Fire Horror Dalwood Baby Sole Survivor
THREE little boys playing with matches in a country field. Nearby danger unknown, a petrol tank—the wind carries a match flame across and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fires & bushfires, 1932
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Fire in Momba's Hold
TOWNSVILLE, Sunday.--While the Adelaide Co.'s motor-ship Momba was discharging at Townsville Jetty yesterday a sling with 16 cases of box…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Claim for Fire Damage. Port Macquarie
At the local police court the Forestry Commission claimed £28/5/ from E. D. Andrews in an action arising out of a fire in Cowarra State Forest, near Wauchope Mr. E. O…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Brigades Chairman T. J. Smith, M.l.c., Is Reappointed
Cabinet approved yesterday of the reappointment of Mr. T. J. Smith. M.L.C. as Chairman of the Fire Brigades Board for d further period of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"In Perils from Robbers." A Missionary Finds Himself Under Fire and has a Narrow Escape from Capture by Bandits
The events of the last few months make a sorrowful chapter in the history of Yuen Lung Ho. First came the floods and torrential rains which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lightning and Fires
The danger of dry thunderstorms as agents of bushfires was strikingly illustrated near Yarrawonga, Victoria, a few days ago, when a flash of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →White Town Fire Brigade
An ice fire brigade racing to battle with the flames on skis is a novel item included in the news programme starting to-day at the State…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →In Bush Corners the Fire Worshippers
One dark night recently, after a warm day, I took a candle and lit it under a big gum-tree. I wanted to see what the moths and other…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mighty Bridge Was Blaze Of Light
One great blase of light as the Bridge became the centre of last night's spectacular celebrations. Searchlights bathed the mammoth structure with their giant beams; and the thousand stars from exploded rochets showered over it in kaleidoscopic procession…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Magic of Liquid Fire Illuminates the City
Sea and air combine in inspiring display as Sydney's great Bridge is opened. Air force planes in formation above the Navy's flagship, proudly dressed with multi-colored bunting for Sydney's gala day. Hands across the tape. The…
Continued on Trove, page 52 →The Floats---historic Spectacle. Blaze of Colour
Without the Cook float the pageant, in its historical significance, would, of course, have been incomplete. The [?]lookers recognised immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire in River Bed
A fire broke out among the long reeds lining the river bed at Cook's River, between Canterbury and Hurlstone Park, yesterday morning. Fanned by the strong wind, the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Boarding House Fire. Strange Coincidence. BRISBANE
Damage estimated at £3000 was caused last night by a fire which destroyed a 12-roomed boarding house in Herries-street, Toowoomba. Nine boarders lost their belongings. A crowd…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Killed and Fire Blackened His Body Almost Incinerated Youth's Death
His chest, pierced by a sharp hook on the back of a lorry, into which his motor cycle had crashed, William John Drew,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BUSHFIRES In South Australia. ADELAIDE
A bushfire threatened the town of Victor Harbour on Saturday, but the situation was saved by 200 firefighters who assembled on a three-mile front from the residence of Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Country News. Forestry Fire Case. Taree
At the Port Macquarie Police Court the Forestry Commission claimed £28/5/ from E. D. Andrews in an action arising out of a fi[?] in Cowarra State Forest, near Wauchope. The…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Gardener Loses All in Fire at His Home
The home of George Javanovich market gardener, at Warrlewood, near Narrabeen, was destroyed by fire yesterday. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →INCENDIARISM? Startling Suggestion in Bush Fires Inquest MELBOURNE
A suggestion that the bushfires which swept the densely-timbered country north of Erica, in Gippsland, on February 5, resulting in the death…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Miles of Fire
DONOTHY JOHNSON (Malmuru).—A few days ago while a man was burning off stubble, the fire got beyond his control and burnt along the country for twenty-four miles. But…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire in Storeroom. Tamworth
Damage estimated at £250 was caused by a fire in a storeroom at the rear of the Blue Tea Room, in the Australian Bank of Commerce Buildings, Brisbane-street. The…
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