Heavy Bushfire Damage Bridges Destroyed in Riverina Albury
The bush fires at Wymoh which has swept over 4000 acres and which broke into the hills late on Wednesday is still burning fiercely…
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Fires & bushfires, 1932
743 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 38
Bush Fires Threatened Eden
The town of Eden is threatened by a big fire which in sweeping in from the western side. A big force of residents with the police have gone out to try and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Volunteers Burned Albury District Bush Fires ALBURY
Numerous bush fires are raging in the district, and all efforts to check them have proved futile. In preventing the flames from destroying two homesteads,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Unemployed Men Stop Bush Fire Fine Work Done at Burrowa Sydney
Unemployed from Young and Burrowa yesterday gave great help in arresting a bushfire which had swept to within six miles of Burrowa…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rain Welcomed Victorian Fires Quelled Detective to Investigate Melbourne
Rain came just in time last night to quell bush fires which had sprung into life again with more hot weather in many Victorian districts…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Fiend Is Blamed Woman Staggers From Blazing Home Total Loss Sydney
Believed to have been the victim of a fiendish design on her life, Miss Martha Harris, 52, who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Menace Hospital Serious Position at Walhalla Melbourne
A bush are fire almost in the heart of Walhalla the historic gold-mining township in the Gippsland Hills set alight to a corner of the hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Township Saved Bush Fire at Burrowa Volunteers' Long Fight Burrowa
The big bush fire which threatened the town on Friday, was checked yesterday by a big force of volunteers and unemployed, who travelled from Young to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clothes Ablaze Men Trapped by Fire JUNEE
While fighting an outbreak of fire near the Junee railway yards, A. Rushby and V. Turton were trapped. In a wild dash through the flames, their clothing caught…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cottage Fire Incendiarism Suspected Woman Occupant Threatened Sydney
What is believed by the police to have been a deliberate attempt to take her life was made on Martha Harris, 52, a single woman, yesterday morning. Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£10,000 DAMAGE Lismore Hotel Gutted Early Morning Fire Lismore
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the Terminus Hotel at South Lismore early this morning. The hotel, which was a two-storey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire And Bloodshed in Dartmoor Prison Riot Fierce Hand to Hand Battle in Yard Savage Mass Attacks on Gaol Warders Troops, Police & Citizens Called to Stop Escape Nearly 100 Casualties London
The most desperate and most sanguinary prison revolt in the modern history of England occurred at the famous Dartmoor Gaol this morning, as a consequence of which 70 prisoners and about a dozen warders are in hospital with wounds…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Bush Fire Near Albury Albury
A big fire is raging this morning in the Tallangatta Valley, a few miles from the township of Taliangatta and 500 acres of grass have been swept…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Died in Hospital Victim of Bush Fire ALBURY
Richard Snowden, 19, who was severely burned in attempting to save a homestead in the Albury district during a fire outbreak on Friday, died in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nearly Caught in Bush Fire Minister's Wife Fights Way Through Flames Walhalla Now Safe Melbourne
Forgotten in the excitement of the fight to save the township of Walhalla from a bush fire. Mrs. Leslie, wife of the Rev. E. G. Leslie, narrowly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Suspicious Fires Grenfell
Twelve fires, which broke out recently on Victor Smith's property, about 10 miles from Givenfell, are being investigated by mounted police and a blacktracker…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Town in Danger Surrounded by Fire Volunteers Win Fight Melbourne
The picturesque old-time mining township of Walhalla in Southern Gippsland, was seriously threatened by a huge bush fire to-day, and was saved only by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Block In Toronto Main Street Swept By Fire Three Premises Were Gutted Fire Brigades Did Great Work Spread of Flames Was Checked Heavy Damage
Hundreds of people, many of them dressed only in night attire, watched a grim fight by three fire brigades, at Toronto, shortly after 2 o'clock this morning, when a whole block, with the exception of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Toronto Blaze Two Shops Destroyed Cottage Damaged
One of the worst fires in the history of Toronto, which for a time threatened the destruction of a business block in Victory Parade, broke out yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Under Control Big Gippsland Fire MELBOURNE
The bush fires, which continued to burn after local residents and volunteers had saved the town of Walhalla, Gippsland, from destruction yesterday, died down…
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