Country News. Bushfires at Goondiwindi. Goondiwindi
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 15
Bushfires occurred in country owned by C. T. Rissman and J. A. Parker, close to Yelarbon, at the week-end, and burned so fiercely that the glare in the sky was seen by residents…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 2
A fire in Smithfield-road, Smithfield, early yesterday morning destroyed a billiard-room owned by Miss Maisie Morris. Detective-Sergeant J. McCarthy…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 3
The Lidcombe Fire Brigade was called out on Saturday afternoon to attend to a small grass fire in Bridge-street. The flames were extinguished before any…
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The Labor Daily · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 10
Giving evidence at the inquiry yesterday into the fire which gutted the building occupied by Plzzery Pty. Ltd. in Wilmot Street city on January 13…
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The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 5
Several Australian and American women, belonging to the Independent Gospel Boat Mission, narrowly escaped injury when Japanese planes…
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Nepean Times · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 4
Mr M. Chapman, Faulconbridge, writes:—Re report of recent fire in my house at Faulconbridge, although the firemen attended, the fire was already…
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The Propeller · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 3
Suggestions were made at the last meeting of the St. George County Council by Alderman Cross that the owners of houses should be held…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 8
Eighty tons of copra in a shed at the oil mills of James Barnes Ltd., at the corner of Bourke Road and Huntley Street Alexsndria, caught fire yesterday afternoon. The…
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The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 16
After two days spent inspecting city and suburban fire stations, the Industrial Commission to-day resumed its hearing of an application by the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Four Shops Gutted by Fire Brisbane
The Labor Daily · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 1
Damage estimated at £2000. was caused by a fire which gutted four shops at Laidley early to-day. Two families living in residences over the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Extinguishers on R.A.A.F. Planes Melbourne
The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 1
Automatic fire extinguishers to be carried in future in all R.A.A.F. planes have been ordered, the Minister for Defence, Mr. Thorby, said…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 7
Evidence that nothing of a suspicious nature had been discovered was given before the City Coroner, Mr. Oram, yesterday when he inquired into the fire that seriously…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 2
Judge Perdriau ruled at the Workers' Compensation Commission yesterday that except in special circumstances, a commercial traveller is not protected…
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The Labor Daily · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 5
A sequel to a hotel are was heard before the Workers' Compensation Commission yesterday, when Judge Perdriau held that, except in exceptional circumstances, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THROAT & Wrists Were Cut Man Found Dying After Fire Explosion Liverpool
The Labor Daily · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 7
IN the early hours of yesterday morning, a mysterious explosion awakened many residents in Liverpool and Smithfield Roads,…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 13
Three bushfires occurred in different parts of the Adelaide hills to-day. The most serious fire was within a quarter of a mile of the Loftia Park kiosk. It took more than…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Country News. Family Escape From Fire. Coolamon
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 8
A weatherboard house of eight rooms, owned by Mr. A. W. Stinson, and occupied by Mr. J. K.. Stinson, his wife, and daughter, was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mysterious Bedroom Fire Suffocates Two Small Children MELBOURNE
The Sun · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 1
Mysteriously suffocated by smoke from a fire in their bedroom, two small children were found dead when their mother returned home last night at Grovedale…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 3
MEXICO'S most dreaded form of execution was used in the execution of a soldier today…
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The Sun · Sunday 20 February 1938 · page 1
After desperately fighting a fire on the speedboat Endeavor at Kogarah Bay yesterday afternoon, the skipper and his mechanic were forced to dive…
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