Killing the Fleas ! Old Man Sets Fire to Cottage Parkes
When arrested and charged with setting fire to a cottage, an eighty-year-old man said that he started the blaze to rid the dwelling of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1930
268 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 11 of 14
46 Burnt to Death in Appalling Air Disaster R101 Hits Hill, Explodes and Catches Fire Air Minister and Other Prominent People Among Victims
One of the most appalling disasters in the history of avaition occurred when the British airship, R101, hit a hill near Beauvais (France), exploded and burst into flames. Out of a crew and passengers totalling 53, only seven were saved,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Beware of Bush Fires
The time is fast approaching when bush fires will be in evidence. Tender day grass will everywhere hold the balance of fires. If warnings are…
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On Wednesday afternoon of last week a little girl at Mrs. Tolmie's residence, in Clarinda-street, Parkes, lost sixpence in the kitchen. She struck a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killing the Fleas! Old Man Sets Fire to Cottage Parkes
When arrested and charged with setting fire to a cottage, an eighty-year-old man said that he started the blaze to rid the dwelling of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →46 Burnt to Death in Appalling Air Disaster RlOl Hits Hill, Explodes and Catches Fire Air Minister and Other Prominent People Among Victims
One of the most appalling disasters in the history of avaition occurred when the British airship, R101, hit a hill near Beauvais (France), exploded and burst into flames. Out of a crew and passengers totalling 53, only seven were saved,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unusual Origin of Fire
On Wednesday afternoon of last week a little girl at Mrs. Tolmie's residence, in Clarindn-street, Parkes, lost sixpence in the kitchen. She struck a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Arson Skelton's Suspicious Actions Inquiry Into Sydney Fire SYDNEY
At the inquiry concerning a fire which occurred nil the premises .If John Charles Skelton, spirit merchant, at Croydon, and in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Brigade Meeting at Boothenba
A meeting of the Boothenba Bush Fire Brigade was hold at Boothenba on Friday evening, 10th instant. About 30 were present…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Van on Fire Train Stops in Tunnel Passengers' Alarm London
Passengers in a Southern Railway train were nearly suffocated by smoke when a passenger pulled the communication cord in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Brigade Boothenba Prepares for Possible Outbreaks Enthusiastic Annual Meeting
An enthusiastic meeting of the Boothenba Buth Fire Brigade was held recently when about 30 members unanimously decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brisbane Fire Does Considerable Damage Blaze at Insurance Building Brisbane
A fire broke out last night in the Colonial Mutual Life Insurance Company's building in Queen-street, Brisbane, and considerable damage was…
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The Wellington Fire. Brigade received a call at about 2.30 yesterday afternoon, when a fire was discovered in a cottage owned and occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Van on Fire Train Stops in Tunnel Passengers Alarm London
Passengers in a Southern Railway train were nearly suffocated by smoke. when a passenger pulled the communication cord in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trapped in Lift Big Blaze Averted Sydney
A fire broke out last night in Singer House, York Street. When the brigades arrived, they found six or seven clerks trapped in a lift which had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Cables and Telegrams Musollini's Message Italy's Ace Says Fire & Steel War Ahead Rome
Declaring that the world was divided into Facist and anti-Facist camps, Musollini declared that a moral war is being waged against Fascism, and…
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The fire bell rang out just on 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning, the cause of same being that a fire had started in the room which supplied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Brigade Benalong Branch Prepares for the Dry Spell
Organisations for the fighting of bush fires at this tame of the year are of compelling public interest, and in this connection everyone has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Desetructive Fire. Sydney
Kwong Sing's furniture factory at Surry Hills was practically destroyed by fire late last night. The damage is estimated at several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fire In City Furniture Factory Serious Damage Sydney
Kwong Sing's furniture factory at Surry Hills was practically destroyed by fire at a late hour last night. The damage is estimated at several…
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