Fire Brigades
The table of statistics of the Board of Fire Commissioners shows that during the past year new fire stations were provided at Guildford,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
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Fire Brigades. Maitland District. Annual Report
The total number of fires attended by the various brigades in the Morpeth, Maitland, and Kurri Kurri districts for last year totalled 109,…
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The bush fire at Barallier is spreading, and is now making for Burragorang Valley. Many sheep have been roasted and extensive damage…
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A terrible bush fire is sweeping the Barrallier district, on a 12-mile front. Homes have been gutted, and farmers and townspeople are battling…
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The American Bureau of Shipping's "Bulletin" states that the prevention of fire aboard ships will be given "more attention than ever before at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Fires. in Oxford-street Building. Sydney
Three distinct outbreaks of fire were discovered on the fourth floor of the Anglo-American buildings in Oxford-street, early this morning…
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Senior Fireman G. Eadle, of the West Maitland Fire Station, who has received a transfer to Circular Quay Fire Station, Sydney, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at South Grafton Maid Loses Her Trousseau
Many works of art were destroyed in a fire which reduced the two-storied Great Northern Hotel at South Grafton to ruins…
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Three distinct outbreaks of lire were discovered on the fourth floor of the angle american buildings in Oxfordstreet, city early this morning…
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Bushfires are still sweeping over a 15-mile frontage, between the Wollondilly and Abereromble Rivers. The outbreak began last week, and since…
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The Barrallier bush fire is still raging in the district, and is now advancing on a twenty-miles front. All local residents, together with…
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Frank Massey, proprietor of the bootshop at Earlwood, which was destroyed by an explosion early yesterday morning, and who was arrested…
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The West Maitland Fire Brigade received a call to the Glen Ayr colliery this afternoon, in the vicinity of which hush fires were raging…
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The great bushfire which is raging in the hill country between the Wollondilly and Abercrombie rivers is out of control…
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Bushfires are sweeping over a 15-mile frontage between the Wollondilly and Abercrombic Rivers. The outbreak began last week, and since then has…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Still Burning Fiercely. Bush Fire at Barallier. Sydney
A message from Barallier stated that the huge bush fire which has been raging raging since the end of last week, is still pursuing its devastating…
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, message from Barallicr states that the huge bush fire which has been raffing since the end of last week is still pursuing its devastating course on a…
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Cessnock can invariably claim a fire or two during the holiday season, and usually there is one on New Year's Eve. While the opening of…
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Staff Officer Sherwin, who is in charge of the Cessnock Fire Division, has issued his annual report on the fire business for the year at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire at Stewarts Brook
Messrs. Collison aud Caslick 's wool-shed was burned to the ground on Monday morning, 31st ult. (writes a correspondent). The first person to…
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