Motors and Motoring Fire and Drought Helping in the Fight the Red Speed Waggon
Two grim spectres—Fire and Drought—intrude their unwelcome presence upon the dreams and thoughts of the farmer during the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fires & bushfires, 1928
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News Gatherings of the Week Report's by Telephone, Telegraph and Letter Hospital Menaced by Fire
A pall of smoke shrouded the Bellingen (N.S.W.) district during the week-end from the bush fires caused by the unusual heat. Fanned by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Open Verdict at Bowral Fire Inquiry
BOWRAL, Friday.--The coroner returned an open verdict at the inquiry into the fire at Selby's shop. Police evidence was that a bottle smelling of…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Home Destroyed Fire at Lemongrove Feeble Water Pressure
A weatherboard cottage in Doonmore Street, Lemongrove, was destroyed by fire in the early hours of Sunday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wesley and "This Liquid Fire." (To the Editor.)
Sir,—It was broadcasted by the liquor advocates that John Wesley recommended alcohol. This self-apparent canard has been thrown at…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Fire at Lemongrove Penrith Water Supply Lemongrove's Perilous Plight (To the Editor)
Sir,—I wish to draw your attention to the plight that residents of Lemongrove would be in if, by some misfortune, a fire started on one of the windy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →City Blaze Chancery Chambers Early Morning Fire
At 1.30 this morning a fire was discovered in Chancery-chambers, 170 Phillip-street. So great was its hold, that at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£1000 Blaze at Woollahra
The roof at the home of Edward A. Barton, of Jersey-road, Woollahra, was destroyed this morning by fire, and the contents considerably damaged. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fires Checked. Sprinklers Effective
Two small outbreaks of firs were checked yesterday by the effective operation of sprinklers. In the first case, a fire broke out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Inquiry Into Fire. Bowral
At the courthouse Mr. G. A. Stevenson P.M., conducted an inquiry concerning the fire which occurred in the Southern Mall buildings shortly after midnight on August 28,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Sweeps Offices in Chancery Chambers
Mr. R. Kidston, on the right, surveying, with two fire assessors, the ruins of his office, which, with a number of others, occupied by legal firms, was destroyed by her in Chancery Chambers, Phillip-street, on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fierce Fires Earthquake Shocks, Too Four Dead Los Angeles, Sunday Night
Earthquake shocks and forest fires have caused alarm and destruction in various parts of the State. Three distinct shocks were felt in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Early Morn Alarm Fire in Phillip Street
An early morning blaze in Phillip St. city led to a rush of fire engines to the spot at 1.30 a.m. yesterday The flames, which started in the second…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Fire. Phillip-street Building. 30 Motor Cars Saved
A large portion of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, with about a dozen fire engines, had a strenous hour's fight with a fire in Chancery Chambers, in Phillip-street, early…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hundreds Perish In Fearful Spanish Holocaust Trapped Fire in Theatre Block Gutted Madrid, Sunday Night
It has been definitely established that several hundred persons, including many children, perished in a fire which destroyed the Novedades Theatre, in the most thickly-populated quarter of the city…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires. Settlers' Fight. To Save Township. BELLINGEN
For days past bushflres have been raging in various parts of the Bellinger River district and, with a boisterous westerly wind yesterday afternoon and last night, these…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fires, 'Quakes Spread Alarm 2000 are Fighting Forest Blaze Four Men Perish Los Angeles
Earthquake shocks and forest fires have caused widespread alarm and destruction in various parts of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Saw Mill Blaze at Baulkham Hills
BAKER'S sawmills, which cover an area of a quarter of an acre off Park-roadv. Baulkham Hills, were severley damaged by fire carly this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Ships Damaged in £2000 Blaze Melbourne
A fire destroyed the major [?]ortion of the workrooms of Se[?] clothing factory in Branswick Street. Fitzrey, to-day. Damage was also caused to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City and Suburban Fires--health Inspectors' Conference
NO SCHOOL, so the children thought it fine to watch the…
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