Fire Brigade Calls
Early on New Year's morning the Central Fire Brigade received a call to a house at 636 Chapple-street occupied by Mr. Stanley Walsh. The fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1933
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Bowral Farm Fire Yugoslav Arrested; Arson Charge
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Police at Bowral early this morning arrested a man alleged to have been inplicated in an attempt to bum down the farm…
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The South Fire Brigade was called out at 12.40 o'clock this morning to a fire at the rear of Hammill's grocery store in Patton-street, South…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—More than 500 firefighters yesterday fought a fire which began on B. H. Kimpton's Currunboola estate at…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Parliament House was threatened with destruction by a fire which broke out in the records room above the Legislative…
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CALCUTTA, January 3.—The underground fire which has been burning for 26 months in the collieries of the Jharia district of Bihar, is still…
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One of the most serious fires in the history of the northern areas started yesterday at a point two miles south of Georgetown. In one of the hottest…
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A fire broke out on the French liner L'Atlantique, when the [?] in the English Channel, Desperate efforts were made to quell the flames which…
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It has now been established that the fire which reduced the French luxury liner L'tlantique to a smouldering hulk broke out in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Shop in Argent-street Other Places Threatened Saved By Firemen Slight Damage Done
What could easily have developed into one of the most serious fires experienced in Broken Hill for many years broke out in the southern part of Argent-Street shortly after midday to-day, but due to the excellent combined efforts of the firemen from the Central and South…
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At 9.24 o'clock on Saturday night the Central Fire Brigade was called out to a fire at a house at 327 Wolfram-street, occupied by Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country Swept by Fire Crop Destroyed At Owen 700 Fighters Owen
A fierce fire swept through five miles of country in the Balaklava district to-day and destroyed a wheat crop at Owen valued at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires in the State Ladysmith District And Molong SYDNEY
A bush fire in the Ladysmith district, near Wagga, which was fought by 500 volunteers, did great damage to grass and fences. The fire, which…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Two unoccupied houses were burned down at Fawkner, an outlying northern suburb, during the week. The circumstances…
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French shipping circles believe that the mysterious fire which destroyed the 41,000-ton liner L'Atlantique was the result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grass and Bush Fires Grazing Land Suffers Near Cootamundra SYDNEY
News from Frampton, near Cootamundra, states that 3000 acres of good grazing country was destroyed last night. Two other fires are also…
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The intense heat on Tuesday caused many bush fires in outlying suburbs. At Fassifern, 88 miles from Sydney,…
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A letter was received last night at the meeting of the Hospital Board from Mr. J. Neville, district fire officer, in connection with the…
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The new Fire Station tennis court in Blende-street will be officially opened by the Mayor on Saturday afternoon at 2.30 p.m. A special…
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About 11 a.m. to-day an alarm of fire and a call for fire-fighters came from Messrs. W. H. and R. W. R. Hunt, of Nalang, about six miles…
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