"Deliberate Act" Warner's Bay Fire Coroner's Inquiry
The District Coroner (Mr. W. R. Pickett), at the police station, Boolaroo, yesterday investigated the circumstances surrounding the fire at Warner's Bay on the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1933
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Fire Peril at Toronto Patrols Fight Flames
Fires raged in the Carey Bay, Toronto Extended, and Kilaben Bay districts, and every available resident was out early fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →50 Volunteers Guard Convalescent Home Fire Brigades Out
Two brigades from Lambton and New Lambton, assisted by 50 civilians, were engaged during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crops Destroyed West Victorian Fire Graziers' Homes Menaced Melbourne
Beginning in stubble near Wannon, in the Western district, this morning, a fire was driven by a strong northerly wind and destroyed thousands of acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hospital Was in Danger Fire Peril at Stockton Terrific Fight (Continued from page 1)
The staff of the Mental Hospital at Stockton fought for two hours to halt the progress of a fire which menaced the Mental…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Beautiful Home Destroyed— Where Fierce Bush-fires Raged
All that remains of Fassifern railway station, where a huge sheet of flame leapt across the gully. destroying every building on the three platfroms. The damage is estimated of £6000…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Why Not Control the Bush Fire Fiend?
ALL will sympathise with the many sufferers whose homes and properties were destroyed or damaged in the bush fires which ravaged the districts around Newcastle yesterday. It was the most disastrous outbreak of the fire-fiend for many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires Wallsend District Small Collieries Suffer Reservoir Pumped Dry
With the place surrounded by raging bushfires the waves of heat from which contributed towards sending the mercury well over the 100 mark, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland Area Hottest Day for 27 Years 113 Degrees at Greta Bush Fires on Coalfields
Maitland and district residents yesterday, experienced the hottest day since January 25, 1906, when the temperature reached 115 degrees. A strong westerly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Ravaged by Bush Fires Widespread Loss Homes Destroyed at Dudley and Lake Towns Destruction on Railways Traffic Interrupted by Burning of Fassifern Station
The whole of the Newcastle district had one of the most trying ordeals yesterday of excessive heat and the ravages of bush fired, entailing widespread loss of property, experienced for many years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Fires Melbourne
Fanned by the games of yesterday, bond fires in the Gippsland district got out of control, and considerable damage was done to valuable timber and genes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Fire Pictures
Special pictures of the rain caused by the bush fires in the Fassifern-Teralba-Toronto areas will be found on Page…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rail Officials Fight Flames System Completely Disorganised Fassifern Blaze
A graphic story of the destruction wrought by the fire which gutted the Fassifern railway station was told by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Basin Wharf on Fire
A fire broke out last night at No 13 basin crane. Flames were licking up the wooden piles, but only fly planks in the wharf were damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires in West Wide Areas Swept SYDNEY
Fanned by westerly winds, bushfires are raging over a large area in Western New South Wales. Three thousand acres of grazing country on O'Connor Brothers'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Belmont Train Hold-up at Whitebridge Between Two Fires
The passenger train to Belmont, after leaving Whitebridge at 2.30 p.m., proceeded half-way to Redhead, when it was confronted by a wall of fire leaping…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires at Sea British Investigation Recent Big Disasters London, January 10
The question of the safety of ships from fire at sea is undergoing a thorough investigation at the hands of the Shipbuilding Employers' Federation and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Nocturne Amazing Scenes at Cardiff Beauty and Ruin
The aftermath of yesterday's fire on Cardiff heights, presented an amazing scene of beauty last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →What People Think Shop Workers' Union—Broken 'Phone Lines—Fire Protection Shop Assistants' War
"One of the Mugs" (Hunter-street West) writes:—The position between the two rival factions of the Shop Assistants'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lake Ferry Haven While Fire Raged Watched Homes Burning Wall of Flame to the Waterfront Prince's Bay Ravaged
The entire population of Prince's' Bay, Toronto, with the exception of the ablebodied males who were…
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