Bones in Fire. Man Charged with Murder. Police Evidence. Mungindi
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 9
James Walter Johnston, about 28, of Sydney, appeared in Mungindi (Queensland) Police Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Harry Nelson, 60, a half-caste. He…
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The Labor Daily · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 6
One-man fire-fighting outfits as an effective means of combating the menace of bushfires are advocated by Mr. David a. Stead, writing in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Spectacular Blaze Moree
The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 7
Brilliant flames from burning oil and kerosene and intermitten explosions provided a large crowd with a spectacular display last night when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Fire Squad?
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 6
IT should be declared a breach of the traffic regulations (both vehicular and pedestrian) to approach within a certain distance of a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Investigation. Wagga
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 14
Wagge police are investigating the cause of a fire which destroyed a valuable stack of 25 tons of hay on George Lugsden's property at Connorton. The stack was not insured…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Strangers Save Baby Residential Fire
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 7
While Mr. and Mrs. R. Matheson were fighting a fire in the residential in which they were living in City Road, Darlington, yesterday, two strangers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stop Press Fire Destroys House
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 1
A five-roomed weatherboard cottage at Frater's Avenue. Sans Souci, the property of Robert Killiby, was totally destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fight Against Fire. Dog Rouses Woman. Baby Dropped from Balcony
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 18
There were several dramatic incidents during a fire in residential premises in City-road, Darlington, yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Mother Thanks Rescuers Flames Menaced Her Baby Prompt Action Saved Child House Fire
The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 7
MRS. ALMA MATHESON, the mother of the baby who was rescued from the balcony of a burning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sub-station Fire
Truth · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 16
FIREMEN had great difficulty last night in extinguishing an outbreak in the City Council electrical substation at the corner of Goulburn and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire Fought By Men In Masks
The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 5
Firemen wore gas-masks and used oxygen outfits last night to ward oft poisonous fumes generated by a fire in an underground…
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Truth · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 32
James Walter Johnson, about years, of Sydney, appeared at the Mungindi (Queensland) Police Court last week, charged with the murder of…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Used Gas Masks While Fighting Fire
The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 5
Gas masks and oxygen equipment were used by firemen on Saturday night when fighting an outbreak in an underground electricity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Destroys 150,000 Trees Melbourne
The Sun · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 9
Incendiarism is suspected in a fire which yesterday destroyed 150,000 young trees in the State pine plantation, between Bright and Porepunkah…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in Aircraft Carrier. London, Jan. 17
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 10
A fire occurred in the boiler-room of the aircraft carrier Furious at Devonport naval dockyard, but was quickly extinguished. The Admiralty is not inclined to believe that…
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The Sun · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 1
Firemen called to blazing stables at Newmarket, opened the boxes and set free 25 racehorses. The terrified animals galloped into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Arms Felt As If on Fire Nights of Agony With Neuritis
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 2
She had tried so many "remedies"—always without result—that she had little faith in anything. But finally something induced her to try Krusehen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Oil Fire Six Victims. Pipe-line Expodes. Pryor (Oklahoma), Jan. 17
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 10
A petroleum pipe-line exploded and caused the death of four women spectators in a motor car who were watching their husbands make repairs to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Beneath the Street. Dangerous Task. Masked Firemen. Chemicals Used Instead of Water
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 9
Firemen used their latest scientific equipment to fight a fire which broke out in an underground electrical substation at the corner of Pitt and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£300,000 Havoc As Huge Fire Sweeps Over Dock Big Cool Stores Destroyed Steamer Set Alight By Flying Debris Battle to Save Ship Melbourne
The Sun · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 9
DAMAGE tentatively estimated at £300,000 has been done by a huge fire which destroyed most of the Government cool stores at Victoria Dock this afternoon…
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