Bush Fires. Findings of Royal Commission
1. Voluntary bushfire brigades should be formed, to be assisted in training by the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board. 2. The use of wax matches should be…
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Fires & bushfires, 1927
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To Control Bush Fires Committee's Proposals
The Royal Commission, appointed by the Government to investigate the cause of bush fires in the State, and to suggest proposals for their…
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During the manoeuvres of a machine gun company they were billeted at a farmhouse near Poznan. A fire broke out. Eight are dead and 14…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Renown Oil Fuel Ablaze Four Men Injured LONDON
The Admiratly announce[?] that [?] fuel caught [?] in one of the file nown's boiler-rooms on Thursday when mantle to Mauritins. The battle…
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While filling a motor tank from a petrol pump in Dean-Street, Albury, recently H. Henwood, of the Advanx Tyre Works, had a remarkable…
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A fire which broke out in [?]ill's block of buildings near the Post Office threatened the business section of Tweed Heads yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Fire Two Lives Lost Tragedy at Canberra CANBERRA
Two men were burned to death in a fire which broke out in a canvas [?] at the Northbourne camp. near Ainslic, at an early hour this…
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Damage, estimated at millions of dollars, was done by a fire which destroyed the Customs warehouse…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Harvest Estimates are Reduced Effects of Storms and Fires
Final returns of the N.S.W. wheat harvest for the season 1926-27 have been received by the Government Statistician (Mr. T. Waites)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Perpetual Fires
In many parts of the world there are sacred fires said to have been burning for upwards of a thousand years. Such is the sacred fire of Beheram, reputed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Bathurst Fire Cold Work For Firemen BATHURST
One of the biggest and most spectacular fires ever experienced in Bathurst occurred between midnight and 1 a.m. yesterday in an…
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Damage estimated at £8000 was caused at Foster late last night when seven shops and private residences were destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cotton Ginnery Fire Next Season's Seed Saved ROCKHAMPTON
One hundred bags, each containing about 80lb Durango cotton seed, have been recovered from a fire at Glenmore cotton ginnery…
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Following a claim by various settlers near Wirranya, Forbes, it is stated that £72,000 has now been paid by the Railway Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Bank Caretaker Acts Promptly SYDNEY
About eight o'clock this morning smoke was noticed issuing from an attic at the Bank of New Zealand premises at the corner of George and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Sequel Legal Action Fails ALBURY
At the Albury District Court, before Judge Coyle, Frederick Patrick [?], prceeded against Ernest Arthur Judd for £400 damages for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fettlers Blamed Echo of Tarlo Fires Claims For Compensation
Substantial claims arising of the bush fires which caused extensive damage last December extending from the viclnity of Woodhouselee Tarlo recently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Blaze £100,000 Fire in Sydney Petrol Stocks Explode SYDNEY
The most spectacular blaze for many years was witnessed about three 0' clock this morning when a fire broke out on the premises known as…
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A block of buildings known as Chalmers House in Chalmers street, Sydney, facing the Central Railway Station, were complete destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kyogle Fire Inquiries Detective Submits Report SYDNEY
Doterctive-Sergt. Kennedy. who has been Inquiring into a disastrous fire which occurred at Kyogle recently has returned to Sydney…
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