Fire on Launch Mechanic Trapped in Cabin Dash Through Flames
When the engine of a launch at Carey Bay, Toronto, backfired and caught fire yesterday afternoon, George Lawrence, of Dawson-street. Cook's Hill, was trapped…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
828 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 42
Fire on Harbour No Arrangement to Divert Ferry Chamber of Commerce Anxious
The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce was advised yesterday by the Port Advisory Committee that the question of providing fire-fighting equipment at Port…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Victoria Has Classroom Fires
These Victorian schoolboys are more fortunate than many who attend New South Wales schools. When they arrive at school they can gather round the class-room fire and thaw out, instead of sitting all day with feet and hands numbered by the cold. The fire is lit and the room warmed before the children arrive. This picture was taken at the Geelong-road State School…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Royal Unveiling Villers Bretonneux War Memorial Blaze of Pageantry Arrangements for Friday (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, July 17
Northern France has not known for years such a blaze of pageantry as will accompany the unveiling of the Australian war memorial at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Manly Sydney
Crowds returning by boat from the city at dunk to-day lined The Corso, Manly, and watched firemen fighting a fire which severely damaged a second-hand furniture…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lismore Fire Unoccupied Dwelling LISMORE
Damage estimated at £1200 was caused by a fire in an unoccupied two-storied wooden building at the corner of Molesworth and Conway Streets. Lismore early…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Suspicions at Manly Sydney
The fire which last night destroyed a two-story shop on The Corso, Manly, burning furniture valued at £1000, is thought by the police to have been…
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A small fire broke out in No. 6 ward at Callan Park Mental Hospital to-day. A patient drew the attention of warders to the fire, which was checked by spraying…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →U.S. Coast Ablaze 600 Forest Fires Are Raging ("Newcastle Sun" Cable)
SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday. More than 600 forest fires are burning in three Pacific Coast States…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Early Morning Fire Dungog Presbyterian Manse DUNGOG
The Presbyterian manse, a brick building with a shingle and iron roof, was extensively damaged by fire early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Theatre on Fire 500 Refugees Trapped in Hankow Japanese Air Raid Three Aerodromes Bombed (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, July 19
Five hundred refugees were trapped in a blazing Chinese theatre in Hankow to-day when 27 Japanese bombers, flying high to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire In Reich Chancellery BERLIN
Fire broke out to-day in extensions of the Reich Chancellery. Slight dame age was done. An inquiry into the cause has been started…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Heavy Losses Forest Fires in U.S.A. Aircraft Aid Fighters San Francisco, July 19
More than 600 forest fires are burning in three Pacific Coast States. Weeks of drought in some areas have made fire hazards doubly dangerous, but lack of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Valencia Raid Five 'Planes Took Part Fire on British Ship Put Out London, July 20
Five rebel 'planes took part in the bombing of the British steamer Staniland at Valencia yesterday, killing eight dock workers. The fire on board the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire in Berlin Chancellery Berlin, July 20
Fire broke out to-day in extensions of the Reich Chancellery. Slight damage was done. An inquiry into the case has been started…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"He Was Thrown Out Like Sack of Sugar" Father Saves Son in Fire Sydney
With flames crackling fiercely through his house. Lindsay Mallard took desperate measures to save his wife and five-year-old son at Auburn to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Vancouver Island Fire Havoc Investigation of Sabotage Vancouver
The forest fire on Vancouver Island destroyed the town of Headquarters, rendering 500 persons homeless. It also burned a Comox lumber…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Forest Fires Towns Feared Doomed in British Columbia 30 Firemen Dismissed Serious Acts of Sabotage Discovered (Australian Associated Press.) VANCOUVER, July 22
The worst forest fires in the history of British Columbia are sweeping Vancouver Island, over an area 15 miles by eight…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire at Heddon Greta
Shortly after 9 o'clock on Saturday night kurri Fire Brigade was called to a fire at an unoccupied cottage in Cliff Street, Heddon Greta, but could…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rebels Cross Into Valencia Fierce Artillery Fire Paved Way Loyalists Unbroken Franco's Encircling Move (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, July 24
After a terrific bombardment, the insurgents advancing on Sagunto, the northern bulwark of Valencia, from the direction of…
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