Toronto Fire Brigade
The establishment of a fully-equipped fire brigade for Toronto and district became an established fact on Thursday when a motor Dennis turbine fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1930
914 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 46
Kearsley Fire At Co-operative Store
Extensive damage by fire was caused early this morning to the Kearsley branch of the Cessnock Co-operative Store in Allandale-street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What to Do When Car Catches Fire
The first thing to do when an engine catches fire, caused by backfiring into the carburettor, is to turn off the petrol supply at the vacuum…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fell Into Fire Cripple's Agony AUCKLAND
Terrible burns were received by William Chamberlain, a cripple, who while alone in the house in on invalid chair, fell forward into a fire. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Preventing Car Fires
Sometimes alarmist notions are elevated with regard to the danger of car catching fire. Certainly, if a fire occurs in a closed car, there is rather more…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Kearsley
The Kearsley branch of the Cessnock Co-operative Society was partly destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Captain D. Sneddon, with the local…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"New Fire Alarm" SYDNEY
The fact that he was awakened early this morning by an attack of neuraigia, led to John Heasicy, a confectioner, of Balmain, finding…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Dangers Old Buildings in City Newcastle Action
Fears that certain old buildings in Newcastle represent a potential menace to human life in the event of an outbreak of five have been crystallised in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in House Three Women Rescued Suspicious Outbreak Sydney
A fire which broke out in a residential in Palmer-street, City, early this morning is believed to have been caused deliberately. Investigations are being…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fitter's Bravery Rescued Mates From Fire CAPETOWN, September 16
The bravery of a fitter resulted in the rescue of two comrades, when a fire was caused through the explosion of an acetylene torch in a steamer's hold…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Jump, Jump for Your Life" Girl's Plight House Was on Fire No Escape Rescued By Firemen SYDNEY
Hanging from the window of a smoked-filled building in Parramatta-road, Annandale, early this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Incident'
Miss Dowd, photographed at the window from which she was rescued, when a house caught fire at Annandale (Sydney) yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Rescued From Fire
Half-suffocated by dense smoke, Miss J. Dowd was rescued from a blazing shop in Parramatta-road, Annandale, by firemen yesterday morning. The woman was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in School Arson Suspected Parkes
Inquiries are being made by the police into two fires which broke out in the Parkes Intermediate High School buildings on Friday night. A constable who lives…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£10,000 FIRE Four Shops Destroyed MARYBOROUGH
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire at Kingaroy late last night—the second disastrous fire in the town within three weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kingaroy Fire Four Shops Destroyed Business Centre in Danger Brisbane
The main business portion of the town of Kingaroy was menaced by a fire which was still burning fiercely at 11.30 o'clock to-night. Four shops had then been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Season Begins Brigade's 'Don'ts'
The bushfire season has begun: bucket brigades had a warining-up yesterday. Tinder-day grass everywhere holds…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle West Blaze
A shed at 402 King-street, Newcastle, used as a paint shop, and its contents, were badly damaged by fire early yesterday morning. Though the fire spread to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unusual Story Witness at Fire Inquest SYDNEY
An extraordinary story was told to the Parramatta Coroner to-day by Mrs. Mabel Harrison at the inquiry into the fire which destroyed her home at Auburn on August…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Menace of Bush-fires
THE unusually dry Spring foreshadows the possibility of further serious bush-fires in the Northern district during the Summer months. During last season there was a good deal of rain, and most of the…
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