Child Burnt to Death Set Fire to Haystack Wellington (N.z.)
Thought to have obtained a box of matches and set fire to a haystack, Denis James Medway, aged 4 years, was burnt to death at his father's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires & bushfires, 1933
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Disabled Steamer Fire in Bunkers Perth
Limping towards Fremantle with a damaged propeller, the steamer Helmspey reports that a fire broke out in the coal bunkers. It is not known…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Canberra Offices in Hospital Melbourne
The Navy Board announced to-day that Lieutenant H. Shugg had been admitted to the Hobart Hospital in a serious condition as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increase in Sheep Fire Million More in Year. Huge Figures
Australia’s sheep to-day have now reached a total of 115,000,000, the highest record, according to conservative estimates by pastoral authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in S.A. FOREST 500 Men Fight Flames Adelaide
A bush fire is racing in the Kuitpo forest, 50 miles, from Adelaide, and 500 men are fighting the flames. The fire is fanned by strong westerly winds…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trundle Shopping Block Destroyed by Fire Seven Premises Burnt Fine Work by Bucket Brigade TRUNDLE
Seven shops and their contents comprising a portion of the main shopping centre were destroyed by fire early this morning. Only the of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires on Coast Now Under Control Sydney
Bush fires raged last night along the shores of Broken Bay. At Palm Beach a house caught fire, and several others were threatened. Fire fighters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in S A. Forest 500 Men Fight Flames
A bush fire is raging in the Kuitpo forest, 50 miles from Adelaide, and 500 men are fighting the flames. The fire is fanned by strong westerly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Careless Smoker Threw Match in Convent Hedge and Started a Fire
The careless action of a smoker in throwing a match down after lighting his pipe or cigarette, nearly resulted in the hedge at the Convent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Blaze At Bathurst
The most disastrous fire in the history of Bathurst occurred early on Friday morning when the permanent way workshops, containing thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Wagga Fire Brigade
The annual return of the Wagga Fire Brigade shows that the brigade attended 39 calls in 1932, made up of fires 30, false alarms 3, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Homestead Yugoslav for Trial Bowral
The story of a fire at Henry Oxley's homestead and a subsequent search by the police for a man whose description had been supplied to thorn, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Workshops Fire at Bathurst Extensive Damage Bathurst
The railway workshops, comprising 18,000 square feet of floor space, were damaged by fire early this morning. When the alarm was given the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Barmedman
A newly-married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Johnston (the bride being Miss Winnie Wesley-Smith, the Temorral, had a "warm" reception on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Temora
A small general store on the Junee road, Temora, owned by Mr. A. J. Turner, together with the contents, was destroyed by fire on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Temora Temora
A small general store on the Junee road, Temora, owned by Mr. A. J. Turner together with the contents, was destroyed by fire on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Innisfail Fire Six Shops Destroyed Brisbane
Five business premises and an empty shop were destroyed by fire at Innisfail on Friday. The buildings were in the principal business centre in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires in Northern Victoria Albury Veiled by Smoke Albury
During the greater part of the day a canopy of smoke veiled the town of Albury and did not clear until late in the evening. It saw revealed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at "Airlee" Much Damage
Day and night, stubble fires are burning in this district, and it is a difficult matter to discern from the fire which is intentional and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wooden Cubby House in Main Street Out of Tone With The Locality a Fire Danger As Well
It is a matter of pride with a lot of Leeton people that their town up-to-date in the matter of buildings, but they have to bow their heads…
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