Firemen Use Gas Masks To Fight Sydney Blaze SYDNEY
In danger of asphyxiation firemen donned gas masks early to-day to fight a fire which severely damaged M. Le Roy Tracy's showroom in Castlereagh…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1938
828 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 42
House Destroyed by Fire at Cessnock
With little hope of saving a blazing cottage at Anzac Street, Cessnock, at 3.25 a.m. yesterday, Cessnock Fire Brigade concentrated on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Campaign for Prevention of Bush Fires
The Bush Fire Advisory Committee, comprising representatives of a number of Government departments and public associations has started its…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Firemen's Peril Smoke Helmets Needed in Sydney Blaze SYDNEY
Considerable damage was caused by fire, smoke and water in the furniture and office showrooms of N. le Roy Tracy, in Twyford House, Castlereagh-street, city,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →13 Injured at French Fire Victims' Funeral Marseilles
"Thirteen were injured—nine badly enough to be taken to hospital—during the funeral of victims of the fire on October 28…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shoe Factory Fire Extensive Damage in Melbourne Suburb MELBOURNE
A fire which swept through the premises of Austin Shoes Pty. Ltd. at Abbotsford to-day caused damage estimated at £15,000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Papal Throne Casing Damaged by Fire Incident at Ceremony in St. Peter's Vatican City, November 13
When the Pope was carried in procession to St. Peter's this afternoon to venerate Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, of Chicago, whose beatification took place…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Workshop at Broadmeadow
A fire broke out this morning in the workshop of the Ace Tyre Service off Lambton Road, Broadmeadow, but prompt action prevented any major…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cigarette Set Fire to Nightdress Sydney
Severely burned on the face and body, Mrs. Charlotte Mary Gough, 53, of Union-street, Erskineville, was found in a state of collapse in the bathroom of her home…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire in Waratah Mine Rescue Men Go Into Action All-Day Fight
A fire broke out this morning in the underground workings of the Caledonian Collieries Ltd Waratah…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Fire Is Quelled Waratah Colliery Proto Men's Good Work Blaze in Main Road
Fire caused severe damage in the main roadway of Waratah colliery, near Charlestown, yesterday. There was nobody in the pit when the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tyres Alight Fire at Retreading Plant
A quantity of second-hand tyres was damaged yesterday morning when a fire broke out in a corrugated iron shed occupied by the Ace Retreading Tyre…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Waratah Mine Fire Subdued Tribute Paid To Volunteers
The extent of the damage done by the fire at Waratah Colliery yesterday will not be known until officials of the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fire in Colliery More Children Learn to Swim
Men equipped with Proto apparatus fought a fire yesterday in the underground workings of the Waratah colliery, near Charlestown…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sun and Piece of Glass Caused Big Fire Collarenebri
Accepting the police view that the sun's rays on a piece of glass possibly ignited a loose match. Mr. V. H. Wells. P.M., gave a finding that the fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Preventive Campaign Opens
A bush fires prevention campaign has has opened by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, which comprises representatives of the State Government…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Fire Alarms for Wharves
An inspector from the Fire Commissioners' Department, who recently made an inspection of fire-fighting equipment in the port, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sun on Glass Caused Fire Collarenebri
The fire which destroyed the main business block of the town recently is believed to have been caused by the rays of the sun being focussed on inflammable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Did a Good Job Tributes to Colliery Fire Fighters
Many tributes were paid yesterday to the splendid work of the volunteer five-fighters who quelled the blaze in the Waratah colliery, Charlestown, on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Three Killed in Cape Town Fire Cape Town
Three people were killed and three severely injured to-day by a fire which gutted a harbor warehouse. The damage amounts to £50,000…
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