Fi[?]en's Narrow Es[?]e From [?]Eath Blaze In[?] Match [?]
About 5 o'clock [?] a fire broke out [?] of Matches (Austral [?] printing works of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1939
357 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 18
Fine Save By Fire Brigade
At 6.58 a.m. on Saturday the fire brigade was called to McLean's Garage in Talbragar Street. On arrival it was found that the rear portion of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Damage Fire in Newspaper Store Sydney
Newsprint valued at £300 was destroyed and valuable machinery damaged when an old building in George Street, Parramatta, used as a paper…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigade Received 23 Calls in 1938 Some Good Saves Excellent Record
Dubbo Fire Brigade responded to 23 calls during 1938, two of which were for [?]ires outside the area. One was [?] false alarm. Only seven…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rural Bank Uses Radio Against Bush Fires
The Rural Bank's serial, "The Red Terror," it proving very popular with radio listeners, who are, even though many do…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bush Fire Prevention Organised Campaign
The Bueh Fires Advisory Conrtnittee, comprising repsentatives of a number of Governing Departments of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Amazing Fact Concerning Bush Fire Act
It is an amazing fact that Section 3 of the Bush Fires Act, which was passed by Parliament in 1930, has never been brought into operation…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Disastrous Fires Mr. Job's Loss
Quite a number of disastrous fires broke out during the holidays, doing considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Fire at Fleeing Thieves Stolen Goods Found Sydney
Several shots were fired by the Liverpool police last night at two men who abandoned a stolen car and escaped in the darkness by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District News Narromine Presentation to Fire Captain New Year Ushered in Quietly
After the usual training had concluded at the Fire Station on Friday night, the members feted the captain, Mr. C. T. Woolfe, who had passed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Narromine Fire Brigade. Celebrates Captain's Birthday Social, Evening
Firemen, ex-firemen and a few guests gathered at the Narromine Fire Station, on Friday night, to congratulate the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Letter.— Trouble Ahead Gover[?] Cameron and Thorby Un[?]fire of Criticism. Failure Of Voluntary Training System Imminent
Federal ministers and supporters of the Government are not looking forward with much relish to the resumption of the Federal parliamentary sittings. There will be some awkward moments early in the coming session…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Destroys Hotel Inmates Lose Possessions Sydney, Friday night
The Oaks Hotel at Camden was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. Fifteen residents of the building…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Fires Do Much Damage Melbourne
In Victoria yesterday damage amounting to thousands of pounds was caused by bush fires. Houses, fences,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire and Robbery Man Charged Sydney
There was a sequel to-day to the fire which occurred in the Sydney Arcade yesterday morning, when Harry Oleinikoff, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Burned to Death In Bush Fires Widespread Destruction In Victoria Melbourne
Two persons have been burned to death in bush fires which have caused widespread destruction in the northern section of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Steamer In Pacific Ocean London
The New Zealand steamer Rimutaka bound from Auckland to Panama with 300 passengers and a full cargo, wirelessed from the South Pacific that a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cause of Bush Fires Criminal Negligence SYDNEY
Mr. Swain, Commissioner for Forests in N.S.W., said last night that the majority of bush fires in Victoria and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Devastating Bush Fires Victoria Suffers Twenty Dead as a Result
Eighteen more people were burned to death in Victoria due to the bush fires which are raging in that State,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fought Bush Fire Prime Minister and Family Hobart
When a fire occurred in the scrub near the Prime Minister's Home at Devonport, yesterday, his four daughters, his son and others fought the…
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