Sabotage Doubt in Big Fire Melbourne
No light yet has been shed as to the possible cause of the fire which on Wednesday destroyed 200 tons of paper…
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Fire Fighter Killed by Tree Gosford
"It is extremely regrettable that a neighborly act in fighting a bush fire to save property should-have resulted in his death," said the District…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bowraville Fire. Worst in History of Town. Four Buildings Destroyed. Bowraville
A file in Bowraville, the worst in the history of the town, early this morning destroyed four buildings and damaged others…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Volunteer Bushfire Brigades
The Bush Fires Advisory Committee [?] that there has been a remarkable growth [?] the Volunteer Bushfire Brigade movement in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Bushfires in the Country
Bushfires still threatened a number of country properties yesterday. Volunteer fire brigades fought them in temperatures which in many areas were more…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Menace of Bushfires
By repute the memory of the public is short; it can hardly, however, fail to retain the fact that exactly a year ago our neighbour Victoria was sadly…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Big Blaze at Meat Works
AUCKLAND, Saturday. -- Fire today caused serious damage to the Tomoana Freezing Works near Hastings. Nearly £200,000 worth of meat was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A.i.f. Reservists Try to Stop Fire
MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- A bucket brigade was formed by 70 A.I.F. Reservists encamped at Broadmeadows today when the house used for camp…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Deaths, Fires, Stock Losses In Heat Wave Continent Swelters, High Recordings Country Centres Suffer
NO immediate respite is expected from the heat wave that has caused many deaths, stock losses, fires on pastures and exhausting conditions generally throughout the State. To-day is expected to be hot and sultry in Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Baby Born During Bush Fire Three Towns in Danger Desperate Plight Of Fire-Fighters YASS
Houses were burned down and many horses, sheep and cattle perished last night in fierce bush fires which are still raging around Yass…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extensive Damage by Big Bush Fires. Fatal Accident in Smoke. Governor Helps Fighters at Moss Vale. Outbreak on 30-mile Front
Bush and grass fires caused great damage in metropolitan and country areas at the week-end, and caused the death of a youth when the motor cycle on which he was riding pillion crashed in dense smoke and flames into a motor lorry on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£150,000 Blaze in Brisbane Brisbane
DAMAGE estimated at £150,000 was caused by a fire to-night, which gutted two of three buildings in Saul Street, City, owned by Carricks Ltd., furniture and bedding manufacturers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Residence. Caretaker Away Fighting Bushfires. BOWRAL
The residenre at Bowral of the late Dr. W. S. Ziele (who died after a motor car accident some months ago), was practically destroyed by fire this afternoon. The cause…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mickey Mouse Under Fire
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Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bathers Fight Scrub Fire
About 70 youths in swimming attire rushed from the beach at Balmoral to-day to fight a scrub fire which threatened two residences in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tea For Fire Fighters
A welcome respite from the intense heat came for these fire-fighters at Moss Vale yesterday when women of the district arrived with reviving tea in 10-gallon cans. The fire-fighters rushed them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Emergency Fire Engine Katoomba
When fire in the long grass alongside the railway line in Glenview-street, Katoomba, menaced collages yesterday a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Brisbane Fire. Brisbane
Thousands of pounds worth of damage was done by a fire which destroyed the four-storied furniture manufacturing establishment of Garrick. Ltd., in Saul street, near Grey…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Chopped Way Out of Fire Brisbane
Trapped on the second floor of a blazing four-storied furniture warehouse last night, Mr. Ronald Alex. Cameron, a joint-manager of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Deaths in Day of Intense Heat Fires Sweep Bush In Country And Suburbs
Grilled by a strong westerly wind, with a temperature reaching a maximum of 105 degrees at 12.30 p.m., Sydney yesterday sweltered…
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