Fire Destroys Airliner: No One Injured London
The Hongkong correspondent of "The Times" states that Imperial Airways liner, Daedalus, was destroyed by fire at Bangkok after the engines…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1938
828 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 42
Fire Destroys Fruit Worth £8000 at Yenda Factory Yenda
Big stocKs of new season peaches prunes and apricots were incinerated last night when a fire destroyed the Yenda Cooperative Society's building,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Remanded House on Fire on Successive Days LISMORE
George Burns appeared at the Mullumbim by Police Court to-day on two charges that on November 27 and 28 he maliciously set fire to a dwelling house…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Hire and Fire" Statement by Mr. Scanlon MR. I. Hoare's Evidence
The Vice-president of the northern district of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Scanlon) said yesterday that he wished to clarify the position regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bushfires Rage in Hawkesbury River District Sydney
Tops or 50ft. trees were blazing to—day in a bush fire at Tumbledown, on the northern bank of the Hawkesbury River…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ayrfield Mine Fire Inquiry
The Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns) will begin an inquiry at the Kurri Kurri Courthouse to-morrow afternoon concerning the fire which destroyed the main…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mine Fire Inquiry Royal Commission Notified
A letter from the Minister for Mines (Mr. R. S. Vincent) received by the Northern Miners' Federation, states that the lire at Ayrfield mine has…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Palm Beach Houses Catch Fire Sydney
Urgent calls for assistance were received to-day from Palm Beach. A truck with nine men was sent. Many valuable properties owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Singleton Fire Storeroom and Contents Destroyed SINGLETON
A detached iron and timber storeroom, situated at the rear of the offices of A. B. Show and Company, solicitors, and containing a large quantity of Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Building and Fruit Lost £8000 Fire at Yenda YENDA
Despite the use of hoses settlers of the Yenda section of the Griffith Irrigation Area could do little to prevent a fire which last night destroyed the Yenda…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Bug Suspected at Leeton Two Fruit-packing Stores Destroyed Griffith
A fire bug is believed to be at work on the irrigation area. In two days fruit-packing stores at Leeton and Yenda have been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on Mile Front Mountains Hospital in Danger Lane Cove Outbreaks Sydney
A private hospital and the Wentworth Falls Golf Club house were endangered by bush fires which raged on a mile front between Katoomba and Wentworth Falls…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Found Guilty of Arson Well-known Brisbane Business Man Sequel to Lismore Fire Lismore
George Malouf, 40, draper, of Brisbane, and proprietor of a number of (drapery stores in the Northern Rivers, was found guilty by a jury at the Lismore…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flames Menaced Homes Bushfires on Coalfields Women Assist the Men
With flames leaping above the tree top only 20 yards away, residents of the little township of North Rothbury…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Ringed with Bushfires Sydney
More than 100 firemen, with the aid of police and civilians, are fighting scores of fires around Sydney. Calls are pouring into fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fire Peril Near Branxton
Flames sweeping through the thick ti-tree scrub and bush near the North Rothbury Colliery properly, when the fire was at its height yesterday afternoon. The fire lighten (above) had a strong wind to contend with and when the flames leapt the and between Branxton and North Rothbury it appeared as it the house would be enveloped. Below: A party of North Rothbury firefights take a well-earned spell after their efforts. Assisted by a change in the direction of the wind, they got the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bush Fires Outbreaks in Many Districts Houses Menaced at Whitebridge Urgent Appeal for Help in Blue Mountains
A high temperature and a scorching westerly wind made conditions ideal yesterday for bush fires, and many parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Big Blaze at Maitland Store Was Gutted
The Cash and Carry Store, one of the largest drapery shops in West Maitland, was burnt out this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mountain Fires Under Control Sydney
After an all-night fight, firemen have got the Blue Mountains bush fires under control. They said to-day that never…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Hire and Fire"
Sir,—On the question of whether I was an advocate of the reintroduction of the hire and fire system, which has caused an interesting controversy to your readers…
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