Fire Alarms
Monday was an intensely hot day in Nowra, the ordinary summer temperature being accentuated by the heat from bush fires to the south…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
32 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
Fire at Jervis Bay
Yesterday (Thursday) morning, at 8 a.m. a fire broke out in the kitchen of the "Quarter Deck" guest house, due to the packing around pipes of…
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Has it ever occurred to you that sufficient growing timber to have built numerous homes is destroyed every year by bush fires?…
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Has it ever occurred to you that in addition to the destruction of valuable building timber and young tree growth, bush fires every year do…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Unusual Case. Lighting Fire Close to Grass Paddock
An unusual case was heard before Mr. W. F. Britz, P.M., at Goulburn Police Court, when a man was charged with having ignited inflammable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car on Fire Owned by Big Game Fishermen
While returning to Sydney from a weekâs big game fishing at Jervis Bay, a car driven by Capt. Wally Pankhurst burst into flames on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chicago's Great Fire
New York's critics have agreed that the fire sequences in Darryl F. Zanuek's 26th Century-Fox production, "In Old Chicago," are about the most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Milton Briefs. (Continued). Mysterious Fire
Only about three months ago we reported that Mr. Aubrey Kendall had one of his haystacks and shed burned to the ground, and it was then…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Burnt Out" Diggers. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,--May I be permitted to offer sincere congratulations to the "Herald" for its sub-leader in yesterday's issue, entitle "Unforgotten Men."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early Morning Excitement Fire Bell Rings
The ringing of the fire bell at about 5 oâclock on Wednesday morning awakened Berry from its slumbers, and brought a large crowd into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Roxy Theatre
The greatest fire ever screened, will be a feature of the Roxy Theatre programme this Friday and Saturday, when "In Old Chicago" will be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Australianities at the Fire
“The days are, that dratted short now,” complains Dad Bush, “a man hardly gets a bit of a go on before it’s time to clock off’ again; It’s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australianities at the Fire
"The days are that dratted slept now," complains old Dad Bush, "a man hardly gets a hit of a go on before its time to knock off again: its dark…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at Bomaderry
A house belonging to Mr. Aycock, at Bomaderry, was destroyed by fire on Saturday evening, about 8 o’clock Mr. and Mrs. Aycock had gone to the…
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A disastrous fire occurred on Saturday night last, when the home of MR. D. Acocks, situated in the street behind the hotel, was razed to…
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Shortly after I o’clock on Friday morning the old hullding at the rear of Mr. A Morgan’s store in Carp Street was discovered to be on fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Fire. Coroner’s Inquiry
At Bega on Tuesday a coronial inquiry was held by Mr Hardwick as to the cause of the recent fire in Carp Street, Bega…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Show Pavilion. Destroyed by Fire
On Monday night the blaze of the Kiama pavilion of the A. & H. Association, which was razed to the ground, made a wonderful spectacular…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kiama Show Pavilion Destroyed by Fire Spectacular Blaze at Church Point
The Kiama show pavilion on Church Point, so well-known throughout the State, and even interstate, as the mecca of cattlemen during show…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire Prevention. Advisory Committee’s Educational Effort
With the approach of the bush fire season, the bush fires advisory committee, representing a number of interested bodies, has resumed its…
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