Chinchilla Fire Damage of About £12,000
CHINCHILLA, Wednesday:--A fire broke cut in the main business section of the town shortly before 2 a.m. and swept through a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
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Fire At Kalgoorlie Hospital £35,000 DAMAGE
KALGOORLIE, Wednesday: -- Starting about 3.45 p.m. to-day through an explosion of an oil burning steriliser, fire swept…
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More than 100 patients had narrow escapes when a fire gutted three wards, kitchen, storeroom and pantry, and caused damage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£20,000 DAMAGE Fire At Chinchilla BRISBANE
Boarders and the staff, asleep, are the Tattersalls Hotel, at Chinchilla, about 150 miles from Brisbane, had a narrow escape from death early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nazi Guns Blaze at Austrian Leader Swastika Badges Worn in Vienna Vienna
THE first act of violence by the Austrian Nazis against the Fatherland Front occurred in a suburb of Vienna, where 20 masked men burst into a meeting of the…
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VIENNA, Saturday:-- The first act of violence by the Austrian Nazis against the Fatherland Front occurred in a suburb of Vienna…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Air Raid Fire Peril Precautions in Britain
LONDON, Sunday--Revealing Home Office plans to deal with the air raid fire peril, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Home Office (Mr. Geoffrey…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Averted Ballina Shopping Block BALLINA
A serious outbreak of fire in the main shopping block was averted this morning when kerosene and sawdust which had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£2000 DAMAGE Fire at Glen Innes
GLEN INNES, Tuesday:-- Damage estimated at £2,000 was done last night by a fire which broke out in a building at the rear of Tattersall's Hotel…
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A fire on Wednesday afternoon destroyed a large barn and hayshed on the property of Mrs. W. Irwin, of Lynch's Creek. The shed contained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer's Loss in Fire G'rimba Residents Help
At the annual meeting of the Gundurimba Parents and Citizen's Association about 40 members were present. Officers elected were: President,…
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CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Sunday.-- Many thousand pounds damage was done by a fire which destroyed the Zealandia soap and candle works at…
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Nancarrow's store was destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage was estimated at £10,000. The fire brigade saved the Bank of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Valuable Samples of Timber Destroyed by Fire Queensland's Loss
BRISBANE, Tuesday:-- Wrought samples of every known timber in the State, representing years of collecting, cataloguing and treating, the…
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CASINO, Wednesday.-- While fighting a grass fire on his property at Shannonbrook this morning, Oscar Edward Thomas (69) collapsed and…
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A weatherboard house at Woodview on the Tenterfield road, the property of Mr. W. Puxty, was destroyed by fire to-day. while the family were away…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Paddington Fire Woman Acquitted Of Arson Charge SYDNEY
Mr. Justice Maxwell to-day directed the jury in the Central Criminal Court to acquit Elizabeth Mary Carter (34), who was charged with…
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Reginald Herps, 3 years, and Trevor Herps, 2, were burnt to death about 7 a.m. on Sunday, by a fire which destroyed their parents' home…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£10,000 Fire in Sydney Sydney
By preventing the flames from extending to other buildings. 43 firemen saved a huge block of buildings in William-street, city,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →City Fire £10,000 DAMAGE. Svdney
Two firemen were overcome by smoke in a blaze which completely burnt, out two floors of a four-storied building in William-st., Sydney, this morning, and…
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