Explosion Was Not Fire-ball Gelignite Sticks for Trees at Peakhurst
Police are now definitely of the opinion that the explosion on the property of Mr. Livingston at Peakhurst on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires & bushfires, 1932
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Miles of Fire Seen From The Air Vivid Pictures From "Sun" 'Plane
SPEAR-HEAD or RUNNING FLAME photographed from "The Sun" 'plane 8000 feel above Nymagee (large picture). Circle: Cutting a fire-break through the tall grass in the fire's track. ICE COLD WATER FROM THE BAG must have been nectar to this smoke-grimed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Six Sheriffs Shot Dead Fight on Farm Machine Gun Fire for Two Hours Buckshot Fury New York
When the police went to arrest Harry Young, a noted desperado, they were met with machine-gun fire, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Fighters Are Driven Back Flames Raging Round Cobar Deluge of Rain Only Hope Huge Area Laid Waste Position Grave Cobar
Completely out of control now, the bushfires at midnight to-night were only 18 miles from Cobar--two miles nearer. Weary and despairing settlers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BUSHFIRES. Mostly Extinguished. Heroic Men and Women
Most of the bushfires which were burning fiercely in many parts of the State at the end of last week, by last night had burnt themselves out or been extinguished by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fires Creep on Toward Cobar Few Miles Out From Town Fresh Call for Volunteers No Rain Yet Cobar
The bushfires are creeping nearer the town. To-night they are but ten or twelve miles off. The position is serious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Street of Fire Big Losses in Parkes Blaze Brigade's Save Parkes
Although the debris is still smouldering, the fire which swept through the main business centre of Parkes late last night was got under control about 3 a.m. to-day. Only the fact that the water supply was cut off from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fighting the Grass Fires
Mr. O. J. Young, of Dundas, writes:— In view of the ever-present danger from fire in the west this season on account of the heavy body of dried grass you may find room…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →HEROINES Women's Part In Fires COBAR
The women of the west are playing a noble part in the battle with the flames. For the most part the women…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Circular Quay
Damage estimated at about £75 was caused early yesterday morning, when a fire broke out in the boot store of Larbalestier, Ltd., at Circu[?] Quay. Firemen from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Country Fire-fighters
The countryman needs the heart of a lion to keep him on his job. Just as his affairs, which have looked very black for two years, begin to show signs of improvement, with better prices for his wheat and wool, the land upon which he lives takes fire, and he has to suspend…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Parkes. Parkes
Two sheds on Adavale holding, belonging to Mr. G. J. Elliott, and containing mach[?] harness, wheat, cats, and chaff, were [?] stroyed by fire early this morning. The [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Power House Fire. Lithgow
The current at the Railway Department power house, where damage was done by [?] yesterday, has been restored to industries in the town and to centres between Lawson and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Damages Cottage. During Occupants' Absence
A cottage at 74 Jersey-street. Penshurst, occupied by Walter Leslie Hobman, who, with his family, is spending a holiday near Bega, was greatly damaged by an outbreak of fire last…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cottage and Contents Destroyed by Fire
A six-roomed weatherboard cottage in Jersey Avenue, Penshurst caught fire last night, and before the blaze could he extinguished, both…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unemployed Not to Go Will Not Be Sent To Fight Fires
There is little likelihood of the Government adopting a suggestion to send unemployed from Sydney to help in fighting the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£7000 DAMAGE. Fire in Queensland Town. BRISBANE
Damage, amounting to nearly £7000, was caused early this morning by a fire which partly destroyed the main business portion of Bowen. Marendy Bros.' cafe, the office of E…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire-fighting on the Banks of the Murrumbidgee, Near Canberra
One of the fighters beating out a patch of fire near the river. The river, in the left distance, has prevented the fire from spreading…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wheat Fire Argentine Loses 400,000 Bushels Buenos Aires
Approximately 400,000 bushels of Argentine grain held for export in the elevators of the Louis Dreyfus Company were practically entirely…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late News Fire Fear at Parkes Midnight Outbreak Threatens Town Shops Razed
PARKES, Tuesday.--The main business centre of the town in Flinders Street is in danger of being razed by a fire that broke…
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