Fire Averted
A fire was averted aft the residence of Mrs. K. Mitchell in Nyngan recently, when a lamp which had been filled with petrol, instead of as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1942
177 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 4 of 9
Australianalities Round the Fire
Outside ’tis grey and gloomy, The very fingers freeze, The owls are mute and motionless In shelters In the trees:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.S.W. Fire Brigade Give Interesting Bomb Demonstration Display at Narromine Cricket Oval
Three men of the N.S.W. Fire Brigade (city headquarters), Station/Officer Stephenson, Firemen J. O'Hearne and A. McGrath, gave a bomb demonstration at the Narromine cricket oval on Wednesday afternoon to an audience of at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Incendiary Bomb Control Demonstration by Sydney Firemen Crowd of Over 5000 Dubbo Ladies and Children Control Deadliest Fire Bombs
The Dubbo Sports Oval, on Wednesday night was the scene of a realistic demonstration of the means of controlling incendiary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →False Fire Alarm
The fire bell sounded on Sunday night but it proved to be a false [?], and no outbreak of fire could be Seated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rockhampton Fire Young Woman Burnt to Death Ten Others Injured Sydney
At Rockhampton, Mrs. Gwen Stevens (22) was burnt to death, and ten other people, including three firemen, injured, when a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Timor
The old home of the Conn family at Timor has vanished, having been destroyed by [?] early on Tuesday morning Hast. This old…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Point-blank Fire by Destroyer Sinks Submarine Washington
An American destroyer, while on patrol work after dusk, came upon a German submarine charging its batteries on the surface…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Learn How to Fight Bombs Demonstration in Gilgandra on May 12 By Special Squad From Fire Brigade Headquarters
Scores of thousands of people in N.S.W. have learned from first-hand demonstrations by Fire Brigade experts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tar Dump Burned Big Blaze This Morning
Residents of Dubbo this morning were set wondering by a huge pall of coal-black smoke which rose from the river bank on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Washhouse Destroyed Blaze in Darling-street Last Night
At 1210 a.m. this morning, Dubbo Fire Brigade received a call to go to 146 Darling-street, where a building was ablaze…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Lorry Destroyed by Fire
A motor lorry, the property of Mr. Jim O'Neill, was destroyed by fire at the showground last night. We are not in a posittion to state whether…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Fire Brigade Saves As Morning's Work
Speedy work on the part of the Dubbo fire brigade effected a splendid save at a fiercely blazing cottage early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chimney on Fire
At 6.30 o'clock on Tuesday evening the Dubbo fire brigade answered a call to 237 Brisbane Street where a chimney was afire. The blaze was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crackers Cause a Fire
At about 9 a.m on Tuesday the local Fire Brigade was called out to a fire at the rear of Mr. G. Portlock's residence, in Morris…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Bombs Rained On Mannheim London
The fa[?] that one detachment of Stirling bombers alone, earned over 40,000 incendiary bombs, in addition to very high explosive bombs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Burned to Death in Cottage Fire Sydney
Clara Josephine Paskins (about 50) and William Perry (70), old age pensioner, were burned to death when a small weatherboard cottage was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Eumungerie
A fire occurred at Eumungerie, on Tuesday, to a dwelling house occupied by Mrs. B. P . McMillan and Mrs. A. V. Jones. The dwelling was totally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Fatality. Sydney
Clara Josephine Pascins, about 50, and William Perry, about 70, an old age pensioner, were burned to death when a small…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Devil's Hole Hut Fire Result of Vendetta?
What is believed to be a vendetta, which is alleged to have been in progress it the Devil's Hole, wimp, near Dubbo, culminated in an alleged…
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