Fire on a Lighter Sydney Harbor Excitement Sydney
With giant flames leaping from its blazing cargo, a lighter moored alongside the freighter Fiona, today threatened to set the ship…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
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Fire in Theatre Projection Box Brigade's Good Save in Auckland Auckland
Fine work by Auckland Fire Brigade saved great damage to the heart of Queen-street when the projection box of the Plaza Theatre caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Tragedies Mother and Son Dead Aged Victim of Peakhurst Blaze Sydney
Three deaths were caused by fire at the week-end. At Morundah, 24 miles from Narrandera, the home of Mrs. Dorothy Gash…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Victims Bullet Holes in Heads New Inquiries by Police Narrandera
A post-mortem examination of the bodies of Mrs. Jane Maria Gash, 31, and her son, Stanley Gash, 2½, which were recovered after a fire had destroyed their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Precautions to Deal with Fires London
In moving the Second Reading of a measure dealing with fire precautions, which has been before Parliament for more than 40 years, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Victims Detectives Comb Ashes Theory of Murder Narrandera
Detectives inquiring into the deaths of Mrs. Jane Mary Gash and her two-year-old son, Stanley, whose bodies were found in a cottage which was partly destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tragic Scenes at Pit Top at Markham 79 Dead Women Pray While Fires Rage London
Pitiful scenes are being witnessed at Markham Colliery, near Chesterfield, where 79 miners were killed in an explosion and fire early this morning. Forty-five of the victims lie in galleries through…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Baths Structure Destroyed Shop Lessee Lost His All in Fire Melbourne
Mr. A. J. Hulett, lessee of an old wooden shop attached to the storm-battered remnants of the Brighton baths, escaped just in time this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Peril Danger from Air Raids British Precautions Proposed Measures Outlined (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, May 11
In moving the second reading in the House of Commons to-day of the first measures dealing with fire precautions, which have been before Parliament for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Tragedy Murder-Suicide Theory Narrandera Inquiries Narrandera
Inquiries into the death of Mrs. Jane Mary Gash and her two-year-old, son, Stanley Gash, whose bodies were found in a cottage partly destroyed by fire at…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Damage of £25,000 in Mine Fire Blaze Began in Battery Building Melbourne
Damage estimated at more than £25,000 was caused by fire early this morning in the huge are crushing batteries of the new Red, White and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Morundah Tragedy Not Solved Clues Destroyed by Fire? Morundah
Police still believe that Mrs. Dorothy Jean Gash, 31, and her baby, Stanley Gash, .2, whose charred remains were found…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rubbish on Fire
West Maitland Fire Brigade turned out to a fire which had broken out in a small quantity of rubbish at tire premise of Mrs. W. Tulloch, in High-street. West…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big City Fire in Auckland Auckland
A fire, completely beyond the control of six brigades, raged for hours this morning and destroyed a large four-storied brick building in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Speedboat Damaged Boys Help Fight Fire SYDNEY
Prompt action by two boys aided in saving a speedboat from destruction last night. Fishing off a wharf in Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Still a Mystery Narrandera Fire Tragedy NARRANDERA
Although detectives have not solved the mystery surrounding the death of Mrs Gash and her son whose bodies were recovered after a fire at their home,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£25,000 DAMAGE Fire at Bendigo Mine MELBOURNE
A fire, which broke out shortly before midnight in the engine pit at the new Red, White and Blue Consolidated mine, Bendigo, caused damage estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Ship Sunk Aid Raid on Valencia Another Set on Fire at Barcelona Valencia, May 15
Twenty persons were killed, and 33 injured in an air raid on Valencia at midnight. One bomb sank the British merchantman…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Extensive Damage Fire at Auckland Wellington (N.z.)
One of the most spectacular fires in Auckland for many years occurred today, when damage estimated, at £75,000 was done to a four-storied brick building in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rugby Union Fire Brigades Meet Newcastle on Saturday Mitchell Park Fixture
The Management Board of Newcastle Rugby Union accepted an invitation last night from the New South Wales Fire Brigades Sports Council to send a first…
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