House Menaced Rubbish Fire Subdued
When the Armidale Fire Brigade, in charge of Sub-station Officer G. Shaw, answered a summons to a lire hear Dan gar-street during dinner hour…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New England · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1938
336 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 17
Hospital Fire £35,000 Damage Patients Suffer Shock Kalgoorlie
A fire which broke out as a result of the explosion of an oil burning steriliser, swept through the men's and women's medical…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Agricultural Bureau Debates and Demonstrations Formation of Bush Fire Brigade Not Favoured
That bush fires in the Armidale district were not a serious enough menace to warrant the formation of a district brigade was the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heat Wave Temperatures Soar Bush Fires in the West SYDNEY
Heat-wave conditions were prevalent over many parts of the State yesterday. Temperatures well over the century mark were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heat Wave Western Districts Swelter Severe Bush Fires Farm Worker Collapses Sydney
Heat wave conditions were prevalent over many parts of the State yesterday. Temperatures, well over the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Launch Fire Man' Dives Overboard SYDNEY
Trapped in a biasing launch at Purmont, Karl Tschaun was forced to dive into the harbour and swim ashore through…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sawmill Fire £3,000 Loss SYDNEY
The sawmill property of Senator Hardy, and leased by Alpine Pty., Ltd., at Tumbarumba, was totally destroyed by fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Night Blaze Tyre Works Gutted Power House Destroyed Flames Threaten Hotel Building Local Brigade Effects Fine Save
A fire which broke out in a building at the rear of Tattorsall's Hotel, and which threatened at one stage to sweep through the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Fire This Morning's Blaze
Prompt work by a bucket brigade of neighbours saved what probably would have been a destructive conflagaration when an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Balmain Old Woman's Escape From Flames SYDNEY
Awakened by smoke, Mrs. Margaret Sharman (78) escaped unaided from her burning home at Balmain late last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Molong Fire £10,000 Damage SYDNEY
Nancarrow's general store at Molong was destroyed by fire early this morning and the Bank of New South Wales and an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Midday Blaze Outbreak in Dangar Street Early Discovery Saves Building
The Armidale Fire Brigrade yesterday answered a call to the residence of Mr. A. H. McArthur, Dangar-street, when they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£10,000 Blaze Firemen Injured Considerable Danger SYDNEY
Two firemen were overcome by smoke in a blaze which completely burnt out two floors of a four-storied building in William-street, City, this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Alarm Brigade in Action
The Guyra fire brigade was called into action shortly after 8 o'clock on Wednesday night when a chimney tire in a residence in Aboomala-street…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →City Blaze Two Firemen Overcome Damage Estimated at £10,000 Sydney
Two firemen were overcome by smoke in a blaze, which completely burnt out two floors of a four-storied, building in William-street, City, this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Phantom" Ship Off Dorset Coast Seen Blazing by Scores of People Yet No Fire Reported (By Air Mail). London, March 5
Coastguards, lifeboat officials and scores of other people in Dorset were mystified this week by the sight of a ship blazing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Fire Weatherboard Shed Damaged
At 2.44 p.m. yesterday the fire brigade received a call to a fire at the rear of the Presbyterian Church, which had broken out in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To-day's Fire
Shortly after noon to-day the local Fire Brigade received a call to a fire. A large crowd was quickly following the brigade, but the blaze was nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goulburn Fire Tannery Destroyed in Early Morning Blaze Sydney
In the most spectacular fire for many years the tannery adjoining Baxter's boot factory at Goulburn was destroyed early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Camp-fire Concert Unique Entertainment
A unique entertainment was held in the Convent Hall on Friday night last, when a campfire concert was staged…
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