Factory Fire Narrow Escape of 15 Employees SYDNEY
With flames singing their [?] face and clothing thirteen men and two girls were compelled to make a frantic dash for safety when a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
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Cottage Destroyed Blaze at Bathurst South
A four [?] weatherboard residence, 2 begin Street. Bathurst South was almost completely destroyed by the yesterday morning…
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A large bushfire in State Mine gully, between the State Mine and the Steelworks colliery, was beaten out by Lithgow fire brigade this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£1500 DAMAGE Blaze at Paddington SYDNEY
When a fire broke out in a fuel yard at Paddington to-day three motor trucks valued at £1,500 were damaged. Fuel supplies were also burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Modern Fire Fighting-- Lithgow's Efficient Brigade
In a service which has an excellent record of skill and efficiency and service to the community--the N.S.W. Fire Brigade, Lithgow has an…
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A large bush fire has been burning in the Baldry Mountains during the past week…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Wellington Fire
WELLINGTON Volunteer did great work at a fire when the Grand Hotel was burnt out and inmates had narrow escapes from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bathurst Fire Siren Only to Sound in Case of Air Raid
In future, the Bathurst Fire Station siren will not be sounded tn the case of fire. This was announced yesterday by station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wide Areas Swept by Bush Fires
The most serious fires of the summer in Victoria occurred this week. when bush fires swept over wide areas in South Gippsland the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bell Serious Bushfire
The annual meeting of Bell School Gould League was held at the school last week. Election of officers resulted: -- President. George Bonser;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallerawang Bush Fire Brigade
A committee meeting of the Wallerawang-Lidsdale Bush Fire Brigade was held in the Council Chamber's on Saturday evening when Mr. J. Cook…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Volunteer Fire Brigades in The Country Are Ready
EVERY day it is being brought home to the people of Gulgong that an air raid on one or more of Australia's cities…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Trapped by Fire Man's Terrible Death SYDNEY
Happed by a fire is believed to have been started when he dropped a lighted match or cigarette in his room on the second floor of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →House Destroyed by Fire Family's Big Loss
MR. Clarrie Barker, of Eurunderee, his wife and their four children. two sons and two daughters, escaped with practically only the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →“Mair Is Playing with Fire.” State Premier’s Reply on Revenue Question. SYDNEY
The Premier (Mr. McKell) replied in vigorous terms to-day to criticism made yesterday by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Preventing Bush Fires SYDNEY
"TO prevent bush fires, an order has been issued by the State Government prohibiting fires in the open for…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Three Fires in a Week
The third fire in a week in Mudgee occurred early yesterday afternoon when grass caught alight at the rear of the Presbyterian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cigarette Starts Fire
A LIGHTED cigarette butt tossed carelessly on to a heap of waste paper is believed to have caused the fire which broke out at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Set Crops On Fire Incendiary Bomb Menace
The possibility of enemy incendiary bombs being dropped to start large-scale fires in ripe crops is discussed by the…
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