Room Damaged by Fire
Lismore Fire Brigade were called at 6.48 o'clock last night to a fire in a spare room at a house occupied by Mr. J. Burgett, 68 Orion-street, Lismore…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
602 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 31
Good Record Few Fires at Casino CASINO
During 1937 Casino maintained its good record in regard to the absence of serious outbreaks of fire. The total was only 13, and none were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.s.w. Fire Calls in 1937
During the year ended to-night fire brigades in New South Wales attended 3968 outbreaks in the metropolitan area and 1305 in country districts…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →For Third Time Back-Fire Fractures Man's Arm
Robert Stephens, carrier, of Terania-street, Lismore, was cranking the engine of his truck at his home yesterday when it backfired and the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rat Theory Exploded Do Not Cause Fires
The Deputy Chief Fire Officer (Mr. Beare), in an address on fire prevention at the Lyceum Theatre, Sydney, said that the old theory that rats…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Love Locked Out Husband Called Fire Brigade and Police
A Paris postman who found himself locked out of his house by his wife summoned the fire brigade and then the police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fought From Air with Bombers Forest Fires New Method in United States
Fire--the ruthless besieger which burns nearly 40,000,000 acres of forests in America each year-is being attacked directly from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires in Many Sydney Suburbs
SYDNEY, Wednesday: -- Bush fires occurred to-day in nearly every suburb in Sydney, and in many of the outbreaks firemen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire at Gladstone Four Premises Destroyed
GLADSTONE, Wednesday: -- Damage running into many thousands of pounds was caused by a fire which destroyed four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Received Rifle Fire
ST. JEAN DE LUZ, Wednesday:- Fifteen of the crew and a British nonintervention officer from the Norwegian steamer Skottland, which struck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theatre Fire at Newtown. Sydney
A fire destroyed the screen, stage, piano and other fittings at Hoyts Theatre, Newtown, early this morning. Neighbors, awakened by he flames,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Freezing Chamber Novel Experience of Firemen
SYDNEY, Friday:--Firemen to-day had the novel experience of fighting a fire in surroundings where the temperature was at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drake's Drum Saved But Other Relics Burnt In Fire
LONDON, Thursday.-- Drake's Drum, which legend says rolls a warning note when England is endangered was saved from a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Serious Fire in Sydney Sydney
Damage estimated at £20,000 was cause to-night when a fire broke out and gutted a two storey factory owned by Burgess and Sons…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£15,000 DAMAGE Spectacular Fire MELBOURNE
In one of the most spectacular fires here for some time, the premises of Walters and Hunt, shoe manufacturers, of Collingwood, were gutted by a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Girl's Death Clothes Caught Fire
BRISBANE, Tuesday:-- After being severely burned about the body Thelma Burrell (9), of Red Hill, was taken to the Children's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grass Fire at South Lismore
Lismore fire brigade received a call at 2.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon to attend to a grass fire at South Lismore park. Six men, under Capt. S…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Premier As Fire Fighter MELBOURNE
The Premier (Mr. Dunstan) and the Minister for Lands (Mr. Lind) joined a large force of fire-fighters to-day in an endeavour to quell a blaze between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Melbourne Burned For Four Hours MELBOURNE
Breaking out just before midnight, a fire swept one side of the main street of Piangil and destroyed seven shops and a boarding house. Only…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush and Grass Fires High Temperatures in N. S. W.
SYDNEY, Wednesday.-- Heat wave conditions were general over New South Wales to-day, when temperature readings of more than…
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