Fined £15 for Lighting Fire
Charged with igniting inflammable material within ten yards of grass lands, and injuring the properties of Arthur Ayre and Henry…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
682 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 35
Inmate Questioned Mysterious Fires At Foundling Hospital MELBOURNE
A young woman inmate of Broad-meadows foundling hospital was questioned to-day by detectives, who are investigating a series of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Big Fire in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)
Many thousands of pounds damage was caused by a fire which destroyed a portion of Messrs. Thomas Borthwick's freezing works in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Country Sittings Begun Bushfires Commission MELBOURNE
The Royal Commissioner on bushfires, Judge Stretton, to-day began his country investigations of the causes of the disastrous fires last month. He…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Helping Hand Needed Appeal for Bush Fire Sufferers
"I have no hesitation in placing this appeal before you, for it requires little imagination to visualise the plight of these…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sufferers From Bushfires Federal Aid To Total £18,000
HOBART, Tuesday:—The Federal Cabinet has decided to grant £18,000 for the relief of bush fire sufferers. It will be distributed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bushfire Losses Melbourne
Associated Five and Accident insurance companies operating in Victoria, have received claims aggregating £425,000 in respect of the losses caused…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£19,000 For Bushfire Relief HOBART
Federal Cabinet to-day allocated £19,000 for bushfire relief. Victoria will receive £10,000, New South Wales £3000, South Australia £5000 and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Danger of Car Fires
Not a great number of motor vehicles catch fire nowadays, but the N.R.M.A. technical department points out that the risk of fire can be promoted by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Case of "Every Man for Himself" Victorian Fires Melbourne
A GRAPHIC story of how, in the recent Victorian bushfires, it had been a case of "every man for himself" was told to-day at an inquest into the deaths of 28 persons who were burnt in the Rubicon forest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires Cause Severe Damage Melbourne
Considerable damage has been caused by a big fire which broke out in the Bullengarook East Forest in the Gisborne district on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inquest Into Deaths in Bush Fires
MELBOURNE, Thursday:—When the City Coroner (Mr. Tingate) to-day continued the inquest into the deaths of 29 people in bush…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Bush Fires Commission a Farce"—judge Melbourne
Judge Stretton, Royal Commissioner inquiring into the recent bush fires, to-day expressed the opinion that witnesses appearing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Solemn Farce" Inquiry Into Vic. Fires
MELBOURNE, Thursday:—Having taken evidence for four days in the fire areas, the Royal Commission on Bush Fires (Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pearls in Fire Wellington (N.z.)
Elizabeth Ellen Goodhue was acquitted at the Auckland Court of a charge of having stolen a pearl necklace valued at £265, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bushfires Inquest. Lack of Precautions Alleged Melbourne
An allegation that proper safety precautions had not been observed in connection with a fire which destroyed Fitzpatrick's mill in the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bush Fire Sufferers
"I know, from what I have heard from a great many people in Lismore, that the people of this district were deeply affected by the tragedy of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Judge Amplifies Remarks Victorian Fire Inquiry
MELBOURNE, Friday:—When the Royal commission on the bush fires, was continued at Healville there was comment on statements…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bushfires Inquiry. Outspoken Comment by Judge Melbourne
For the purpose of supporting each other to the utmost, certain bodies were working together in the inquiry, said the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires on Steamer Alleged I.R.A. Work
LONDON, Saturday:—Three fires believed to be the work of the Irish Republican Army broke out on the Great…
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