Great London Fire Warehouses Alight All Brigades Busy LONDON
The biggest fire since 1897 engaged the entire fighting forces of the London fire brigades. Four huge warchouses near…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
416 stories in New England's papers · page 13 of 21
Woman Fatally Burnt Nightdress Caught Fire SYDNEY
Miss Edith Emily Perdrian (64), of Burwood, was fatally brunt when her nightdress caught fire at her home yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hangar Fire Six Planes Destroyed Qantas' Loss BRISBANE
A fire broke out in No. 2 hangar at Qantas Empire Airways at Archerfield Aerodrome about midnight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mother's Great Bravery Children Saved From Fire SYDNEY
When a fire broke out during the night in the home of Mrs. Vida Green, of Upper Yarrowitch, near Walcha, she showed great bravery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fights at Fire Police Kept Busy Paddington Blaze SYDNEY
A fire occurred last night in the premises of M. Moloney, produce merchant, in Oxford-street, Paddington…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Excited Canary Wakens Sleeping People Trapped On Stairs By Fire MELBOURNE
Awakened early yesterday morning by the excited chirping of a canary, eight sleepers on the upper floors of the Colonial Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£20,000 Damage Fire at Furniture Storeroom SYDNEY
Damage estimated at £20,000 was done last night by a fire at the furniture storeroom of Kilner's Pty. Ltd., Parramatta Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Outbreak At Jap. Consul's Home "Maliciously Caused" SYDNEY
Police are investigating a fire which broke out last night in the basement of the home of the Japanese Consul, Mr. Masatoshi…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo Murder Trial O'Shea Not Seen Since December Evidence of "A Big Fire" DUBBO
When the hearing of the charge against Albert Andrew Moss, for the alleged murder of Timothy O'Shea was resumed to-day, all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Essays The Bush Fire
One morning in November I caught my bone and rode away Into "me! I rode about five miles when I got off my horse and sat down…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Canary Gave Alarm of Fire
A canary at a Melbourne hotel whistled so excitedly when a fire broke out on the premises during the night that sleepers on the upper…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Polish Battery Fires a Warning At German Bomber Over Orlowo Arms From Germany Nazi Sentries Guard the Entrances to Shipyards LONDON
A temporary respite characterises Danzig, although militarisation continues. Poland's next move to meet the German challenge will be discussed at a series of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Severe Burns Woman Attempts To Quell Fire SYDNEY
Mrs. Elizabeth Jean Goddard (54), widow, residing in Ryde, was lighting a lire in the living-room last night when a spark flew from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Spreads From Basement Blaze in Selfridge's, Newcastle SYDNEY
A fire which is believed to have started in the basement and spread to the ground and first floors caused extensive damage at the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extensive Damage Fire in Newcastle SYDNEY
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small Girls Confess To Lighting Fires In Store SYDNEY
Two girls aged nine and six, confessed that they were responsible for the fire which caused slight damage yesterday at Moran and Cato's store,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Children Cause Fire Having a Game SYDNEY
Two girls, aged nine and six respectively, confessed that they had been responsible for a fire which caused slight damage yesterday at Moran and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Five Killed, 26 Injured on Liner Explosion Follows Fire on Narkunda in Colombo Many Maimed Not Expected To Recover Several of Crew Blown From Ship's Hold Colombo
AN EXPLOSION IN No. 6 HOLD OF THE PENINSULA AND ORIENT LINER NARKUNPA THIS MORNING RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF FIVE MEMBERS OF THE CREW AND INJURY TO 26 OTHERS…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oil Tanker on Fire Americans Rescue Japanese Passengers TOKIO
An American oil tanker rescued 110 passengers and 104 members of the crew of the steamer Bokuyu Maru, which caught fire at Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Torryburn District Grazier's Loss
Two sheds and their contents—about 100 tons of hay, a quantity of chaff, and a chaffcutter—were destroyed by fire at Torryburn, the…
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