Three Brigades; But No Fire
Overheating in the boilerroom at Armstrong and Royse's timber yards at Carrington this afternoon, set the automatic…
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Fires & bushfires, 1932
743 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 38
Bush Fires Rage Rail Services Affected Pilot Working
A fierce bush fire raged adjacent to the railway line between Belmont and Redhead throughout this…
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A bush fire began on Saturday morning and ravaged about 6000 acres in the Williamstown district, 35 miles from Adelaide. One thousand men fought the blaze, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on Nobbys Grass Blaze Causes Stir Power Station Menaced
Crowds of strollers in the vicinity of Fort Scratchley between 3.30 and 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon were mystified by a heavy pall of smoke which hung…
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The Stockton Fire Brigade was called out to a small grass fire at the rear of the fire station on Saturday afternoon. The firemen extinguished the outbreak before…
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A fire-fighting vehicle, said to be the world's smallest fire engine, has been built at Kingston-on-Thames, England a Standard 9-h.p. chassis. When fully…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Hamilton Little Damage Done
Newcastle headquarters and Hamilton fire brigades were called to a fire in a paint shop, near the Premier Garage, at Tudor-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bushfire Menace Position at Junee JUNEE
A serious bushfire position is developing here owing to a strong hot wind, which is blowing towards the town a fire which broke out on the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Opening Fire
Boys from Sydney Church of England Grammar School on the firing mouna at Long Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grass Fires in Riverina Sydney
All grass and crop fires in the Riverina are reported by the police to have been put out. Danger areas are being constantly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wide Areas Swept Southern Grass Fires Lightning Menace Sydney
Several extensive grass fries occurred in the Riverina yesterday. The most serious outbreak was in the Urana district, in which 25,000 acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Riverina Fires Extinguished Sydney
Latest reports Indicate that all crop and grass fires in the Riverina have been extinguished. Danger areas are being natrolled in an endeavour to prevent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gas Works Fire Firemen's Perilous Task AUCKLAND
Bravery was displayed by members of the Devonport Volunteer Fire Brigade in attacking a fire which broke out at the Auckland Gas Company's works…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Store Blaze Hundreds of Persons Trapped Heavy Death-roll at Tokio Tokio, December 16
Five hundred customers, mostly women and children, and 1300 employees, were entrapped in an enormous eight-storied department store at Shirokiya, Tokio,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fruit Embargo Australian Impositions Control of Fire-blight Dr. Cumpston's Statement CANBERRA
Referring to the embargo on the introduction of Australian fresh fruit and vegetables into New Zealand from Australia, etables into New Zealand from Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →S.A. Bush Fire Two Homesteads Saved ADELAIDE
A bush fire started when trees were struck by lightning near Sheringa on Thursday, since when it has blazed over 5000 acres of pastures. Two hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →House Destroyed Blaze at Speers Point
A six-roomed dwelling, owned and occupied by Mr. Henry Carr, George-street, Speers Point, was gutted by a fire which broke out about 9 o'clock last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigade Social
Members of the Newcastle East Fire Brigade, and several friends, met at the Fire Station, Scott-street, Newcastle, on Saturday night, to make a presentation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fierce Bush Fire Put Out by Rain in N.Z. Scenic Spots Destroyed Auckland
A fierce bush fire which raged in the Ruatahuna district for three days and nights has just been extinguished by a heavy fall of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Protection
For 1933, Cessnock Council's contribution to the Board of Fire Commissioners will be £565, £494 8s 5d for Cessnock municipality and £70…
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