On Fire Thrill for Passengers Railway Bridge
Passengers on the train from Kempsey bad a thrilling Journey yesterday as the train ran through, a blazing valley between Gloucester and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fires & bushfires, 1929
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Explosion and Fire. Narrogin Homestead. Gundagai
A terrific explosion occurred in the engineroom of the electric light supply at Narrogin homestead at 7 o'clock last night. In a few minutes the shed, kitchen, and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire Menace at Magazine George's Heights Military Fighters
A BUSH FIRE of a sensational nature was raging at 4 15 p.m. on George's Heights, and the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At Mercy of Flames Anxiety for Two Families Disastrous Fires in Country Bathurst
GRAVEST anxiety is felt regarding the welfare of the families of J. Callan and J. Hurst, whose homesteads at Rock Forest were surrounded by fire. The heat was the great for fire-fighters either to communicate with or assist the settlers,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Garage Burned. Sequel to Grass Fire. Wentworth Falls, Wed
About noon to-day a grass fire started near the Wentworth Falls Golf Club's motor garage. Before it was noticed the fire had reached' the garage, which caught fire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Heroic Police Burned Faced Fire to Save Trapped Invalid
Trapped in a house surrounded by flames, an invalid pensioner unable to walk was rescued with difficulty yesterday when fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Watch Your Tram Tickets---â£30,000 Damage in Botany Fire
WALLS PACKED WITH PAPER burn fiercely.--Ruins of a bedroom in a flat above Dalgety's Phillip Street garage, after yesterday morning's fire. M'CAUSLAND competing in the…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Miles of Fire Horse Roasted Women and Children Fight Flames Cessnock
Women and children fought sine by side with men in a gallant attempt to save properties in a fierce hush lire at Loguna, 23 miles from Cesdnock,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BUSHFIRES. Nine Houses Burnt. Terrific Heat. Causes Youth's Death. NEWCASTLE
Bushfires have been raging from Gosford up the North Coast this afternoon, and much damage has been done. Meagre reports available In Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bushfire Near Sydney Road, Balgowlah
FIREMEN AND RESIDENTS FOUGHT THE FLAMES WHICH ENDANGERED PROPERTY…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Bush Fires Disastrous Outbreaks in North and West
while sydney sweltered under a temperature of 100-deg, on Wednesday, bush fires raged in many country centres. The whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire at Blakehurst. Woman's Narrow Escape
The Hurstville and Kogarah Fire Brigades were called out on Wednesday to attend to a serious bush fire that had broken out at Blakehurst…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Factory Burnt Out Boot Polish Explodes Melbourne
Fire has destroyed the Clyde Products Company's factory at Murrambeena. it is belleved the outbreak was caused owing to petrol being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires' Havoc at Bathurst Stations Suffer Blaze Rages Along a Fifty-mile Front Bathurst
Two disastrous bush fires wrought incalculable damage in the Bathurst district yesterday, and last night the greater portion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Orchardists' Peril. Fires at Galston
Throughout yesterday orchardists in the Arcadia and Galston districts fought desperately to save their properties from the bushfires which are laying waste the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fires at Hay. Hay
A weatherboard cottage and property at East Hay, owned and occupied by Mr. Krank Ashcroft, was destroyed by fire at 1 o'clock yesterday morning. Mr. Ashcroft, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fierce Fires at Cessnock. Cessnock
A bush fire has swept both sides of the Sydney-Cessnock-road for several miles in the Laguna district, and many settlers have sustained heavy loss. Sweeping in the direction…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fires Rampant. Perils in Blakehurst Bush
Fire destroyed a shop in the main street of Cronulla, while 3000 citizens stood powerless to arrest the flames, owing to lade of water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Activity
On Wednesday the Kogarah Fire Station received twenty-one calls to bush and grass fires, while ten calls were received yesterday. On Wednesday the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Hurstville
Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in a motor garage at Bassett Street, Hurstville. The building was destroyed, and a motor lorry, owned by…
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