Big Grass Fire Near East Maitland
Morpeth and East Maitland brigades turned out to a gross fire which burnt about six acres extending from the Morpeth-road to the old cemetery near…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
878 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 44
Guy Fawkes Day Fire Adelaide
A real Guy Fawkes touch was given to a fire in a shop in Carrington, a suburb of Adelaide, to-day. Heat rays through a glass window ignited fireworks, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Newcastle New Fire Perils Homes In Danger
With the temperature at a new record level, the most serious bushfires since the beginning of the outbreaks a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sun Stop Press Fire Near Kurrajong
Sydney, Friday: Fire is devouring the countryside between North Richmond and Kurrajong on a front or more than 30 miles…
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Shutting their minds from the ruin, the many motorists who drove last night in districts where bushfires had burned…
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A MAN defines the raging inferno and choking smoke to protect his collage during the Springwood fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gosford Fires Sheds Burnt: Orchards Scorched Mangrove Mountain Blaze Gosford
With the temperature at 106 degrees, bush fires raged throughout Somersby, Mangrove Mountain, Kulnura, Green Point, Ourimbah, and other centres in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Damage in North Trunk Lines Disorganised by Bush Fires Young Wallsend Outbreak Thousands of Acres Swept by Flames
Bush fires, intensified by three successive days of heat-wave weather and dry westerly winds, destroyed thousands of acres of forest, scrub and grass in the north yesterday. Settlements were endangered and isolated buildings were…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bush Fire Havoc Mountain Towns Endangered 15 Houses Destroyed at Glenbrook Kurrajong Safe After Long Fight: Sydney Church Burnt SYDNEY
Bush fires wrought have in several towns on the Blue Mountains to-day Glenbrook fared badly. Firemen and police from Sydney joined residents in a great struggle to save the town, but 15…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat Destroyed by Fire Tamworth
When fire broke out in a wheat paddock on the property of Mr. A. E. Emblen, near Tamworth this afternoon, wheat representing 400 bags, or about…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Prime Minister of France Caught Between Two Fires LONDON, October 12
The difficulties which confront M. Blum's Popular Front Government, assailed always by the Right "reactionary" parties on one side and latterly, but the Communists who did so much to place him in power, on the other side, are described by the Paris correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huge Trees Swept From Path of Fire
The raging flames sweep lowing trees from their path. This remarkable photograph was taken Springwood fire. (Other bush fire pictures on back page.)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →House Destroyed at Cessnock Fire in Untenanted Dwelling
An unoccupied four-roomed weatherboard house in David-street. Cessnock, was destroyed by fire at 1.45 a.m. to-day. The building was the properly of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In The Front Line Of The Fire Front
Residents and volunteers at the height of bushfire yesterday feverishly working with wet bags to beat back flames that [?] homes and other property…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Phone Service Restored Equipment Damaged by Bushfires
Telegraphic and telephonic communication between Newcastle and Sydney, which was cut off completely yesterday as a result of the bushfires. was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Danger Passes Mountain Bush Fires Extensive Damage Sydney
It was announced by the officer in charge of Country Fire Brigades (Mr. Barber) to-night that the bush fires on the Blue Mountains…
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The new fire engine at Swansea was used for the first time on Friday night, when a call was received to a bushfire endangering Caves Beach Surf Club…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Destroys Bungalow Singleton
A six-roomed weatherboard bungalow in Victoria-street, Kelso, Singleton, owned by Mrs. J. A. O'Bryan, was destroyed by fire. Nothing was saved. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Poles on Fire Rain Causes Short Circuits Electrical Interruptions
Soft rain after many days of hot, dusty weather generally means trouble for distributors of electricity. The rain converts the dust on the insulators and poles into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£30,000 DAMAGE Big Fire in Melbourne Cycle Works Gutted Melbourne
Damage estimated at about £30,000 was caused by a fire which gutted the cycle works of Hartley's Pty. Ltd., at the corner of Hanna and Whiteman Streets, South…
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