Motor Lorry on Fire
On Saturday night, in Rose Street, Hurstville, a motor lorry driven by Percy Tipton, of Sutherland, burst into flames owing to a leaky petrol tank…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires & bushfires, 1933
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Fire Damages Shop. West Maitland
A fire which broke out in premises in Highstreet, owned by Messrs. Fry Bros., and occupied by J. Corkery, hairdresser and tobacconist, severely damaged rooms on the ground floor…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Boo Guard". Clue to Lakemba Fire?
The suggestion that Communists had set fire to a house in Lakemba on February 2 was made to-day to the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Camp Fire Concert 2nd Fairfield Scouts
After the swimming carnival on Saturday last, 2nd Fairfield Troop held a camp fire concert in the grounds of G.S.M. Wilcock. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven Die in Fire Tisdale (Saskatchewan)
While the temperature was at 40 degrees below zero this morning, the Imperial Hotel was burned down, and seven people perished in the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fighting Fire Powers of Councils And Brigades
A circular received by country shires from the Shires Association explains that the new Act relating to bushfire control repeals many of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hotel Fire. Seven Persons Perish. VANCOUVER, Feb. 8
At Tlsdale (Saskatchewan) seven persons were burned to death and five others were burned or seriously injured, one probably fatally, as the result of a fire which destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Smiling Hinkler's Farewell -- When l'Atlantique Fire Died
WALLS OF BLISTERED STEEL formed a coffin for the departed glory of the French steamer, l'Atlantique as the disastrous fire died. Photo by Air Mail. THE HULK of the French liner, [?]'Atlantique, being lowed in to Cherbourg Harbor.--Air mail photo. THE LAST SMILE of Bert Hinkler, taken before he took off into the unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire at Robertson. Damage Estimated at £2000. ROBERTSON
A fire at Robertson at 1.30 a.m. to-day did damage estimated at £2000. The fire started in an unoccupied weatherboard house in the main street of Robertson,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Thirteenth Fire Paint and Varnish Go Up in Smoke
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--When a vat of varnish boiled over and caught fire at Charles Atkins and Sons Pty., Ltd., varnish manufacturers, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fourteenth Fire in One Store Brigade's Good Save Melbourne
Firemen made a splendid save when a big fire broke out at the oil and varnish stores of Charles Atkins and Sons Pty. Ltd., in Clarendon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Will Fire" Mutineers' Threat to Dutch Pursuers Aldebaran Chase (Continued from Page 1) BATAVIA
So soon as The Seven Provinces was sighted the Aldebaran signalled by flag, "We want to speak to you."…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Struck By Bomb, Mutiny Ship Surrenders 12 Killed, 25 Injured Runaway Vessel On Fire Crew Refused Surrender, But Changed Mind BATAVIA
THE mutiny on the Dutch warship, The Seven Provinces, came to a dramatic end to-day when it was bombed by a pursuing seaplane, 12 of the crew being killed and 25 injured. The crew then surrendered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Heat Wave Deaths in Perth Big Bush Fires Now Raging There Homes Burned
PERTH, Friday.--Another century reading to-day--the sixth in succession and seventh in eight days--prolonged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Early Morning Fires
Fires which broke out in the early hours of yesterday morning severely damaged a weatherboard cottage at Long Bay and a shop at Lane Cove…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Forest Fires in Victoria Melbourne
Hundreds of acres of grass and forest land were swept by fires which broke out in the Bright, Harrietville and Beechworth districts, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Was Maliciously Caused
The Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. H. Richardson Clark, at the conclusion of an inquiry into a fire which damaged a house in Lakemba…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Long Bay
Firemen wire handicapped by lack of water when a fire broke out yesterday moining in a weatherboard cottage occupied by George Charles Brears. The building was near the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Foreman-Delaney Bout Hangs Fire
WITH the question of control at Rushcutter Bay definitely settled, fight enthusiasts now turn their attention to the proposed Al Foreman-Bobby Delaney contest, which has been allowed to float in "hot air" for a considerable time…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Child Saved From Car Fire. Temora
A motor car, owned by H. West, caught fire in a garage at the owner's premises in Bakerstreet. The fire brigade extinguished the flames after considerable damage had been…
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