Fires Burnt Out in Victoria Melbourne
Bush fires around Ballarat and Daylesford yesterday and last night burnt out scrub for 20 miles, making the forests safe for the present. A change of wind…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
828 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 42
Fire Makes Arch of Smoke
Scene at the novelly stall when the Cathedral Operatic Fair was opened this afternoon. — Mesdames J. A. C. Kloster, L. E. Thompson attendance and Mesdames Beaver and T. H. Raysmith…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Follows Bad Luck Misfortune Piles Up On Family SYDNEY
A run of bad luck which has dogged the Amor family of Cheltenham Road, Burwood, culminated yesterday in the almost complete destruction of their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seven Cars Damaged in Garage Fire Sydney
When an oxy-welding plant backfired at the garage and motor body works of Mr. A. B. Gates, Papace-street, Petersham, to-day, sparks set…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Moree Fire Council Chambers Gutted MOREE
The Shire Chambers with practically all the contents, other than those in a storeroom were destroyed by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Half Century As Fire Fighter Wollongong
Mr. Robb, a volunteer members of Wollongong Fire Brigade, was entertained [?]t night by members of the brigade to delebrate his 70th birthday and his entry on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Two Shops Burn Crookwell Night Fire Help Sent From Goulburn Crookwell
Fanned by a strong westerly wind, a fire which broke out in the shopping centre at Crookwell to-night destroyed two shops and threatened 20 others…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Canton to Falls to Japanese Big Fire Raging In Captured City LONDON
Since Chinese sources are silent, there is no means of checking the claims of the Japanese, but they undoubtedly hold the eastern section of Canton. The complete fall of the city will isolate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Burns Woman in Shed Fire BRISBANE
Mrs. Emma Mary Swan, 57, widow, was fatally burned in a shed at her home in Torwood, yesterday morning. A passer-by, seeing smoke issuing from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Brigade Social
A social, arranged by members of the East Newcastle Fire Brigado, was held at Nobbys Surf Club pavillon, to entertain Mr. R. Robson, who has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire-fighting Apparatus at Wharves Better Facilities Required
Matters relating to fire fighting equipment on Newcastle wharves were discussed at a meeting of the Port of Newcastle Advisory Committee of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on Hauraki Copra Cargo Damaged SUVA, October 24
Fire broke out in the copra stowed in No. 2 hold of the Union Steam Ship Company's motor vessel Hauraki (7113 tons) at Suva this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Racecourse Auckland
A fire watched by thousands of people, destroyed the Foxton Racing Club's main grandstand. The flames spread rapidly and the water supply…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hospital Blackout Telephone Switch Fire SYDNEY
Hurricane lanterns were rushed to Sydney Hospital to-night when a blackout occurred through a fuse in the telephone switch catching alight. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Race to Rescue German Ship on Fire Outbreak Later Subdued New York, October 26
Three ships, the United States freighters Collamer and American Traveller, and the Norwegian liner Europe, to-day set out on a race across the North Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Actor's Heroism Rescued Friend from Fire Burns May End Film Career Beverley Hills, October 25
Film actor Lyle Talbot to-day played the role of the life when he rescued Franklin Parker, a house guest, from a fire which destroyed his home valued at 50,000…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Turpentine Explodes £15,000 Dunedin Fire Wellington (N.z.)
Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused by a fire in the promises of Thompson's Crystal Products Ltd., manufacturers of sweets and soft drinks, at Dunedin,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Marseilles Fire (Continued from Page 1) French Congress Adjourns Premier Directs Rescue Work LONDON
M. Daladier adjourned the Congress as a sign of mourning and personally directed rescue work…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Brigade Fell Down on Job Revelations in Marseilles London
The Marseilles correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the fire in which 100 people arc believed to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nurses' Home on Fire One Dead; Five Injured New Zealand Hospital Wellington (N.z.)
A nurse named Rothwell, aged 22, was burnt to death and four sisters and a nurse were injured when a fire destroyed the extension…
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