King's Military Cross Bravery Under Fire Recalled Sydney
King Edward VIII who is holder of the Military Cross, is the only english monarch. It is said, who ever received a decoration for bravey under fire of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1936
878 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 44
Shed Damaged By Fire
A shed at the rear of a cottage in Fullerton-street, Stockton, was slightly damaged by fire shortly afternoon to-day. Stockton Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fatal Burns Child's Bed on Fire Accidental Death Verdict
A verdict of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner (Mr. A, G. Chiplin) yesterday, in the adjourned inquest concerning the death of Helen…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →School Menaced Victorian Bushfires Grass Areas Swept Melbourne
Several bushfires were reported to-day by the Air Force 'plane which patrolled the timbered areas of the State. When a bushfire broke at Crib Point,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bushfires in Victoria Melbourne
Heavy rain shortly after 4 a.m. to-day over almost the whole State has quenched bush fires, that did much damage in the Gippsland and Western…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Small Fire at Stockton
About noon yesterday a call was received at the Stockton Fire Station stating that a fire had started in a building at the corner of Fullerton and Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Pole on Fire Carried High-tension Mains Stockton Current Cut Off
In pouring rain, at 1.30 a.m. to-day, firemen from Newcastle East and Headquarters stations quelled a blaze on a pole carrying high-tension electric cables…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Clothes on Fire Petrol Vapour Explodes Lismore Farmer's Loss Lismore
Although his clothes were on fire, T. Cronin, a tenant farmer at Pinchin's Lane, about 20 miles from Lismore, tried to save his property after two buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bushfires Checked Rain in Gippsland Area MELBOURNE
Any possibility that the extensive bushfires in the Gippsland district might spread to-day was dispelled when heavy rain fell and extinguished the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Damages Cottage
Fire damaged a wall, a windowframe and a rocking chair in the kitchen of Lilly Draper, St. Helens-street, Holmesville, about 3 a.m. to-day. It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Risk in Aircraft
The disaster which overtook the L.J.W. Tugan Gannet monoplane when it crashed and was destroyed by fire recently, resulting in the loss of five lives, has directed…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →15 INJURED Explosion and Fire Like War Scene Damage to Residential in Sydney SYDNEY
Fifteen persons were injured when an explosion occurred in a residential at the corner of Kent and Market Streets to-night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Outbreaks of Fire
A wall, a window frame and a rocking chair were damaged by a fire which broke out in the home of Mrs. Lily Draper, of St. Helens-street, Holmesville, about 3…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Sweeps Through Elstree
A night photograph of the fire which destroyed a number of studios of Elstree, England's film colony. The damage amounted to many thousands of pounds.—Air Mail…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lamp Explodes Petrol Mistakenly Used Fire Damage on Farm Melbourne
The accidental filling of a hurricane lamp with petrol instead of kerosene caused a heavy explosion on a farm at Whittle-sea North last night. The fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Early Morning Fire at Week-end Home Occupants' Narrow Escape Melbourne
As the Upwey Fire Brigade arrived at a burning week-end home in the hills near the township early to-day a man clad only in pyjama trousers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigade Records SYDNEY
A record number of fire calls—5065— occurred in Sydney and suburbs last year, according to the annual report of the Board of Fire Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Two Escape Death in Fire. Melbourne
A man and a woman narrowly escaped being burnt to death when their home near Upwey was destroyed by fire this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Brigade to the Rescue Cat in Tree for Three Days Sydney
Armed with one of the department's largest extension ladders, firemen rescued a black and white cat which, defying all attempts at rescue,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fierce Bushfire in Victoria MELBOURNE
Leaping a road and endangering several homes, a bush fire is raging on Mount Buninyong, near Ballarat. The fire broke out last night in the…
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