Fire at Walgett Stopped Just in Time. Sydney
A fire at Walgett this morning destroyed two shops and an office, besides severely damaging two other buildings. At one stage the outbreak…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
602 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 31
Hitler Will Be in Italy To-day Rome Waits — " A Blaze of Glory" Two Nations' Axis to Be Placed Under Review Rome
THE city is in a blaze of glory awaiting the arrival of Herr Hitler at 8.30 p.m. to-morrow, Home has not known such a studied display of pomp, or more feverish precautions to protect a visitor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Destroys French Luxury Liner
PARIS, Thursday: France's 25, 178 -ton luxury liner Lafayette was completely destroyed at midnight by fire while…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Luxury Liner Paris
The fire was caused by a fireman lighting an oil jet, which made contact with a patch of oil, it was stated later…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →French Luxury Liner Destroyed by Fire Paris
The French 25,178 ton luxury liner, Lafayette, was completely destroyed in a midnight fire while in dry dock at Le Havre…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Burnt-out" Diggers Appeal for £50,000 Fund
The Committee of the War Veterans' Home Appeal request re-publication of this extract from a letter by Mr. C. R. McKerihan which recently appeared in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrandera Fire Tragedy Narrandera
The police created a sensation today when they held up the funerals of Mrs. Jane Gash (31) and her son Stanley (25), and postponed the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Homestead Destroyed by Fire at Booyong Alstonville
Damage estimated at nearly £2000 was caused, at Booyong last night when the homestead, "Willow Grove," owned by Miss S. Kirkland. was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Part of British Fire Brigades Air Raid Defences Legislation Before Commons
LONDON, Tuesday:-- In moving the second reading in the House of Commons of the first measures dealing with fire precautions…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Narrandera Fire Tragedy Trend of Police Theories NARRANDERA
To-day's inquiries into the death of Mrs. Jane Mary Gash and two-year-old son, Stanley, whose bodies were found in a cottage partly destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire in Brisbane Clothing Factory
BRISBANE, Sunday:--A fire in the clothing factory of Thomas Hall Ltd., South Brisbane, this morning caused damage estimated at £500. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Gold Mine Damage Believed £20,000
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused by a fire at the new Red, White and Blue gold mine at Bendigo yesterday. One…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bomber Catches Fire In Mid-Air LONDON
A viewers Wellesley bomber, believed to be one of those intended for an attempt on the Australian record, caught fire in mid-air while being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Causes Damage of £70,000
AUCKLAND, Monday:--Damage estimated at £70,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed a large block in Kitchener Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£275,000 Auckland Fire Wellington (N.z.)
One of the most spectacular fires in Auckland for many years occurred to-day when damage estimated at £275,000 was done to a four-storeyed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Timely Alarm Church Saved from Fire
MELBOURNE, Tuesday:--A timely alarm given at 3 a.m. to-day by a young man returning home saved the costly interior of St. Augustine's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Least 22 Killed Hotel Destroyed by Fire
NEW YORK, Monday:--A message from Atlanta (Georgia) states that at least 22 people were killed in a fire due to an explosion in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrandera Fire Tragedy Police Murder Theory NARRANDERA
As a result of further inquiries detectives probing the Morundah mystery, in which Mrs. Jane Maria Cash and her infant son were found…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"You Can't Fire Me—i Quit!" Sydney
An unexpected development in the agitation of the Howard Prison Reform League for a reprieve of the condemned man…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Many Die in Hotel Fire In Georgia, U.S. New York
At least 24 were killed and ten injured in a fire at Atlanta, Georgia, due to an explosion in the basement of a five-storey brick and wood hotel…
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