"Very Suspicious" Fire at Kilaben Bay Coroner Returns Open Verdict
"The circumstances are very suspicious indeed. I cannot see how any person could have got into the place, but on the evidence I am unable to say how…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1938
828 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 42
Colliery Fire at Wallsend
A stranger who was travelling along the take Road last, night mistook the burning coal dump at the old Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company's C pit…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£5000 Fire at Botany Sydney
Damage estimated at nearly £5000 was caused to-day when fire destroyed the contents of the Hygienic Feather Mills Ltd., Botany, Four brigades were called…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coroner's Rider Fire Commissioners Reject Suggestion TAREE
The vexed question whether a fire brigade should attend a fire outside its area was revived when the Coroner (Mr. Hubert Flett), who held an inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waitress Suffocates N.Z. Fire Tragedy Wellington (N.z.)
When fire destroyed portion of a house here late last night, Eileen Makcie, 30, a waitress, was suffocated. Two firemen found her in her room and carried her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destroyed by Fire R.A.A.F. 'Plane on King Island LAUNCESTON
The R.A.F. 'plane which was forced down on King Island on Sunday was destroyed by fire late last night. The loss is estimated at £12,000…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →House Fire Charged Man Refused Bail Story of Threat to Shoot Blayney
John Thomas Reed, 32, monumental mason, appeared before the Chamber Magistrate (Mr. N. E. Fegan), to-day, on two charges of having, on September 10,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Judge Gives Bail Blayney Fire Charges SYDNEY
On condition that he reported to the Blayney police at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily, Mr. Justice Owen, in Supreme Court Chambers, to-day granted bail to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →East Maitland Lost in Street Fire Engine Starting Handle
The starting handle of the fire engine attached to the East Maitland Fire Station was lost during a road test on Tuesday night. The handle was out missed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fight in Theatre Cinema Operator Killed Duel with Fire Extinguishers New York, September 13
At a dramatic point in the screening of the film "Devil's Party" in a New York city theatre, the dialogue was drowned by a flesh and blood voice screaming. "Don't…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Two Small Fires
The paint work of a cottage in Tighestreet, Waratah, was damaged by fire at 9.15 o'clock last night. Hamilton and Waratah fire brigades attended and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →TARZAN Playing With Fire
Ogdll took hold of Jane's arm to urge her along—a soft, smooth, sun-tanned arm. Suddenly he stopped and wheeled her about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Scrub Fire Cottage, Fences Destroyed 100 Volunteers Busy at South Woy Woy Gosford
Fanned by a strong wind, a scrub fire broke out this afternoon in South Woy Woy, near the railway line. Before it was subdued a week-end cottage had…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Houses Menaced Mountain Bush Fires Sydney Suburban Outbreaks Sydney
Several homes were menaced by bush fires which destroyed nearly 15 acres of bush at Echo Point, on the Blue Mountains, to-day. Volunteers and firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fires Along the Highway
Fire raging in a big tree adjacent to the Pacific Highway near Charlestown last night…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Church Hall Destruction by Fire Two Firemen Injured Sydney
St. Stephen's Parish Hall, Newtown, was destroyed by fire this afternoon. An adjoining house, which is occupied by the caretaker, Arthur Spence, was severely…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →No Clue to Cause Air Force 'Plane Fire Mystery SYDNEY
The Minister for Defence (Mr. H. V. C. Thorby) to-day, said that the fire which destroyed the Air Force Avro Anson at King Island recently was a mystery…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Weston Fire Inquiry
The Kurri Coroner (Mr. A. W Johns) will hold an inquiry at Weston Police Station on September 27 into the circumstances of a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Arson Charge Sequel to Tamworth Fire TAMWORTH
At the Tamworth Police Court this morning, Arthur Herman Glennie Sattler, 48, was charged that on September 10, at Tamworth, he maliciously set fire to a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Boy's Death Leap Ignored Pleadings Tragic Sydney Hotel Fire Sydney
Screaming, "I can't wait. I've got to jump'" William Redmond, 13, son of the former managing director of Toohey's Brewery Ltd., jumped 35…
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