Fire Alarm Shock
A young girl named Joyce Tolsher (15)was awakened by the ringing of the fire bell got up and dressed, and went to see where the fire was. Before…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1929
299 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 15
Trangie Inferno Half Main Street Destroyed a Christmas Eve Blaze
Trangie's Christmas was a sad one, Fanned by a high north-cast wind, a fire leapt from shop to shop in Dandaloo-street, Trangie's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Busk Fire. Fighters Working Hard. Sydney
A message from Barallier elates that a huge bush fire, which has been raging since the end of last week, is still pursuing its devastating course on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unlucky Trangie. Disastrous Christmas Eve Fire. Seventeen Business Places Gutted
The gaiety and merriment of Christmas Eve, which is always looked forward to by all was quickly turned into one of sadness and desolation for 17[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Destroys Home at Stuart Town
Bad luck overtook Mr. Alf Clyne and family at Stuart Town on Saturday morning last when their home and contents, were totally destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Lee Street Fire. Cause Accidental
THIS morning the District Coroner, Mr. E. A. Fulton, held an inquiry at the Court House into the fire which destroyed the premises of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Att Bigga. Wind Changes and Saves Village Sydney
A bush fire which threatened Bigga had almost reached the village when the wind suddenly changed, with the result that the township was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires. Women and Children Trapped by Flames. Melbourne
During a bush fire at Holdsworthy yesterday afternoon, two women and four children were surrounded by the flames. They locked themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Trail of the Flames Bush Fires Rage Houses and Orchards Threatened Hospital Menaced Sydney
Bush [?] in many districts yesterday. Eight houses were destroyed in L[?] district, many [?], orchards, poultry farms and [?] were raced to the ground, and many farming implements were destroyed…
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It is a very wise precaution for motorists to always carry an efficient fire extinguisher, properly charged. If the engine catches fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CONFESSED to Lighting Fire Inverell
A girl named Blanche Char[?] was committed by the coroner [?] Inverell, in connection with thre[?] outbreaks of fire which occurred [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Short Circuit Causes Fire. Sydney
A five was discovered in the library of the State Parliament House yesterday afternoon. It was caused by a short circuit in the electric wire…
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So far this year the Peak Hill district has been very lucky regarding bush fires. The only one that has occurred was near T[?]ewilga, but this was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires. Township Wiped Out. Sydney
During the recent bush fires every building at Whitstick, in the Pambula district, including the wattle bark extraction plants, valued at £30,000 was…
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On Sunday night last a fire broke out in the skin shed of Mr. W. Murray, skin bayer, and the shed and contents were soon de[?]lished. The brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires on South Coast. Extensive Damage Done. Sydney
The ravages of the recent bush fires wore responsible for grunt destruction in the South Coast district. At Numbugg[?] the school house, toucher's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Telegrams. Fireman's Heroic Act. Saved Chinese From Fire. Sydney
A fire boke out, hist night in a building at the Ultimo road and Thomas-street, owned by the City Council, and used as a wholesale and retail…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trangie Fire. Coroner's Inquiry. Nothing To Show How Fire Originated
At the Trangie Court House on Tuesday, Mr. George F. Cox, J.P., Coroner of Narromine, inquired into the origin of the recent disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Outbreak Barallier Bush Fires Sydney
Another outbreak of fire occurred in the Barallier district yesterday, and at the present time all able bodied men available in the district are fighting…
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