£15,000 Fire at Rankin Springs Weethalle
A disastrous fire occurred at Rankin Springs at daybreak to-day. The fire started in a billiard saloon, a weatherboard building. Fanned by…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
872 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 44
More Incendiarism 20th Fire in Ballarat This Year MELBOURNE
Shortly after the alarm had been raised this morning, a five-roomed weatherboard cottage at Ballarat was a mass of flames. It was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Garage Explosion and Fire Wollongong
While saving a car from burning, G. Pepper and H. Pepper, motor mechanics, of Stuart-street, Wollongong, narrow's escaped serious injury. An acetylene gas…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Trawler Destroyed by Fire Wellington (N.z.)
When its engine backfired, the trawler Rex, which was anchored at Napier, caught alight and after burning to the water's edge foundered in shallow water…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Another Ballarat Fire Melbourne
The Ballarat-firebug is reported to be active again. On Friday night an unoccupied four-roomed house was destroyed by fire. A woman reported to the police…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ballarat's Fire Bugs Now Have Tally of 22 MELBOURNE
The 22nd, incendiarist fire this year and the third in three days destroyed part of a six-roomed weatherboard house in Bond-street, Ballarat, on Saturday night. POLICE to-day appealed to the pub-…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Are Worried by Ballarat Fire-bug Melbourne
Police are perturbed by the activities of the Ballarat fire-bag. Following the destruction by fire of a six-roomed house on Saturday night, they have appealed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mexican Theatre Fire 32 Dead: 25 Injured New York, June 5
Reports from Zacatecas (Mexico) state that at least 32 persons are dead, 25 injured, and hundreds homeless, as the result of a fire in a movie theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Not to Blame, Says Hunter Water Board Fire At Kurri And Pressure Complaints
The Hunter District Water Board to-day absolved itself from any blame in connection with the inability of the local fire brigade to save business…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →52 Horses Trapped by Fire London
Fifty-two horses were endangered and four died in a disastrous fire at N. L. Cottril's stables in Berkshire…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Suspicious Fire in Warsaw Warsaw, June 6
A fire broke out in the Warsaw, Central Station. Three persons have been arrested on suspicion of sabotage…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Country Fires Were Record Sydney's Big Percentage of False Alarms SYDNEY
There was a record number of fires in the country in 1938, according to the annual report of the Board of Fire Commissioners, tabled in Parliament today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Railway Station in Warsaw London
One fireman was killed and four injured while fighting a fire which broke out at the Central Railway station in Warsaw, resulting in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Water Pressure Business Men Complain to Board Kurri Kurri Fire
The Hunter District Water Board received a letter from the Secretary of the Kurri Kurri Business Men's Club complaining about the pressure of water at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Braved Heat and Smoke Men Prevent Big Fire Sydney Cereal Processing Factory Sydney
The determined efforts of two men employed by Parsons Bros, and Company Pty. Ltd., cereal manufacturers, of Kent-street, City, prevented the development…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Warsaw Station Fire Fireman Kiled Under Wall WARSAW, June 6
The fire which broke out at the Central Station suspended traffic, except a few suburban services. One fireman was killed and four…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Five Dead in Mine Fire Two Gave Lives in Rescue Efforts LONDON, June 6
A fire in a seam 800 yards below the in the No. 2 pit at Astley Green colliery. Lancashire, caused the loss of five lives, including that of the manager…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Watchman Fires at Boy Attempting to Open Skylight SYDNEY
Two shots were fired by a night-watchman at a boy about 14, who was attempting to open a skylight at the Sydney Fishing Tackle Coy., Broadway,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Destroys School At Huntington WAUCHOPE
A party of motorists late last night discovered the public school at Huntington blazing fiercely. It was too late to save anything and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Radio Station Destroyed by Fire Melbourne
The De[?] broadcasting station, [?]ON and its equipment was destroyed by fire shortly after midnight. The wonden aerial masts were saved…
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