Melbourne Fire Damage £40,000 MELBOURNE
Damage was estimated at £40,000 by a fire in Flinders Lane early to-day. which destroyed the premises of Deniston and Company,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
336 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 17
Midnight Fire Empty Cottage Destroyed
An unoccupied five-roomed cottage in Derby Street, was completely destroyed by fire early Ibis morning. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jones, the…
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Considerable damage was caused by a fire which gulled a two-storey building off Oxford Street, City, last night…
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A fire at Walgett this morning destroyed two shops and office, besides severely damaging two other buildings…
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A fire broke out last night in the temporary wooden offices of a building being erected at the intersection of Martin Place and…
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Making the fourth serious country fire to occur within a few weeks two shops and fur office at Walgett were destroyed, and another building was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ship on Fire Report From Coogee SYDNEY
Late yesterday afternoon police were informed by residents of Coogee that they had seen a ship which appeared to be on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Navy's Robot Warship Controlled by Wireless Under Fire
H.M.S. Centurion, the British Navy's 25,000 ton robot battleship, which has a new commanding officer in Captain Collison, was lately at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →School Fire Much Damage Boys Suspected Sydney
A deliberate attempt to set fire to the Leichhardt Technical School was made fast night after every teacher's desk had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hoodoo Truck? In Capsize, Collision and Fire Owner's Series of Misfortunes Four in 10-Day Period
A fourth was added to the remarkable Series of misfortunes which have been experienced by Mr. M. G. S. Davy, when on…
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A fourth was added to the remarkable series of misfortunes which have been experienced by Mr. M. G. S. Davy, of Glen Innes, when on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on Lighter Outbreak at Pyrmont SYDNEY
A fire broke out in a heap of copra on a lighter moored beside the steamer Fiano at Pyrmont today…
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A flare-up of petrol which was being poured into a lamp outside a hut occupied by the family of a public works employee, John…
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Norman Brennan and Garnet Henwood, of Goodiwindi, engaged at Kerimbilla, near Goondiwindi, were sitting at a camp fire when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shanghai Fire Victims SHANGHAI
One hundred Chinese were killed [?]000 homes burned, and 30,000 are homeless as the result of fire in the poorer quarters of Shanghai…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Awful Colliery Explosion Death-roll of 72 Forty-five Still Entombed Fire-ravaged Galleries Work of Rescue::Pitiful Scenes LONDON. Tuesday. the Death-roll As a Result of Explosions in Markham Colliery, Near Chesterfield, Has Now Reached 72. ABOUT 40 Other Miners Were Injured
It is the worst mine disaster in Britain since 1934. Rescue parties from surrounding collieries are still working in the mine. Victims are so shockingly mutilated that identification is difficult…
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Serious damage was caused by a fire which broke out in the Town Hall at Deal, England. The outbreak occurred on the main…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Victims Police Investigations Important Discovery Narrandera
Detectives investigating the death of Mrs. Jane Maria Gash (31) and her son Stanley (2) are now inclined to the theory that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Fire Sussex-street Warehouse Ablaze! Sydney
A fire broke out last night in the warehouse occupied by R. A. Leggett, agent for Cherry and Sons, Pty., Ltd., and J. E. Jackett, grain merchant,…
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A fire broke out last night in the warthouse of R. A. Leggatt, agent for Cherry and Sons Pty. Ltd., also [?] Jackett. grain merchant…
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