Victorian Bush Fires Melbourne
The bush fires in the Yackandandah and Kergunyah districts burned steadily during the week-end, and difficulty was being experienced in coping with several…
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Fires & bushfires, 1933
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£50,000 DAMAGE Blaze in Nail Factory Two Melbourne Fires Melbourne
S. Cooke Pty.'s nail factory in Kavanagh-street, South Melbourne, was gutted by fire which swept through the huge building last night, the damage being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires Rage Grazing Country Burnt Fight in South Australia Adelaide
Big fires raged in several localities yesterday. Fanned by a 40-mile-an-hour gale, the fire swept over seven properties near Port Wakefield, and burned 5000 acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shells Choked Fire Pump Water Board Inquiries Kurri Complaint
Kearsley Shire Council complained to the Water Board today that when the Kurri fire engine was called to a fire at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FIRE 25 Miles Wide Victorian Bush Still Blazing MELBOURNE
The big bush fire which has been raging between Yackandandah and Kergunyak for 10 days was still blazing fiercely to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fire Prevention Waratah Query
"What is the idea? Do they intend to try and combat the inconvenience caused by bush fires? The only way to combat bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fire Nightly Search for Person Responsible MELBOURNE
At 10 o'clock each night a bushfire is started between Blackrock and Beaumaris, and although no great damage has been done so far residents fear that sooner or…
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Newcastle brigades attended two Erase fires to-day. At 10.8 a.m. Adamstown and Hamilton brigades attended a grass fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£5000 DAMAGE Sydney Factory Blaze Firemen's Good Save Sydney
The biggest factory blaze in Sydney in the last six months occurred to-night in a two-storied factory occupied by the Gala Hosiery, Manufacturing Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seven Shops Gutted Huge Blaze at Trundle Axe Gang's Save Trundle
The main business block of Trundle, a small town on the Bogan Gate-Tottenham line, was gutted early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Cheaper to Have Fires" Cost of Keeping Brigades Waratah Protest
"If it costs £24,000 to run our fire-fighting services in Newcastle, then I think it would bs cheaper to have fires. It's the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lake Shire Bush Fire Sufferers Additional Grant Made £5000 for Drainage Work
A further grant of £100 will be made available to meet additional claims for assistance in connection with the losses sustained by the recent bush fires,…
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Hamilton and Adamstown Fire Brigades yesterday morning attended a grass fire at 15 Charlestown-road, Adamstown. The blaze was extinguished before any…
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A fire broke out in a garage on premises owned and occupied by Mrs. O. P. Hancock, of Melbourne-street, Aberdare, about 6 o'clock last night. A charabane,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Theatre Gutted £30,000 Toowoomba Blaze TOOWOOMBA
Early this evening the Empire Theatre, in Neil-street, one of the largest buildings in Toowoomba, was gutted by fire. The damage is estimated between £25,000 and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Circle of Flame in Gosford District Fierce Blaze
Fierce bushfires raged in a huge circle around Gosford throughout to-day. Fanned by a strong westerly breeze…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Daylight Robbery" Said Mayor' Fire Quotas and Hamilton Council
"Daylight robbery," said the Mayor of Hamilton (Alderman Jenner) last night at Hamilton Council meeting, referring to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hawkesbury Ringed by Fire Houses in Danger Sydney
With flames on both sides the Hawkeabury River, near the Broken Bay entrance, presented an two-inspiring sight last night. A string of fire a mile, long…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£50,000 Pine Trees Menaced by Fire Sheep Roasted Adelaide
Fire-fighters spent the whole of to-day strenuously engaged in combating flames near the Kuitpo Forest, outside Adelaide, but at dusk appeared to have the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Bunkers Ship Limping to Port Propeller Also Damaged Perth
Limping towards Fremantle with a damaged propeller, the steamer Helmspey now has a fire in the coal bunkers. It is not known whether the fire is…
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