Bush Fires Wide Areas Swept West Australian Losses Perth
Bush fires at Northam this week have cleaned out 7000 acres of one estate. Many other farmers have lost thousands of acres of crops, many haystacks, and several…
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Fires & bushfires, 1931
730 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 37
Cardiff Cottage Destroyed Early Morning Fire
Fanned by the strong southerly wind, a fire destroyed a cottage in Harrison-street, Cardiff, last…
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Early on Saturday morning an unoccupied cottage in Harrison-street, Cardiff, owned by Mrs. Mayo, of Stockton, was destroyed by fire. The Cardiff Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Awoke to Find Bed on Fire Sydney
Miss N. Crompton, 26, living at a residential in Jersey-road, Woollahra, awake to find her bed on fire and the room filled with smoke. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Huge Grass Fire in the West Has a Front of 50 Miles Worst for Years Cobar
Fanned by westerley winds, a raging bushfire is eating up the greatest crop of grass the far western…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fires Western Districts Swept Out of Control Many Stations Laid Waste COBAR
Travelling at a speed of more than 40 miles a day, and having a frontage of more than 125 miles, a huge fire is sweeping the country between Cobar and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£10,000 DAMAGE Brisbane Stores Suffer Water From Fire Brigade Brisbane
Heavy damage was caused by water from the fire brigade at R. Gow's produce stores in Turbot-street, city, to-night. The fire started on the top story, but…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Killed Daring Auckland Fire
An employee of Auckland Electric Power Board was electrocuted while cutting off power during this fire which destroyed a akin store and did damage estimated at £29,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires in West Wide Area Devastated Position Grave Cobar
The huge bushfires which are sweeping the Far Western portion of New South Wales are completely out of hand. Already more than 500,000 acres of grazing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Garage on Fire Mechanic Nearly Trapped Clothes Caught Fire Sydney
Raymond Strange, 18, a motor mechanic, had a narrow escape from death when he was trapped in a burning garage belonging to his father, in Bland-street, Ashfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Stockton Empty Cottage Damaged
Fire severely damaged three rooms of an unoccupied weatherboard cottage at 221 Dunbar-street, Stockton, last night. The cause of the outbreak is not known…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flames Checked Exhausted Fire-fighters Position Round Cobar Cobar
After four days of hard fighting the big bush fires in the Cobar district are temporarily under control, at least on their most dangerous fronts. The fire-fighters…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Outbreak of Fire on Roof of Bank of England Twenty-five Engines and 100 Men Coldstream Guards Turn Out Gold Was Safe London
For half an hour a huge crowd of people watched more than 100 firemen, with the aid of fire-fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Danger Is Now Over Grass Fires in West Cobar
The silliness of the atmosphere about the south-west plains of the far West all yesterday and last night enabled the fighter to make progress…
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The fire menace became more serious this afternoon, when a fresh fire broke out on the Innesowen station. A large number of volunteers from neighbouring…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Basement Fire Estimated Damage £4000 SYDNEY
Damage estimated at £4000 was caused by a fire which broke out in the basement of premises occupied by Goldman and Company, tent and clothing…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Used Kerosene on Fire Woman Fatally Burned Morisset Inquest
Running out into her backyard, attracted by screams for help, Alice Alanda Tempest, of Morriset-road, Cooranbong, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Indian Congress Disobedience Campaign Village Clash Police Fire on Natives (Australian Press Association.) CALCUTTA, December 17
Congress defiance of the new regulations to cope with the Civil Disobedience movement in the United Provinces has already led to bloodshed as a result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire at Lidcombe Sydney
Damage estimated at £2500 was caused when a fire broke out in M. G. Lewis's tailoring premises in Bridge-street, Lidcombe, about 2 o'clock this morning. Had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bushfires Under Control Sydney
Messages received from Cobar to-day stated that the great bushfires that raged over a large area of country for some days were now under complete control…
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