The Sun Stop Press Big Fire at Miles
Brisbane, Friday.—Nine buildings in the main shopping centre of Miles, about 30 miles from Roma, were gutted to-day in one of the biggest…
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Fires & bushfires, 1937
706 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 36
Big Fire in Queensland Town Brisbane
A bank, a hotel, and seven shops were destroyed by fire at Miles, 30 miles from Roma, early to-day. Efforts by a bucket brigade were unavailing…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Finest Fire Station
London can claim a new distinction this week—possession of the finest fire station in the world. It is the new headquarters of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Heavy Damage Melbourne Midnight Blaze Big Building Gutted Melbourne
Damage estimated at many thousand pounds was caused in a blaze which swept through a three-storied building in Little Bourke-street, at the rear of the Palace…
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Fire damaged the hood of a cor owned by W. A. A. Murray, real estate agent, of Bolton-street, Newcastle, while the vehicle was parked in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Lost in Hotel Fire in N.Z. CHRISTCHURCH
David Alexander Robertson, 24, shepherd, who had been staying at the Railway Hotel at Kurow, was burned to death when lire destroyed…
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London, August 9.—A cricketer named L. Parnell caught on fire while batting at Dartmouth to-day. A ball struck his thigh and ignited matches in his pocket…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Safebreakers Blamed Fire in Laundry Sydney
Police believe that safeblowers were responsible for the fire which did £15.000 damage at Mosman Laundry yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flats Saved Mosman Fire Outbreak Laundry Destroyed Sydney
When a fire broke out to-day in the Mosman Bay Laundry at Mosman, the firemen were unable to save the laundry, but they prevented the flames from…
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Marks found on a safe in the ruins of the fire which caused damage estimated at £15,000 to the Mosman Laundry yesterday, have led police to believe that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ship Scuttled Menaced by Fire Outbreak Crew Jumped Into Harbour Rome, August 11
An outbreak of lire in the medicine store, which was gutted, necessitated the scutting in Naples harbour of the hospital ship Helouan, of 7156 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Summer Fire Screen
In warm weather an empty fireplace has a cheerless look, and a screen of some sort improves the appearance of the hearth. A large round brass tray such…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Crew Swam Ashore Fire on Hospital Ship NAPLES, August 12
The crew of the Italian hospital ship, Helouan, which was gutted by fire in Naples harbour, jumped overboard, naked, and swam ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →New Hall Opened Fire Station Converted at Wickham
The opening of the new council's hall in Albert-street, which has been converted from the old fire station, recently acquired by Wickham Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Set Fire to Straw Child's Act Destroyed Village L'ORIENT (France), August 14
Angered because a pig bit her, a peasant's eight-year-old daughter set fire to the pig's straw. The blaze resulted in the entire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Machine-gun Fire Before Arrest of Lugger Larrakia in Port Captain Tells of Chase DARWIN
The Larrakia returned to Darwin yesterday morning with the arrested Japanese pearling lugger Dai Nipponr Maru. To-night the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Fatally Burned Threw Petrol on Fire SYDNEY
Unaware that a tin contained petrol, Graham Long, 46, of Auburn, threw the contents on to a fire in his yard on Sunday and was immediately enveloped in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Killed Police Fire on Crowd Yugoslavian Incident Belgrade, August 15
Two persons were killed and four seriously injured when police fired on a crowd at Mladenovac to-day. The trouble began when a member of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fired on Tanker Crew Tells of Submarine Attack Set Fire to Ship Tunis, August 16
The tanker British Commodore landed a crew of 38 from the Panama tanker, George W. McKnight, of 12,4142 tons. They said that what appeared to be a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Open Verdict Alexandria Factory Fire SYDNEY
After inquiring into the cause of the disastrous fire at the factory of Australian Soaps Limited, at Alexandria, on July 31, the City Coroner to-day…
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