Home Demolished by Fire
On Saturday night about 9 o'clock the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wattie Parker, at what is known as Stehr's slaughtering paddock on the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
416 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 21
Auckland Fire £30,000 Damage SYDNEY
A fire in Auckland destroyed the large timber mills of Golden and Sons An acre of haildings were dentailed, causing damage estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Timber Mills Acre of Buildings Demolished AUCKLAND
A fire here destroyed the large timber mills of Goldie and Sons. An acre of buildings was demolished, causing damage estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Mr. X" Causes Police Search N.Z. Fire Mystery SYDNEY
The New South Wales police are making efforts to trace the whereabouts of "Mr. X" in connection with the Piha (New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Uralla District Unattended Fire Bush Worker Convicted Question of "Leaving" Submitted
The fire which commenced at "Towrl" tn the January heat wave and spread over thousands of acres of neighbouring…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sequel to Bush Fire Local Resident Fined
As a sequel to the bush fire which occurred on the properties known as Town and Lindon on January 16 last, Samuel A. C…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Proposals for Control SYDNEY
The Australian Forest League at a council meeting yesterday approved of suggestions when had been put forward by the [?]tary the president…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Prevention "Administration of Laws Futile" Suggestions Approved SYDNEY
The Australian Forest League, at a council meeting yesterday, approved of the suggestions which had been put forward by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires in Factory Men Committed Alleged Statement Admits Arson MELBOURNE
Ernest Royal Henry (20), a dnco-sprayer, whit committed for trial on three charges of factory breaking and two charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bullet Is Fire Explodes and Enters Girl's Lung SYDNEY
While Miss Edna Healey a domestic, was stoking a fire under a laundry copper at Parramatta, a bullet exploded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£20,000 Hotel Fire KATOOMBA
Damage estimated at more Man £20,000 was caused by a fire which gutted an hotel at Blackheath last light…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fruit Pickers' Riot Batons and Fire Hoses Used Police Shoot Over Milling Mob M1LDURA
More than 500 rioting: fruit pickers almost overwhelmed Redcliff's on Saturday night when frenzied brawling grew…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →False Alarm of Fire
The local Fire Brigade was called out on Tuesday at 6.15 p.m. to a false alarm, maliciously sent from the box at the corner of Lang and Macquarie…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigade Demonstrations Fireman W. J. Hulbert Wins Honor Second From 200 COMPETITORS
Though the Glen Innes Fire Brigade was unable to send a full team to the recent demonstrations at Katoomha, the four firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[?] Satisfactory Report Straying Stock on Roads "Bad Pays" Among Employees Bush Fire Brigade Formed—ashford and Defence— Proposed Formation of A.L.H. TROOP
The Ashford Shire Council held its usual meeting on Friday last when important business was decided. The engineer presented his report on work done, and Councillors took the opportunity to express appreciation,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Children's Candle Fires Church
Through smoke and flames in St. Paul's Church, Leicester, recently, went the Rev. J. R. Collins and rescued the Blessed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Essay Fire in a Bush Home
Jack Hall and his father and mother lived in the north-west of New South Wales near the town of Dubbo…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Zealand Fire £120,000 Damage WELLINGTON N.Z.
Da[?] was [?] of a fire [?] of the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire in Wellington Flames Spread Through Block Wellington (N.z.)
Damage estimated at approximately £120,000 was caused by a fire which occurred in the heart of the city last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycle on Fire
A Harley Davidson motor cycle on which G. McLeod was riding from Brisbane to Melbourne, caught fire on the Armidale road, near Guyra, on…
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