Boy's Courage Rescued Woman from Fire MELBOURNE
Racing into a burning house at Balwyn to-day, Dick Barwell, 13, rescued Mrs. R. A. Smith, who was on the verge of collapse. Mrs. Smith was lying in the front room…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1934
745 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 38
Splitting Seconds Fire Brigades' Demonstration Men in Training
All over New South Wales volunteer firemen are in strict training for the big fire brigades demonstration, which is to open…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hamilton Fire Station's Record "Baby" Has Twenty Years' Service
This week Fireman A. Lock, of Hamilton Fire Brigade completed his 20 years service and he is the "baby" of the station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Discovered in Printing Works Man Is Charged Sydney
Police state that packets of paper saturated with Inflammable liquid. Indications that the liquid had been prayed over the floor, and that fires…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires Outbreak in Bathurst District BATHURST
A big fire, having a frontage of several miles, is sweeping forward in the Vittoria district. Although no damage has yet been caused to private property, it is…
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Headquarters and Hamilton fire brigades attended a fire in a blower at Andrew Cook and Sons' joinery works in Union-street yesterday. The fire was…
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A five-roomed cottage in Gregson-avenue. Mayfield West, was damaged by a fire which broke out about 3 a.m. to-day. The kitchen and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Merewether Fire Brigade Demonstration
The meeting convened by the Mayor (Ald. E. L. Lloyd) to assist the Merewether Fire Brigade was well attended. Captain J. Day said the object was to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire in Barn Vehicles and Machinery Destroyed SINGLETON
A fire broke out last night in a largo barn on the property of Mr. R. D. Cunneen, at Gowrie, across the river from Singleton. The Singleton Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Safe Blown Fire Follows Burglary Railway Station Gutted Inverell
The Mount Russell railway station, 16 miles from Inverell, comprising a station-master's office goods room, and men's and ladies' waiting rooms, was totally…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire While Family on Holidays Bucket Brigade Saves House Aberdeen
A good save was made at the home of Mr. G. H. Walters, at Blair-more, Aberdeen, when a fire was discovered in a bedroom situated in the…
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About 4.10 a.m. yesterday, a mail unoccupied cottage in Devonshire-street, Newcastle, was partly destroyed by fire. Cook's Hill Fire Brigade attended and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£10,000 Sydney Blaze Glass Falls on Firemen SYDNEY
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire which partially destroyed the Eden Building in George-street West on Saturday night. The alarm was given by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shot in Back Police Fire on Suspect ADELAIDE
A man, who defied a warning by Constable Hudson to surrender, was shot in the back at Glenelg early on Saturday morning. The wound was not serious,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flames 100Ft. High Hall Destroyed by Fire MELBOURNE
Shortly after 8 o'clock last night a fire broke out at the Eletra Palais Hall, at Black Rock, and gutted the premises. Art works, valued at hundreds of pounds, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Brigades' Display Experts' Visit to Newcastle Preliminary Plans
A director of the Fire Brigades Demonstration to be held in Newcastle in Starch, Fourth Officer Bear arrived in Newcastle this afternoon with a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Victim Man's Remains Found in Blazing Bush Hobart
Black and charred remains, burut beyond recognition, were all that remained of Herbert Bodin, 15, a paling splitter, of Ellendale, who was trapped while…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Poultry Burnt Egg-laying Contest Fire Birds Worth £325 Destroyed Sydney
Police are investigating a fire which broke out in the poultry yard of the Bankstown Fancy and Utility Poultry Club, at Bankstown, early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Waratah Fire Brigade Sports
A public meeting for the purpose of devising ways and means of assisting Waratah Fire Brigade to participate in the forthcoming Five Brigade sports, was held…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hospital Fire Children and Nurses Borne to Safety. Melbourne
Four children and two sick nurses were hurriedly removed from an isolation ward at the Children's Hospital when a fire broke out at 8.20…
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