Narrow Escape Dash Through Bush Fire Steering Gear Jambs SYDNEY
J. Caldwell. schoolmaster of Beruma had a narrow escape yesterday when the steering gear of his car jambed while he was making a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
351 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 18
Yesterday's News A.I.F. March in Sydney—Record Crowd-Youth and War— U.AP. Convention—Bush Fires—Air School for Cool-amundero—Air Force Application Lost
When 5000 men of the 13th Brigade of the A.I.F. marched through four miles at Sydney streets they were hemmed in on either side by cheering…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Inspectors Visit Many Buildings Inspected
"Armidale is fortunate in having a fire-engine of the most modern type. This class of engine is at present unprocurable,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wedding Feast Lost in Church Hall Fire
Fire destroyed "Thornbury (Melbourne) Church ball and an elaborate wedding breakfast, two hours before the guests arrived to eat it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schoolmaster's Narrow Escape Car Steering Gear Jams During Dash Through Fire BERRIMA
Mr. J. Caldwell, schoolmaster of Berrima, had a narrow escape yesterday when the steering gear of his car jammed while he was making a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thousands Work on Siegfried Line Often Driven To Shelter By Enemy Fire LONDON
A German broadcast from the Western Front discloses that the Siegfried Line is not finished. Thousands of men are working…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Bush Fires 11 Houses Razed, Much Grassland Destroyed MELBOURNE
Bush fires which are burning fiercely before high winds in Mount Evelyn and Euroa districts razed 11 houses and destroyed thousands of acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Coke-bin Railway Yards Blaze Outbreak Well Isolated
Fire in a coke-bin near the Armidale Railway Station last night caused a blazing furnace which took nearly 14,000 gallons of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Coast Deputies and Shot Fires Defeat Strike Resolution May Be "Drumme" Home WOLLONGONG
Illawarra deputies and shot firers at a meeting at Corrimal defeated by 74 voles to 54 a motion that they should give 14 days' notice of their intention…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trouble in Rhodesia Troops Fire on Strikers SALISBURY' (South Rhodesia)
Fourteen natives were killed and twenty wounded when troops fired on Coppermine strikers in the N[?]ana concesion in the Luangwa…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gilgai Fire Wine Saloon Destroyed Old District Landmark
One of the oldest landmarks in the Inverell district, the Gilgai wine saloon, was completely destroyed by fire late on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Bucket of Water Quenches Beardy-street Fire
An electric iron accidentally left switched on was the cause of the Armidale Fire Brigade being called to, the tailoring and dry cleaning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blaze at Warwick Damage Estimated at £2000
Shortly after 8 p.m. on Sunday the whole town turned out to a fire, which began with startling suddenness in Palmerin Street, the main…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Studio Fire Valuable Stocks Destroyed SYDNEY
The premises of the New Vogue Studios on the third floor of the Pittland Arcade, between Pitt land Castlercagh Streets, City,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gilgai Fire Wine Saloon Destroyed Old District Landmark
One of the oldest landmarks in the Inverell district, the G[?]gai wine sal loon, was completely destroyed by fire late on Monday afternoon (April 1)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clothes on Fire Woman's Unenviable Experience SYDNEY
Mrs. Marie Richards, a resident of Pitt Street, Redforn, had an unenviable experience to-day. She was working in a bedroom when a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Badly Burned Clothes Catch Fire Rescued by Passers-by SYDNEY
Mrs. Marie Richards, a resident of Pitt-street, Redfern, had an unenviable experience to-day. She was working in a bedroom…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warwick Blaze Valuable Documents Intact
Office safes which were in Allmian's building. Warwick, which was destroyed by fire on Sunday night, were opened this week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Enquiry Into Fire
In the local Licensing Court yesterday morning Sergeant Toone presented his quarterly licensing report and stated that many hotels had carried…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hospital Threatened Blaze at Moree CAUSES £1000 DAMAGE
A fire which started in the roof of the boiler room at Moree District Hospital on Thursday night at one stage threatened to…
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