Gaol for Setting Tent on Fire Wollongong
Michael Kelly, 47, was found guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of maliciously setting fire to a dwelling-house in Flinders Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fires & bushfires, 1938
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Merrylands Fire
A shed at the rear of Frederick Thomas Burgoyne's house in Addlestone-road, Merrylands, was slightly damaged by fire yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Tooth's Brewery
A number of packing cases stored in the refrigerating section of Tooth's Brewery, in George Street West, were destroyed, by fire yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Three Brigades at Brewery Fire
Fire engines from George Street West had only 100 yards to go when a fire occurred at Tooth's Balfour Street building yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Electricity Meters. And Houses on Fire
The responsibility of tenants for damage to electricity meters in house area and other causes was further discussed at the last meeting of the St…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Death While Fighting Fire. Casino
Oscar Edward Thomas. 69 collapsed and died when he was fighting a grass fire on his property at Shannonbrook this morning. He had lived in the district for a quarter of a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Missing From Poll Meeting Handfull Of Zealots Follows Campaign
Where is the fire, the high explosive, the spirited cut and thrust, the crackle of humor and the verbal sniping of election meetings of other days?…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Water Made Fire Flare: 2 Burned
Two men, who were severely burned during a fire in Paddington yesterday, actually contributed to their own injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Burned in Fire Varnish Boiled Over
Severe burns were suffered by a man and a youth yesterday afternoon, when they attempted to extinguish a fire which broke out at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Holy Men Thrown Into Fire Bombay
Five Sadhus ("Holy Men") were roased alive by angry Indian villagers in the Punjab…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grandstand on Fire After Opening Ceremony. Auckland (N.z.)
The new grandstand at the Ohinemuri Jockey Club's racecourse, at Paeroa, caught fire just after it had been officially opened by the Minister for Internal Affairs. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Barcelona Blazes Under Bombs 1400 Fires; Dead Gathered on Shovels Franco Death- Rain Worst in History Barcelona
A rain of death from General Franco's bombers, on a scale unparalleled in military history, began to fall on Barcelona early on Wednesday. It still…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Upsets Train Service
An electrical fire, which occurred at the Meeks-road sub-station near Sydenham, shortly after 1 a.m to-day, caused considerable damage to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gunman Fires At Pursuers MELBOURNE
Firing point blank at his two pursuers when he narrowly evaded capture after an attempted hold-up today, a gunman halted the chase long…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Damage in Storm
TWO cottages in St. Minver-avenue, Cammeray, were destroyed by fire due to last night's storm, the suggestion being that one of them was…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Firemen Injured In Blaze
TWO firemen were injured whilst fighting a spectacular fire which destroyed the top floor of the N.S.W. Austin Motors building William St…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Children Die in Fire
THE DEAD BODIES of Reginald Herps, aged 3, and Trevor Henry Herps, aged 2, were found beneath these tubs in the laundry of their home in Clare Street, Tighe's Hill, Newcastle, which was destroyed early yesterday by fire. NEVILLE KIME, aged 5, a playmate of the dead children, and his sister…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Ridiculous" Riverstone Fire Area
"It's ridiculous state of affairs," Councillor Lalor, at Thursday's meeting of Blacktown Council, thus described the turning down of the council's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bandit Fires at Pursuers. Chase in Lane. MELBOURNE
A youth and a young man had to crouch against a wall to avoid two bullets fired by a bandit in a lane at North Fitzroy on Saturday afternoon. The bandit was escaping after…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Train Service Dislocated. Fire in Sub-station
Fire broke out early on Saturday morning in the Meek's Road railway sub-station, near the Sydenham railway station. The fire was caused by the blowing of a fuse…
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