Prompt Action. Slaves Big Fire
Station Officer Walsh, of Wollongong Fire Brigade, is awfully keen on his job, and on Monday night, when he received a ring to go to premiese…
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Fire at Wollongong. Good Save by Brigade
About 10.30 on Tuesday night a call was received at the Wollongong Fire Station from Miss Gleeson, of Station Street, who reported that the shop…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tents Destroyed by Fire. At Pt. Kembla Unemployed Camp
The tent occupied by the camp steward (Mr. W. G. Nicolson) at the Pt. Kembla Unempolyed Camp, was burnt out on Friday afternoon last about 5…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire at Quarry
At about six o'clock on Thursday morning, the Fire Brigade were summoned to the Kiama State Quarry, to deal with an outbreak which occurred…
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Several members of the Board of Fire Commissioners visited Kiama on Friday afternoon in the course of their South Coast tour…
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Several members of the Board of Fire Commissioners paid a visit to Berry on Friday afternoon last and made an inspection of the local brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BALGOWNIE. Fire in Cottage
At about 2 p.m. on Friday last an outbreak of fire was noticed in a cottage in Hunter Street, Balgownie, owned and occupied by Mr. G. Paloff…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire At Billiards Room
The billiards room in Railway Street was completely destroyed by fire on Sunday morning last. As Mr. Green was going to the railway for the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at Wollongong
Prompt action on the part of Station officer Walsh, and the Wollongong Fire brigade, was responsible for saving what would probably have…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →SCARBOROUGH. Fire
A fire occurred at Scarborough on the 8th instant in the dwelling owned by Mr. G. J. Johnston, and a portion of the premises was destroyed. A…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Bulli. Gunn's Pastry Shop
In the early hours of last Sunday morning, fire caused havoc in the pastry shop and dwelling combined occupied by Mr. J. Gunn, and situated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boy Scouts. Camp Fire on Surf Beach
The Kiama Troop of Boy Scouts had a real night out on Saturday, when they built up a huge camp fire on the Surf Beach and had one of their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wollongong
Shortly before 9.30 last night the Wollongong Fire Brigade received a call to a fire in a weatherboard cottage in Crown Street West, just over…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood and Fire
Mrs. Gordon Donbleday, sister of Mrs. H. Starling, has the misfortune to be flooded out of her home and then see her home bunt to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Ball
At the beginning of the thunderstorm on Monday morning in the early hours, about 2.30 a.m. a fire ball fell from the sky to east of the town,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wollongong
The Wollongong Fire Brigade, received a call shortly after ten o'clock on Wednesday night to a weather-board six-roomed cottage in Loftus…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SHELLHARBOUR. Fire
One of the most spectacular fires seen at Shellharbour occurred early on Tuesday morning, when the old Ocean View Hotel was destroyed by fire…
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The large two-storted wooden building in Shellharbour, known for many years as the Ocean Beach Hotel, under the direction of Mrs. Dixon, who…
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