Fire at Mackay Narrow Escapes of Inmates BRISBANE
Several persons had [?] escapes in a fire which destroyed the Hotel Sarina at Mackay early yesterday morning…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
351 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 18
Fire at Bundarra
At about 4 p.m. on Sunday at Bundarra a house was destroyed by five. It was owned by Mr. A. Berryman and occupied by Mr. T. Dawson and family…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Old Times Big Fire in 1902 Two People Perish
Mr. Harry Riddle has shown us a copy of the Inverell "Argus" of April 22, 1902, which recalls a tragedy well remembered by older…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fires Men Stranded One Very Ill. SYDNEY
Rescue parties which had been fighting their way through bushfires since Tuesday afternoon to go to the assistance of three men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boys Burnt Tried Out Powder Sydney
Frank Mendham 13, and Keiti Briscoe, 11 were seriously burned of the face and body when they set some blasting powder alight in a street at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Fires Great Damage MELBOURNE
Many homes and mills were threatened by bush fires which burnt fiercely through timbered country yesterday near Noojee. Woodend. Tanjil. Warnum…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fierce Fires in Victoria Women, Children Flee Million Feet Sawn Timber Destroyed MELBOURNE
With bush fires still raging in Tanjil area, 10 timber mills have been abandoned and over 60 women and children are fleeing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disaster Town Wiped Out Victorian Forest Fires Two Dead; Dozens Injured Huge Property Losses MELBOURNE
Two men are dead; and others are missing, dozens of people have been injured, and scores rendered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion, Then Fire Blackheath Hotel Blaze Residents Jump From Windows SYDNEY
After a loud explosion a fire broke out last night in the Ivanhoe Hotel, Blackheath, and destroyed the greater part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blackheath Fire Hotel Destroyed SYDNEY
After a loud explosion a fire broke out last night in the Ivanhoe Hotel. Blackheath, and destroyed the greater part of the premises…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£3000 DAMAGE Fire at Pitt Son and Badgery's Yards SYDNEY
Damage estimated at about £3000 was caused by fire which destroyed part of a shed, about 120 tons oaten hay. two motor lorries and drums [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victoria Most Dangerous Area for Bushfires Melbourne
The Chairman of the forests Commission. Mr. Galhraith, said to-day that if bushfires such as had been experienced in the past…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murwillumbah Fire Railway Station Gutted SYDNEY
A fire occurred yesterday at the railway station at Murwillumbah. Three of the four rooms of the building were totally destroyed. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lahore Disturbance Police Fire on Mob; 34 Dead LAHORE
Police fired on members of the Khaksar (Army of Spades), a militant religious organisation which defied a ban against a parade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Oil Depot Outbreak Viewed Suspiciously Two Fires in Five Weeks MELBOURNE
Thousands of gallons of petrol, kerosene, crude oil and lubricating oil were lost last night in a fire which broke out at the Vacuum Oil Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Extinguisher Warning
A warning has been issued to operators of commercial motor vehicles in Great Britain in respect to the danger of using fire extinguishers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Oil Depot Blaze Over 200 Explosions Believed Deliberately Caused MELBOURNE
Thousands of gallons of petrol, kerosene, crude oil and lubricating oil wore lost last night in fire which broke out at the Vacuum…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Forceraidon Sylt a Glorious Exploit First Splendid Military Success Aerodromes and Hangars Blaze Hindenburg Dam Suffers Damage 'They Asked for It Is Britain's View London
The gallant and deadly R.A.F. raid on Sylt has already taken its place alongside the Graf Spee battle and the Altmark rescue, making a triangle of glorious exploits to the credit of the British fighting forces. This armed adventure by moonlight, which is adjudged the first and foremost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Change of Wind Saves Townships Devastating Bush Fires Sydney
A sudden change in the strong westerly winds saved the townships of Mulgoa and Wallacia from a bushfire which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires Committee Royal Show Exhibit
An exhibit of considerable interest to country visitors to this year's Royal Easter Show in Sydney is found in the Agricultural Hall, where the…
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