Four Died in Fires Last Year More Calls to Brigades
Four people died, and 19 were injured in fires last year. The worst ease was the burning to death of two young children in a cottage at Clara-street, Mayfield,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
872 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 44
Petrol Caught Fire Garage Worker Badly Burned LISMORE
Malcolm Raffan, 17, an apprentice mechanic, employed at the motor garage of Messrs. W. Robinson and Son, Lismore, received serious burns when a quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pilot Drove Fire Engine to Visit His Girl London, November 25
A schoolgirl, aged seventeen, of Walton-on-Thames, England, was too ill to be told that her boy friend, a twenty-year-old pilot, had been sent to prison for a month after driving in a fire engine to see her…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Jamboree Fire Scouts' Tent Destroyed Purchased by Sale of Bottles Bradfield
Five 13-year-old Scouts, who had financed their stay at the world Scout jamboree at Bradfield by the sale of bottles which they had been collecting all the year, lost their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth Seriously Injured Fell from Fire Station Tower Sequel to New Year Party Lismore
Sheldon Varley, 20, of Lismore, fell about 30 feet when portion of a disused bell tower at the Lismore Fire Station collapsed late on Saturday night. Varley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mysterious Fires in Shop Melbourne
Northcote detectives are investigating two separate mystery fires which broke out almost simultaneously in the premises of Mr. A. D. Chisholm,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Detectives Inquire Two Fires at Grocer's MELBOURNE
Detectives are trying to solve two mysterious fires which broke out on the premises of a Preston grocer, Mr. A. D. Chisholm, early to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Forest Fires in Victoria Result of Intense Heat MELBOURNE
As a result of Sunday's intense heat, a fire broke out between Woodend and Macedon, in the Black Forest, and burned throughout the night and to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Paper Store Sydney
Damage estimated at £1000 was caused to-night by a fire which severely damaged a two-storied building used as a store by the Cumberland Argus Newspaper…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Factories on Fire in Sydney Explosions Of Chemicals SYDNEY
Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was done to the factory of Matches (Aust.) Ltd. and the printing works of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truck Catches Fire
When a motor truck owned Dy Sorby's Ltd. developed a short circuit in its ignition near the corner of King and Darby streets to-day, the vehicle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Firemen Escape Severe Explosion at Waterloo Blaze Match Factory Destroyed Sydney
Just when it seemed that the blaze was being brought under control, a terrific explosion occurred in the blazing premises of Matches (Aust.) Ltd. at Waterloo early…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Macedon Fires Started Deliberately, Police Say Wind Change Saved Town Melbourne
Police are satisfied that the hush fires in the Macedon district which threatened houses yesterday were started deliberately…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire After Party Cake Decorations Ablaze Family's Close Call Kalgoorlie
Garish decorations at a 21st birthday party caused a fire which burnt a five-roomed house and contents, owned by Mr. A. B. Rosewarne, of Evans-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Child Born on Fire Engine Mother Rescued From Burning House STOCKHOLM, January 3
The village fire brigade at Torrlosa uniquely initiated its new fire engine by succouring an expectant mother from an isolated farm house…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Bush Fire Menace
NEW SOUTH WALES has not yet an organised system to prevent bush fires. In this district we have had disastrous fires which left a desolated countryside, but could have been stamped out in a few minutes at their beginning. "Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth."…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Weather Change Bush Fire Danger Passes Victorian Outbreaks Checked Melbourne
Although arrangements were made yesterday for a R.A.A.F. 'plane to "spot" for fires in the Mountain Ash country, it was decided to-day that there would be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Policeman Fires Six Shots Chase Through Liverpool Park SYDNEY, Thursday Morning
During a chase through Liverpool Park early this morning, a police constable fired six shots at two men. The suspects escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mammoth Fire Engine
A huge fire engine which it being assembled in Melbourne for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade headquarters, Eastern Hill. The extension ladder is 120 feet long and weighs two tons…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wyalong Fire West Wyalong
The Girral Hotel, near Ungarie, was destroyed by fire early to-day. A large timber building, it was owned and occupied by Robert Bamford…
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