Thief Caused House Fire
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--A man robbing the home of an inspector of police at Christchurch set the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires & bushfires, 1948
2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 113
Thief Caused House Fire
WELLINGTON (N. Z.), Thursday.--A man robbing the home of an inspector of police at Christchurch set the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fire at Eurolie
LEETON, Friday.—A bush fire in Eurolie State forest, 12 miles from Leeton, yesterday destroyed two acres before it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Secret Book Banning Under Fire
Professor A. K. Stout and Mr. Norman Lindsay last night strongly criticised the secrecy of book…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge warehouse blaze
WAREHOUSE ABLAZE. -- Firemen fighting a blazing warehouse from street and rooftops in Philadelphia (USA). Debris and the crumbling wall fell on a fire engine injuring three firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man's Fight with Blaze
Choking with fumes and smoke, a cleaner in a city coffee shop early today fought a fire with buckets…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man's Fight with Blaze
Choking with fumes and smoke, a cleaner in a city coffee shop early today fought a fire with buckets…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Children saved in fire
BRISBANE, Saturday. -- Grasping her t w o young grandchildren Mrs. Martha Ovens…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cigarettes suffer in shop fire
Cigarettes and tobacco were slightly damaged by fire in Pym's Coffee Shop, Clarence-street, today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rescue of Kiddies in Night Fire
BRISBANE, Saturday.-- Awakened early this morning by the smell of smoke, Mrs. Martha Ovens rushed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rescue of Kiddies En Night Fire
BRISBANE, Saturday.-- Awakened early this morning by the smell of smoke, Mrs. Martha Ovens rushed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Saves Mates Sn Store Fire
LEETON, Saturday. -- Two men were trapped in a narrow passageway when tins of petrol burst into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Saves Mates in Store Fire
LEETON, Saturday. -- Two men were trapped in a narrow passageway when tins of petrol burst into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rescue of Kiddies in Night Fire
BRISBANE, Saturday.-- Awakened early this morning by the smell of smoke, Mrs. Martha Ovens rushed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rescue of Kiddies in Night Fire
BRISBANE, Saturday.-- Awakened early this morning by the smell of smoke, Mrs. Martha Ovens rushed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rescue of Kiddies in Night Fire
BRISBANE, Saturday.-- Awakened early this morning by the smell of smoke, Mrs. Martha Ovens rushed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Job Conditions Under Fire: 40 Hours Sequel
Managements of some Federal Government factories are using the 40-hour week to whittle down hard-won conditions. STARTING and finishing times, washing time, and morning and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Firemen Fight Factory Blaze
Hampered by an uncertain water supply, about 60 firemen from six brigades battled for more than an hour to control a fire which gutted a case factory at the corner of Hay and Pier Streets, Haymarket,…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →£20,000 Blaze in Store
DAMAGE estimated at £20,000 was caused when fire gutted a secondhand case-dealer's…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Fire Destroys City Factory
FIREMEN from six brigades battled for more than an hour to control a fire which destroyed this case factory at the corner…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →