Blaze at Motor Works. Seven Cars Damaged. Man Badly Burnt
Seven cars were either burnt or severely damaged, and a man was badly scorched about the arms when a fire gutted the motor building works of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fires & bushfires, 1938
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No Water, No Fire Pay
WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The time when Wollongong firemen who did not find water for a fire did not receive payment was recalled last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prank of Fire Moree
ALLEGED fireproof cabinets typewriters and other metal fixtures were destroyed in the fire at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Set House on Fire Bathurst
A verdict that a house had been wilfully set on fire by a 13-year-old boy, Charles Stevens, was given by the coroner to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Shops Destroyed by Fire. Others Saved by Bucket Brigade
A grocery store and a mixed business shop in Goulburn Street, Crookwell, were destroyed by a fire which broke out shortly after 8.30 o'clock last night…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Woman on Fire in Shed Rescued, But Died In Hospital BRISBANE
Rescued from a burning shed at the rear of her home at Tor wood, Brisbane, to-day, Mrs. Emma Mary Swan, 37, widow, died later, in hospital, from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Invaders Enter Canton Chinese Army Offers No Opposition Leaves Behind Wreckage And Fierce Fire LONDON
Since Chinese sources are silent, there is no means of checking the claims of the Japanese, but they undoubtedly hold the eastern section of Canton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Invaders in Canton. Vanguard's Reported Entry. City Abandoned by Chinese Troops. Power Plant Blown Up: Fierce Fire. LONDON, October 21
The vanguard of the Japanese forces in South China is reported to have entered Canton this afternoon, according to Reuter's correspondent at Hong Kong. All the Chinese high officials had departed, and factories…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Boy Went Mad, and Started Fire Coroner Told An Amazing Story BATHURST
AN extraordinary story was told to-day at the coroner's inquiry into a fire that caused £200 damage to the residence of Mr. S…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Is a "Fire Bug" at Work? C.I.B. Man Sent To Moree MOREE
THE presence of a "fire bug" in the Moree district is suspected following recent fires in the town…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Hats From Rue de la Paix: Well-Known Turns Author: Fire-Walking For Fun Yvonne's Diary a Black Eye For Busy Bea
Flora Abbott had a bad time while she was away always being taken for someone from somewhere else. In…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Fires in Home: Police Story
According to an admission, alleged to have been made to the police, Robert Henry Bowles Thomas lit three fires…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire an Accident
POLICE yesterday tested a theory of arson following the destruction by fire last. Thursday night Of the Moree Shire Chambers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cause of Moree Fire
MOREE, Sunday.--The fire which destroyed the Shire Council Chambers here on Thursday night, was at first thought to have been the work of a firebug…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Went Mad, Started Fire"
BATHURST. Sunday. -- Suffering from a boll in an ear, a 13-year-old boy had allegedly said he suddenly went mad…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Warning of Machine-gun Fire
Firing with machine guns will take place on the Liverpool-Greenhills area, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Tuesday. It Will be dangerous between those…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jury Disagrees. Alleged Malicious Fire. TAMWORTH
The jury disagreed at the trial at Tamworth Quarter Sessions of Arthur Herman Glennle Sattler, of Tamworth, who was charged with having maliciously sot fire to his own…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire on Steamer Damages Copra Suva
Fire broke out among copra in a hold of the steamer Hauraki this morning, and was suppressed after considerable damage had been done…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Widow's Death From Burns. Fire in Outhouse. BRISBANE
Mrs. Emma Mary Swan, 57, widow, was severely burned in an outhouse at her home. Torwood Street, Milton, yesterday, and died later In hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Huge Fires in Canton. London, Oct. 24
The first shock that resulted from the loss of Canton has passed, and a manifesto has been issued urging the Chinese to continue their resistance…
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