Night Attire SYDNEY
A fire this morning destroyed a building in Trafalgar Street. occupied by the Newtown Dyeing and Bleaching Co…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coff's Harbour Blaze Block of Shops Burnt £8000 DAMAGE Coff's Harbour
A fire which' broke out shortly before midnight on Saturday destroyed a block of shops known as Buckler's buildings, in the main street. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Coff's Harbor Damage at £8000 Coffs Harbour
A fire which broke out shortly before midnight on Saturday destroyed a block of shops known as Buckley's Buildings, in the main street…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Opened Fire Gunman at Memorial Broadcast Police and' Civilians Wounded New York
Thousands of people who were listening-in to a broadcast of the police memorial service at Central Park to-day were startled to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Carries Gas Mask Armidale's New Fire Engine Up-To-Date Equipment
Completely up-to-date is the new Dennis fire engine which has been taken over by the Armidale Fire Brigade. It carries the…
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