Fire Brigade Call
Receiving a call through the local Exchange at 10.24 a.m. today, the Central Fire Brigade went to extinguish an outbreak of fire in some…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
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17 Shops Burned In £50,000 Fire Mt. Morgan
DAMAGE estimated at more thar £50,000 was caused by a fire which gutted 17 shops this morning. Practically the whole of the shopping…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—According to the annual report of the New South Wales Fire Brigades during the past year 381 fires in Sydney…
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A FINDING that Thoms Denihsn and his wife, Mary Flora Denihan, lost their lives when they were burned in a fire which…
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INCENSED at what they claim to be anti-British leanings of some members of a club run by the National Unemployed Workers'…
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The Central Fire Brigade was called out to extinguish a fire in a small quantity of rubbish in an outhouse at the rear of a house owned…
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On Thursday evening, bush fired broke out near Tha[?] on Nelyambo Station, Travelling brickly it ent[?]lly the property of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Engineer Killed in Oil Tank Fire
NEWCASTLE, Monday. M. — Nathan, an engineer, of Greenwich, was blown to pieces when an explosion occurred and caused, a huge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maintenance of Fire Brigade
According to a report received from the Board of Fire Commissioners in New South Wales by the City Council the cost of maintaining the Broken…
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On Wednesday, at 4 p.m., a bush fire broke out on Barradale, the property of Mrs. M. Barrraclough, seven miles from town in one of the river…
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Owing to three being no response from the graziers and the general public for the formation of a bush-fire Fire Brigade, Sergeant [?] has in…
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WAGGA, Saturday.—A bush fire burning over a wide front and aided by a strong wind has caused heavy damage to properties in Wagga dis…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Over one hundred yards from the sea wall at Rose Bay today a launch suddenly burst into flames with the owner, Mr. J…
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HEARING a neighbor shouting, "What will happen to my two canaries?" 72-year-old Mrs. MaryAnn Crofts, of Gosford Street, Cov…
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THOUSANDS of people cheered Corporal A. Cliff, of Widnes, Lancs, as he appeared time after time through the front entrance of the Indian…
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Considerable damage was done by a fire which broke out in premises at the rear of Newton's Bakery at 112 Argent Street yesterday afternoon…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday — A death roll of nine was revealed at the completion of the search today of the ruins of the Grand Hotel at Goomeri,…
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BENALLA, Thursday — Badly burned in a fire which broke out while he was harvesting crop. Mr. H. E. Jacka died in Benalla bush nursing…
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SYDNEY, Thursday — Burning a hole through the back of a large steel safe, cracksmen stole over £300, mostly in silver, from the Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girl Endangered In Melbourne Fire MELBOURNE
ATTEMPTING to recover her belongings from a fire which gutted the three-story Cafe National building in Swanston Street, between Collins Street and Bourke Street, last night, a girl employee was almost trapped…
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