Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Fires & bushfires, all years

Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

547 stories in Riverina's papers · page 23 of 28

Local and General Motor Fire Engine for Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 2

The new motor fire engine has arrived First-class Fireman S. Andrews brought it up on Saturday morning from headquarters. It is a Garford…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Fire Menace

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 6

The devastating fire at Narromime some few weeks ago. when half the business area was levelled to the ground, should cause the vested…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Temora’s New Fire Engine

The Daily Express · Saturday 15 November 1924 · page 3

Temora’s new motor fire angine has arrived. It is a Graford Hale motor. The cost of the engines increases the cost of upkeep of the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Forest Fires. Devastation in U.S.A. Drought Approaching. Montreal

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1924 · page 4

A country wide drought is approaching. Many consecutive rainless days are causing tremendous damage through forest fires in the United States, which…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Wagga Fire Station Proposed New Site Visit of Board of Commissioners Esplanade Position Favored

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1924 · page 4

The members of the New South Wales Fire Brigades Board visited Wagga yesterday and it is expected that, as the outcome, Wagga will soon have a new fire station and a better equipped brigade and that, in…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Drought Stricken United States of America in a Bad Way Nation-wide Forest Fires and Great Damage Army Experts Try to Cau Se Rain by Scattering Electrified Sand in the Clouds. New York, Nov. 13

The Daily Express · Saturday 15 November 1924 · page 1

The United States it suffering a Nation-wide drought, to-day being` the fortieth consecutive rainless day…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Stables on Fire. Blaze at Rosehill. Racehorses in Peril. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 November 1924 · page 2

There was great excitement at Rose-hill last night, when the training stables of W. Booth caught fire. Without warning a fire burst out in the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

What Caused It? Blaze at South Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 17 November 1924 · page 2

On Friday last Coroner Weekes held an inquiry, as to the cause of a fire which, on 4th November last, destroyed a cottage at…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Disastrous Fire Auckland

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 November 1924 · page 1

Further details of the fire which destroyed Guthrie's warehouse, show that when discovered the fire had a firm hold on the vast quantities of…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Disastrous Fire. Blazing Oil and Tar. Newcastle

The Daily Express · Monday 17 November 1924 · page 1

Damage running into many thousands of rounds was caused by a fire which broke out in a tar dis[?]ery behind the Broken Hill Coy’s steel…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Oil and Tar Alight. Fire at Newcastle. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 November 1924 · page 2

Damage running into thousands of pounds has been caused by a fire which broke out at de Merick'a distillery, behind the Steel Works to-day. Stocks…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Horses in Danger Fire at Booth’s Rosehill Training Stables Six Valuable Racehorses Rescued From Flames Some of the Horses Scorched; But None Very Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 17 November 1924 · page 1

Six [?]ming terrified, race-horses, valued at £30,000, were trapped last night in a blazing stable when a fire broke out on…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Great Blaze. New Zealand Fire. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1924 · page 5

Details of the outbreak of a fire which destroyed Guthrie's warehouse are show that, when discovered, the be had a firm hold on the vast…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Junee Fire Brigade. Enjoyable Annual Banquet

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1924 · page 4

On Friday evening last a large number of citizens and friends of the Junee Fire Brigade attended the annual banquet. The station was…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Jackalas Fire. An Open Ver[?]t

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1924 · page 2

At the court bouse on Friday, Mr. E. E. Weekes (Coroner) held an inquiry into the cause of a fire at a dwelling at Jackalas on 4th instant…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Leeton Rural School Destroyed by Fire

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 November 1924 · page 2

Leeton biggest fire took place on Sunday evening last, when one the buildings of the Leeton Rural School was totally destroyed. This…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

School on Fire. Blaze at Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 4

"Where is Leeton's Fire Brigade?" asked a visitor on Sunday night, when the public school was burning merrily. He was informed that the town did not…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Fire Station Site

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 2

A special meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council will be held to-night for the consideration of the purchase by the Council by the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

New Fire Station

The Daily Express · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 2

A special meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council will be held tonight to discuss the proposal that in to facilitate the erection of a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fire at Junee. Need of Alarm Bell

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 4

Requests for s fire bell in the vicinity of Pretoria Avenue. Junee, have repeatedly been made by the residents by the town in vain. The need fort a bell…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →