Children Start £10,000 Fire Alleged Confession by Boy of 10
A fire causing £10,000 damage in a Botany wool store on May 23 was started by two children, a boy of 10 and a girl 11, the City Coroner (Mr…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
480 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 24
Fire Brigade Display
Members of the Sydney Fire Brigade gave a full-blooded display during the lunch hour this Monday, in Brown Street, covering bomb disposal…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners has advised West Maitland Municipal Council that the fire protection of East Greta Junction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Aberdare
An unoccupied weatherboard house in Congewai-street, Aberdare, was destroyed by fire early on Wednesday morning. The house had been partly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sentry's Right to Fire. Powers Defined
National Security (General) Regulations are to be amended to define the rights and powers of sentries to arrest or fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man's Narrow Escape From Fire
NEWCASTLE Tuesday—Story of a man's narrow escape from being burnt to death was told the Police Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Control and First Aid Measures. Bomb Dangers Explained. Interesting Demonstrations
Last Sunday's demonstration in fire-control and first-aid measures, given by three members of the New South Wales Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Escapee Recaptured Burnt Way Out of Gaol
Alfred Henry Singleton, 24, who escaped from the cells at Newtown police station in sensational circumstances on June 25…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Fire Bug At Work In Sydney”
SYDNEY Thursday— It is now believed that the firebug who started 14 different fires in four city hotels yesterday is identical…
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A "fire bug" tried to start fires in four city hotels in the peak hour on Wednesday. He started 12 fires in rooms on the upper floors, but all were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inadequacy of Fire Escapes at Hotels Strong Comment By Kurri Coroner
When giving his finding at West Maitland Courthouse to-day at an inquiry into the cause of a fire at the Imperial Hotel, West Maitland, early on the morning of June 29, the Kurri Kurri district Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns) made strong…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day’s Leaded: The Next 100 Days Narrow Escapes in Fire
KEMPSEY Sat.—When fire destroyed the old Toose homestead at Comara, on the Macleay River on Wednesday the five…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol Fire Menaces Buses
The presence of mind of a soldier probably saved the buses used on the Greta camp run from destruction [?] at least…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Kind of Anti-Aircraft Fire
LONDON July 19. — The Germans are using a new kind, of anti-aircraft fire, says R.A.F. pilots…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mystery of Colliery Hut Fire Thieves Thought to Be Responsible
Maitland police are at . Investigating a fire which re[?]tly destroyed a hut situated about a quarter of a mile front…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Activities Of Fire Bug In Sydney
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Another warning to hotelkeepers to maintain a close watch for suspicious persons on their premises was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt to Set Fire to Dwelling William Fishburn for Trial
William Frost Fishburn was charged before Mr. C. G. Johnston, at Cessnock Police Court this morning, with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Brigades
In a letter read at to-day’s meeting of the Tarro Shire Council the Bush Fires Emergency Committee asked that as soon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blaze Started with Acid Incendiarist Active Again
The fire bug who started fires in four Sydney hotels last Wednesday, was at work again on Monday, when a settee on the first floor landing of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fresh Fires in Berlin
STOCKHOLM July 28.—Seven new fires broke out in Berlin making 12 in three days Police day they are due to sabotage—…
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