Wool Store Fire Sequel. Grazier Given Leave to Appeal. Case for Privy Council
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 16
A cablegram received yesterday announced that the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has granted leave to T. T Maurice, a grazier, of Wellington, to appeal from a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →British Ship on Fire. Machine-gunned and Bombed. British-owned Port. LONDON, July 26
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 15
Four men were injured when the British freighter Bellwyn was bombed, machine-gunned, and set on fire by a rebel plane at the small and entirely…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Things That Happened Here a Hundred Years Ago Extracts from the "Sydney Herald" of July 23, 25, and 27, 1838 Fire Engine Arrives
Sydney Mail · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 35
THE fire engine ordered from London has been received, and another has been purchased in the Colony; one is stationed at the northern extremity of…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Fire in Grocery Shop
The Propeller · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 2
At 2.30 a.m. last Sunday a fire broke out in the grocery shop conducted by Mr. Harold P. Butler, in Stoney Creek Road, Bexley. Firemen were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Accidental Death." Fatal Backyard Fire
The Biz · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 5
Also in The Broadcaster
During an inquiry by the Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. G. R. Williams, at Parramatta, on Tuesday, into the death of Mrs. Jane Mary Howe, 76, of Bursell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Volunteer Fire Brigade Demonstrations at Katoomba
The Broadcaster · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 2
From time to time you read of volunteer fire brigade demonstrations, and no doubt wonder just why these demonstrations are organised. Firstly, they are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cronulla Volunteer Fire Brigade. Golden Helmet Ball
The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 7
Officials of the Cronulla Volunteer Fire Brigade Ball Committee are very pleased at the smooth manner everything in connection with the Annual…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Advance on Hankow. Japanese Army Divides. Fires in Kiukiang. SHANGHAI, July 27
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 12
The Chinese claim that only part of Kiukiang has fallen, and that they are grimly holding on to the remainder of the town in the hope that the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Brigades Team. Win Against Police. Mid-week Rugby Union Final
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 15
New South Wales Fire Brigades beat Police by 24 points to eight at Kensington Oval yesterday in the final of the mid-week Rugby Union's A grade competition and won the season's…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →When Catholics BUILD & Decorate the Prevention of Something Incurable. Ordinary Precautions; and an Extraordinary Method of Putting Out a Fire
Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 8
Everybody knows that the code of the careful motor driver is to regard every other motorist on the road as a fool…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pop--burnt Out
The Sun · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 2
Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Panic in Rangoon. Fires, Shootings, Mayor's Car Stoned. RANGOON, July 28
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 13
A series of incidents after the religious noting on Tuesday has led to panic throughout the city. The Mayor's car has been stoned and fires…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Privy Council Appeal In Wool fire Case
The Land · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 8
Mr. T. T. Maurice, of Wellington, has been granted leave to appeal to the Privy Council against the judgment of the High Court, which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gun-fire against the black of night
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 1
FIREWORKS IN THE NAVY. H.M.A.S. Canberra sights an imaginary enemy ship. First to get going are the 4-inch guns, showering rapid-fire destruction. Each shot momentarily lights up the deck. Picture taken on board…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dashed Into Fire Timely Rescue Of Woman BRISBANE
The Sun · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 5
Dashing into the smoke of a burning house in Fortitude Valley last night when they heard a cry, "Mother's in there," Vie Marsden and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Docks. £875,000 Damage. Courage of Rescuers. Vancouver, July 28
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 14
A fire at the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's docks caused damage estimated at 3,500,000 dollars (£Aust.875,000)…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Woman Journalist in China Ordeal Under Fire at Fall of Hsuchow Hongkong, July 17
The Sun · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 9
TO-DAY, Miss Iris Wilkinson, attractive young New Zealand journalist, lies in the War Memorial Hospital recovering, from her ordeal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Blaze Defies Fireman
The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 1
THIRTY firemen worked for more than three hours to extinguish a fire in a heap of used chemicals in Rozelle last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russians Fire on Japanese. Tokyo, July 29
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 17
Soviet troops crossed the frontier at North Changku-feng and fired on a Japanese patrol. There wore no casualties…
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