Fire in Shed
Thought to bare been caused by overbeating in stored green lucerne, a fire occurred yesterday morning in a shed at the rear of the business premises of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1937
706 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 36
Here and There Fire Brigades Cooperate. —
Lithgow, Thursday: Members of the volunteer squad attached to the Lithgow Fire Brigade have undertaken to assist in the training of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Havoc Victorian Township Suffers Few Business Places Left Melbourne
A big section of the town of Boollarra, in the Gippsland district, was destroyed by fire shortly before midnight last night. Residents…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Nets on Fire Fisherman's Close Call GRAFTON
Reg Bullivant, 18, narrowly escaped serious injury when fire destroyed three fishing nets at the Smith brothers' fishing depot at Grafton today…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Man of Fire Trotsky Traitor or Patriot ?
Again it has come true, in Trotsky's case, that revolution devours her own children. SUPREMELY arrogant and master…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Diesel Engines Use in Aircraft Eliminating Fire Risk
The elimination of the risk of fire, ever present in the case of petrol-powered aircraft, is one of the by features of the Diesel, or, more correctly, the high-speed…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Home Destroyed Raymond Terrace Blaze Volunteers' Hard Task
For about two hours, early on Saturday morning, residents of Raymond Terrace vainly fought a fire which gutted the two-storied home of Mr. Joseph Adam…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cargo on Fire Inverbank in Distress Los Angeles, January 30
A coastguard has reported that the steamer Inverbank is in distress, fighting a fire in the cargo, approximately 1300 miles due south of Hawaii. A coastguard…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Damage in Fires in Sydney Sydney
Heavy damage was done to-day when a fire broke out at the factory of Waugh and Josephson, engineers, of St. Peters. The woodworking machine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock Fire in Fish Shop
Cessnock brigade was called out yesterday afternoon to an outbreak of fire in a fish shop in Vincent-street, occupied by E. Smith. A quantity of fat caught alight,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Herald Stop Press Timberyard Fire. Sydney, Saturday Morning
Shortly bolore 2 o'clock this morning a fire' broke out at the timberyards of J. Hardwick Ltd., at Annandale. Prompt action by metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wireless Telephones on Fire Engines Tests Being Made Newcastle May Have Them
If experiments now being conducted in Sydney prove successful, certain waggons attached to the Newcastle Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Factory Blaze Damage at St. Peters SYDNEY
Heavy damage was caused by a fire which occurred yesterday at the factory of Waugh and Josephson, engineers, at St. Peter's. The Woodworking machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bedding on Fire at Telarah
Bedding valued at £5 was burned last night in a fire at the home of Mr. G. Bowtell, Telarah Street, Telarah. It was started by burning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Engineer's Death Cigarette End and Fire
A theory that a cigarette end caused a fire in which James Wilson (56), engineer, of Dumbarton, was burned to death in his cabin on the motor-vessel Acrity at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Died at Fire Volunteer Fireman Adamstown Man's Collapse
While assisting to extinguish a fire at an old quarry on top of the hill above Adamstown last night, James Johns, 50 single, a volunteer fireman, of Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →25 Horses Lost Stables Fire in Victoria MELBOURNE
Twenty-five horses, valued at £400, were burnt to death yesterday when a fire destroyed the Richmond stables of L. Arthur, a contractor, of Heidelberg. Only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Good Save Fire at Marrickville Shed and Wool Destroyed Sydney
Firemen from seven brigades late to-day fought to prevent a fire which destroyed a large wooden shed in the grounds of Edward Bentley end Soon Ltd., twine…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ignited by Cap Light Miner Killed by Petrol Blaze
Walking into a shed outside the North Wallarah Colliery on the night of January 18, John Badnoch West (50) was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on Wairuna in America Copra Cargo Damaged San Francisco
After a copra fire had been extinguished on the Union line freighter Walruna, the loss was estimated at between £2500 and £6000 in cargo and…
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