Scenes at Yesterday's Tragic Wyong Fire
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 7
LEFT: CROWD ASSISTING in removal of goods from shops endangered. Centre: Watching doctors fighting to save life of D. Kennedy, who was electrocuted, and right, the wires from which he received the fatal shock…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →All Out To Fight Fire Near Town
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Every available man in the township of Bonnie Doon and others from Mansfield are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Save Sussex-St. Store On Fire
The Sun · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 17
"IT was one of the finest saves for which my eyes have yet been responsible, and I am mighty proud of them."…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Five Buildings Destroyed in Fire in Wyong
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 14
A young labourer was electrocuted when fighting a fire at Wyong yesterday which destroyed three shops and two cottages…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Disastrous Fire. Man Electrocuted. Shops and Cottages Destroyed. Wyong
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 11
Damage, estimated at between £7000 and £8000, was caused this afternoon by a fire which destroyed three shops and two cottages in Alison-street…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →City Blaze
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 1
FIRE-FIGHTERS at yesterday's out-break in a Sussex Street chemical plant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ending Oil Fire
The World's News · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 27
Because oil floats on water, firemen were able recently to conquer a freak blaze in Kansas City, Mo. As 16,000 gallons of petrol were being drained…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Reichstag Fire -- Nautical Beards
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 20
FIRE HAVOC.--The Reichstag in Berlin after the recent blaze, said to have been caused by Communists…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Fire in City. Damage About £1000
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 18
The fact that an alarm was given immediately and firemen arrived on the scene less than two minutes after the outbreak prevented a disastrous fire in Sussex-street, city,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Fire in Shop. Two Men and Woman Charged. PERTH
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 15
The inquiry into the fire which occurred on the night of March 21 at a hairdressing establishment known as Madame La Reine's, in Hay-street, was concluded before the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Unbeaten After Sea Ordeal Fire Survivor to Seek Vessel Newcastle
The Sun · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 17
THE sea almost claimed the life yesterday of James Francis Mackey, captain of the ferry Daphne, which was burned…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fire at Sea. Two Men Adrift FOR 40 HOURS. Third Believed to be Drowned. NEWCASTLE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 15
The motor launch Daphne, of Balmain, en route from the Manning River to Sydney, was completely destroyed by fire at sea, five miles…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fire Survivors 42 Hours On Raft Rescue on Northcoast Two Saved: Third Believed Lost Thirst: Cramps
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 1
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.-- Two survivors from the Balmain motor ferry, Daphne, which was burned on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BUSHFIRE. Young Man Burnt to Death. MELBOURNE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 15
A young man named George Fairbrother lost his life in a bushfire which broke out early this morning near Gunyah Junction and Mirboo East. He was found on the road on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Trapped Bushfire Tragedy Families' Fight Sat in Waterhole Melbourne
The Sun · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 15
FOUR adults and seven children fleeing from the bush fire which burned a young Gippsland farmer George Fairbrother, to death early…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Young Farmer Loses His Life in Bush Fire Harrowing Experience of Families in Dash for Safety. in Waterhole Abandoned Lorry When Vehicle Burst Into Flames Melbourne
The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 1
A MESSAGE received in Melbourne to-day reveals that a young Gippsland farmer. George Faifbrother was burned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Old Norman Practice. Returning Home with Easter Fire
The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 35
Many years ago in certain sections of Normandy, a curious sight could be seen along the roads on the morning of Holy Saturday; men, followed by their wives…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Fire, Razor & Train Wheels in Two Deaths Old Man Dragged From Blazing Home with Throat Cut at Rooty Hill Unknown Victim Is Cut to Pieces by Engine'
The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 7
AN unknown man was cut to pieces by a train, while a second man, who subsequently died, was removed from a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Merrylands Fire Alarm
The Biz · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 7
The Fire Board has approved of the transfer of fire alarm at Military-road, corner to Merrylands-road, opposite Pitt-street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Suspicious Fire Three Buildings Were Damaged
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 7
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Incendiarism is suspected in a fire which destroyed three buildings in Balaclava early this morning…
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