Jamieson Street Fire
Firemen from Headquarters and Circular Quay extinguished a fire yesterday in some rubbish in a partly-demolished building in Jamieson Street…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fires & bushfires, 1937
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Ship Under Gunnery Fire
The master of the steamer Urana, which entered Sydney Heads on Wednesday night when the 6-inch battery at South Head was carrying out…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cronulla Volunteer Fire Brigade. Fine Performance at Tamworth Demonstration
The Cronulla representative team attending the 3937 Volunteer Fire Brigades’ Demonstration, had a very successful tour, gaining a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brokers Not Entitled to Commission on Wool Destroyed in Big Fire
A decision in favor of farmers and graziers on certain supplementary claims resulting from the loss of their wool when Goldsbrough Mort…
Continued on Trove, page 65 →The Schoolboy Detective The Fire
ROB PEARCE and Lionel Martin halted on the edge of a thick stretch of scrub land. "This'll do." said Rob, slinging off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Combat With The Fire Fiend
I WAS spending six weeks' holiday with my uncle and aunt at Gunnedah. Here it was different from home, for I was up…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Rescued From Yacht Fire Melbourne
Respirators were used by firemen to rescue William Lloyd Roberts from a burning yacht to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Highlands on Fire in Victoria Vigilance Squads for Week-end Melbourne
Fires on both sides of the Murramburarang Ranges, which extend about six miles from Kiewa to Kergunyah,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Copra Destroyed in Suva Fire Morris Hedstrom Loses 300 Tons Suva
The concrete copra store of Morris Hedstrom, in Suva, with 300 tons of copra, was destroyed by fire tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ship on Fire in Atlantic Eight Passengers Off Before Blaze Extinguished New York
RACING, to the rescue of the British steamer Silver Larch Which had caught fire while in the Atlantic an American cruiser rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Outbreak of Fire in Coal Bunker
Recent rainfalls, followed by a hot day, causing spontaneous combustion, is believed to have caused a fire in a coal bunker on Howard Smith's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Copra Store. Suva, March 14
There was a fire in the concrete copra store of Morris Hedstrom, Ltd., Rodwell-road, Suva, and 300 tons of copra were destroyed. The copra was insured…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fighting Forest Fire in Vic. Melbourne
Volunteers from Kergunyah are fighting to prevent the spread of a mountain forest fire to the Klewa Valley, but rain is regarded as the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Home Destroyed by Fire Woman's Courage Bathurst
Awakened by smoke which filled her bedroom at 4 o'clock this morning Mrs. Ruby cox, wife of Alfred Leonard Cox, of South Bathurst. taxi…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Ferry. Series of Explosions. Two Men Burnt. Melbourne
Damage estimated at nearly £1000 was caused to the passenger ferry Fairyland when it burst into flames on the River Yarra on Saturday night. The flames swept from bow…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Two Hurt in Fire on Ferry Boat Gutted As Petrol Blazes Melbourne
TWO men were burned, one seriously, when the river motor ferry Fairyland was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Race to Aid Tanker. Fire in Hold. Crew Sticks to Vessel. Cruiser Rescues Passengers. HONOLULU, March 14
The United States cruiser Louisville raced 350 miles in less than 12 hours to the aid of the burning British oil tanker, Silverlarch…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Three Hurt in Ferry Fire Vessel Mass of Flames Passengers Had Just Been Taken Off Total Loss Melbourne
CATCHING fire yesterday afternoon, the well-known Yarra River ferry, Fairyland, was burnt to the waterline by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Fell Into Fire Albury
Desmond Clohessy, 9, of Steel St., Corowa, was badly burned from his hips down to-day when he fell into a large heap of smouldering sawdust…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Forest Fire in Victoria Melbourne
A forest fire near Kergunyan which started five dy near and spread over a front of 3000 acres…
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