Instruction Class at Fire Station
There were 23 men and 14 women [?] attendance at the class conducted at the Fire Station on Monday night. They are taking a 12 weeks' course of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1943
236 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 12
Extra Tea for Bush Fire-fighters Sydney, January 20
Special tea and sugar rations will be made available for bush fire fighters throughout New South Wales. In announcing this the Chief Secretary…
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The utility truck brought from Sydney to Broken Hill for the Central Fire Station arrived a day ahead of schedule. Although it was not due till…
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PEOPLE who neglect to call the Fire Brigade when a fire breaks out in their homes or property are likely to pay for their folly by a…
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Leaving Sydney at 7.30 a.m., on Monday. Transport Officer G. Knight and Motor Officer G. Eadie, arrived at [?] p.m. yesterday with the utility truck…
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ALREADY there are 700 trained A members of the Women's Fire Auxiliary in N.S.W. This was referred to by Mrs. G…
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The Central Fire Brigade received a call at 2.17 p.m. today to a fire at the residence of Mr. George Herbert Palmer, of 33[?] Cummins Street. On…
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At 10.30 last night the Fire Brigade ws called to the [?]anic Fish Shop in Argent Street, occupied by Mitar Djurasevich, and belonging to the…
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When a fire engine from the Central Fire Station answered a fire call yesterday[?] a blockage in the engine caused the machine to slow down. The engine was delayed about two minutes in reaching the fire. The morning newspaper report stating that the engine had…
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When the fire engine broke down, when, going to a fire yesterday the services of a nearby motorist, Mr. J. k. McLellan, were commandeered and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill Man's Serious Loss in Fire at Matraville
SYDNEY.—A man and his wife were burnt, and two greyhounds perished, in a fire which destroyed a house in Bunnerong Road, Matraville…
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In yesterday's issue of "Barrier Daily Truth" a brief and accurate report of a fire that occurred in cummins Street the previous day was published…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Locals Suffer Heavily in Fire Sydney, January 28
A man and his wife were burnt, and two greyhounds perished. in a fire which destroyed a house in Bunnerong Road, Matraville…
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Motor Officer G. Eadie and Transport Driver G. Knight, who drove the new utility truck at the Central Fire Station up from Sydney, left for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£85,000 Fire Melbourne, January 28
Although it was under control in less than half an hour, a fire which broke out at the cannister making works of James Marsh and Sons Pty., North…
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SYDNEY.—Seventy firemen from 11 stations were called to a fire in a furniture store at the corner of Mountain and Smail Streets,…
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Central Fire Brigade answered a call at 8.48 this morning to 104 Cobalt Street, where a small wooden shed at the rear of premises…
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At 8.48 on Saturday morning the Fire Brigade was called through the Telephone Exchange to the home or Mr. Ernest Richard Lees where a fire had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Risk Sydney, February 2
Danger from bush fires at the present time is as great as ever before in the history of the State Reports being received from various ports of N.S.W…
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