Bush Fires Big Queensland Outbreak BRISBANE
Serious bush fires are raging in the Samford district, and the whole of the valley between Highdale and Mount Nebo is a sea of flames. Over 50 people are…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
760 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 38
On Fire Mine Building Saved in Time Deliberate Attempt
Noticing flames issuing from under the verandah of Stanford Merthyr No. 1 colliery office, at 10.45 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Oil on Fire Firemen Prevent Big Blaze SYDNEY
What might have been a most disastrous fire was checked by the prompt action of firemen in the heart of the city at midday to-day. Oil and varnish caught alight at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Signal-box Fire
The B siding signal-box on the South Maitland railway line, near the Weston Soldiers' Settlement, was destroyed by fire on Monday night. The origin of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Fire Floats for Lake
Wangi Progress Association's scheme for fire floats to patrol the foreshores of Lake Macquarie has been rejected. "The fire floats used for ship or…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in Tyre Works Sydney
Much damage was caused by a fire which broke out today at the premises of the Advanx Motor Tyre Co., M'Lachlan-avenue, Rushcutter's Bay. Brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lambton Council Fire Board Regulations Election of the Mayor
Lambton Council met last evening, when there were present.—Ald. E. Charlton (Mayor), G. Johnson, J. Doyle, A. Payne, A. E. Iversen, Box, Bell, Caunt, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Ned Kelly Act" Hamilton and Fire Chiefs
"It Is a Nod Kelly act," said Alderman Jennor at Hamilton Council last night, referring to a notification from the Board of Fire Commissioners that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Out of the Frying Pan. into the Fire LONDON
After completing a six months' sentence for stealing motor car, William Henry Padmore, known as "the man with the scar," walked towards the Wandsworth Prison gates,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Dead Children Perish In Fire Tragedy in Riverina Albury
Four children, the eldest being only five years of age, were burned to death in a fire at Coppabella, near Tumbarumba. The whole district has been horrified by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two Fires in Half-an-hour
The West Maitland Fire Brigade received two calls within half an hour yesterday afternoon, but both outbreaks were of little consequence…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Xmas Shopping and Mail Rush Fire Is Farmer's Precaution
CHRISTMAS MEANS cheer for most of us, but to the mail sorters at the Con[?]rst-square Parcels Office it means their heaviest labor of the year…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SUFFOCATED Young Woman's Death Fire in Film Studio Sydney
The death of Sophia Lucille Edna Langford, 22, of Campbell-street, Waverley, in the tragic fire at the Filmcraft laboratories, at the corner of Cathedral and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Heddon Greta Railway Building Fire
The weatherboard building on the Redon Greta station on the South Maitland railway line, was totally destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aeroplane Used Police Investigate S.A. Fire ADELAIDE
Developments are expected to follow the aeroplane trip of Detectives Harris and Francis to Ceduna, on the west coast of south Australia, yesterday to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Armidale's Series of Fires Armidale
After three minor outbreaks of fire within 12 hours in various parts of the city, a cottage, the property of Mrs. Ince, on the outskirts of Armidale, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Open Fire Dangers
The N.R.M.A. renews its appeal to motorists visiting country districts during the coming holidays to exercise special care in the use of open fires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Burning Bed Girls Miss Death Mystery Fire Cries Brought Timely Aid ROCKHAMPTON
Two young children had a miraculous escape from being burned to death as the result of a mysterious fire early this morning at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brigades Busy Fires Prevalent
Outbreaks of fire kept the firemen of the district on the alert yesterday. In the morning the men of the Carrington Brigade were called out to attend…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Wallsend
When a fire broke out about 9.30 last night at the home of George Eaton, in Gunambi-street, Pittown, Wallsend, it was only a matter of hall an hour before…
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