Forty Firemen Conquer City Blaze
Large crowds watched firemen subdue the flames in Selfridges' bulk storeroom last night. The situation…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
872 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 44
Cleaning Up After Fire Last Night
Employees cloning up after the fire which guttered portion of the bulk storeroom at Selfridge's (Australia) Ltd. in Hunter and Thorn Streets. early last night and did thousands of pounds damage to stock. Charred floors. balckened fire-swept beams and the debris of burned goods. fragments of asbestos and glass from the roof and charred pacing cases remained to-day [?] mutz evidence of the destruction wrought by the flames in less than an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Good Save by Fire Brigades Outbreak in Chain Store
Although stock. stated to be valued at £17,500 was in the store. only a small amount of it was completely destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Spectacular City Fire Extensive Damage, But Good Save at Selfridges Roofing Explodes and Showers Street
A spectacular fire caused extensive damage to the bulk storeroom and offices at the rear of Selfridges (Australia) Ltd. in Hunter and…
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Most of the middle floor of a three-storied building in Elizabeth-street. Brisbane, was gutted by fire early this morning. Damage was estimated at more than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aftermath of Fire in City Store Chinese Read War Bulletins
After the fire: Pretty girls at Selfridges were busy yesterday afternoon checking and examining goods which were saved from the fire on Tuesday night. Misses O. Williams and L. Cowan (on ladder) sorting out crockery which was exposed to the fierce heat…
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Mr. J. Phillips, General Manager for Now South Wales of Selfridges (Australia) Ltd., said yesterday that the damage caused by the fire on Tuesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Definition of "Decent Citizens" Sought Liquor Act Questions in Assembly Ministers Are Under Fire SYDNEY
Mr. J. C. Ross (U.A.P., Kogarah) asked the Minister for Justice (Mr. Martin), in the Legislative Assembly to-day, if, on a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Blind Man's Bravery Rescued Woman In Fire SYDNEY
William Williams, a blind man, went to the rescue of a woman to-day when she was trapped in a blazing room in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Maids Die Fire at Shipping Magnate's Mansion LONDON, July 14
Two maids were killed in a fire at Dinton Hall, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, the mansion of Sir William Crawford Currie, chairman of the P. and O…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Started Fire As a "Game": Girls Confess Sydney
After firemen had quelled an outbreak, which caused slight damage at Moran and Cato's store in Chippendale yesterday, two girls aged 9 and 6 confessed to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bomb Suggestion Is Discounted Explosion After Fire On Liner Narkunda LONDON
Police in Colombo and P. and O. officials in London discredit the suggestion that the tragic explosion on the Narkunda was caused by a bomb. They point out that the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion on Narkunda Four of Crew Killed, 18 Injured at Colombo Cargo of Cork on Fire (Australian Associated Press.) COLOMBO, July 16
Four of the crew were killed and 18 others were seriously injured in an explosion on the P. and O. liner Narkunda (16,532 tons),…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →TARZAN Drawing Fire
Tarzan paused. The approaching shouts indicated that the brigands were racing toward the spot where he stood. Quickly his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girls Confess Starting Fire Sydney
Two girls, aged 9 and 6, confessed to the police that they had poured kerosene on paper, pushed it beneath a door at Moran and Cato's store in Chippendale…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Fire on Mob; One Death in India Simla
A man was Killed and 30 were injured when police in Dhadi State fired on 2000 political demonstrators who were threatening to burn the gaol and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Shops Gutted Fire Started in Bale of Straw SYDNEY
A fierce fire which was started by spontaneous combustion in a bale of straw, gutted two shops in Oxford-street, Paddington, this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bomb Theory Ruled Out Explosion on Liner Fire First Bellboy Dies of Injuries (Australian Associated Press.) COLOMBO, July 17
L. Hall, a bellboy, has succumbed to injuries he received in the explosion on the P. and O. liner Narkunda at Colombo yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →R.A.A.F. to Help Bush Fires Committee Makes Plans SYDNEY
The Bushfires Advisory Committee it planning to prevent or effectively control bushfires. While it cannot guarantee to prevent fires in all parts of the State, it…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Fire on Mob; Kill One in India Simla, July 17
One man was killed and 30 others were injured when police in Dhemi State fired on 2000 political demonstrators who were threatening to burn the…
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