Brigade Called to Fire in Yard of Shop
Receiving a call shortly after 1 a.m. this morning to a shop at the corner of Tudor and Beaumont streets. Hamilton, the Newcastle Fire Brigade found…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
872 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 44
Business Area Saved Fire in Victorian Town MELBOURNE
The business section of Emerald, a township in the Dandenong Ranges, to-day was threatened with destruction by a fire, the cause of which is unknown. It…
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Twelve houses and four shops were destroyed by bush fire today at Selby, where four homes were gutted yesterday. Occupants…
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At least 57 houses were destroyed by bush fires which occurred yesterday, but with a change of wind last night there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Fires Man-made" Forestry Expert's View at Victorian Inquiry MELBOURNE
The Commission which is to inquire into the recent bushfires began its sittings to-day. Maps showing the areas burnt out, reports on the causes of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Country Fires Big Coolamon Store Gutted Firemen Short of Water Sydney
Fire gutted the premises of W. A. Iverach and Son, the largest general store in Coolamon, to-night. The damage is expected to be about £4000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Four Die in Car Fire Heat Kept Rescuers Back Wellington (N.z.)
Three men and a woman were burned to death at Takanim, near Auckland, last night, after their car swerved off the road, turned upside down and burst…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Change of Wind Eased Victorian Fire Peril 57 Homes Were Burnt on Monday Melbourne
The bushfires in Victoria yesterday destroyed 57 homes, but to-day the wind changed, and further serious damage is unlikely…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Crown Employee Convicted Starting North Coast Bush Fire GRAFTON
A charge that he had ignited inflammable material within 10 yards of grass land, whereby the properties of Henry George Fordham and Arthur Ayres were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Forestry Officers Stand by Bush Fire Warning in Victoria Many Small Outbreaks Melbourne
The Commonwealth Meteorologist (Mr. Watt) to-day issued a general bush fire warning. On all fronts, forestry officers are standing by danger zones…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stock Inspector Fined For Lighting A Fire GRAFTON
Charged with Igniting Inflammable material within 10 yards of grass lands and Injuring the properties of Arthur Ayre and Henry George Fordham,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →£100,000 Damage in N.Z. Fire Auckland
Damage of £100,000 was caused early this morning by a fire at Wellington, which destroyed a new four story building occupied by the Social…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bushfire Tension Lessens in Victoria Melbourne
Cool weather, heavy cloud banks, and an almost total absence of wind, relieved the anxiety for firefighters in the Otway Forest to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Current Topics Bush Fire Conditions
The following forecasts were issued yesterday by the Commonwealth Divisional Meteorologist— Newcastle, Hunter and Manning (issued…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bathurst Bush Fires Volunteers Gain Control SYDNEY
Extensive bush fires raged in the Bathurst district to-day, but late to-night it was stated that the principal outbreak was under control…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Burning Off by Novices "Main Cause of Bush Fires" Royal Commission Victorian Millers' Evidence MELBOURNE
The burning off of scrub by inexperienced persons was the principal cause of bush fires, said the President of the Hardwood Millers' Association (Mr. J. F…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Botany's "Eternal Fire"
This is Botany's (Sydney) "eternal fire," A smouldering peat-field, it refuses to be extinguished. The field extends through [?]em and Pine valleys, covering about 20 acres. Many people have had their feet blistered through sinking into the hot ground. Performing bears in a circus at the Agricultural Hull, Islington, London, were Mewed by the Rev. R. A. Maguire, at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£10,000 Damage Done by Fire in North Queensland Cairns
Damage amounting to nearly £10,000 was done to shoos in Millaa Millaa. North Queensland, by a fire early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Women, 18 Men Face 22 Charges Of Fire-Lighting MELBOURNE
Two women and 18 men were defendants on 22 charges ot fire lighting in prohibited areas, heard at Ferntree Gully to-day, before Mr. R. Pyvis…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Fire in N.Z. Social Security Building Gutted Judge Loses Home Wellington (N.z.)
Begun 18 months ago and almost completed, a four-storied building, which was to have been occupied by the Social Security Department, was destroyed by fire…
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