Wash Day Fire
A large quantity of clothing was destroyed when a fire broke out in the wash house at the rear of Fazzolare's fruit…
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Fire at Fruit Shop
A spark from a copper fire [?] a shed at the rear of a Wollongong fruit shop to catch fire on Month. At one stage, before the arrival…
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On Monday night at 9.35 the Kiama Fire Brigade was called out to extinguish a fire at Madden and Madden's Bombo Sawmill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Fairy Meadow
Housing Commission homes in Cabbage Tree lane, Fairy, Meadow, were threatened by a nearby grass and shrub fire on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Cable for Fire Alarm
The Deputy Director of Posts and Telegraphs advised last Friday night's meeting of the North Illawarra Council that his department was not in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shorter Week Effect on Local Fire Staff
Possible reduction in hours of duty of country Fire Officers to 56 per week would necessitate the appointment of an…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bulti Shire Favours New Finance Scheme For Fire Board
A proposal that the Board of Fire Commissioners should be financed from consolidated revenue, was strongly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade Officers May Strike
Wollongong Fire Station is likely to be without the services of permanent officers as from Oct. 1, according to a letter to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires Raze Corrimal Cottage Damage Motor Works
Fire totally destroyed a four-room cottage at Corrimal on Monday and severely damaged a Wollongong motor body…
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Extensive damage was caused by a fire which broke out at Hughes, Whetton and Reilly, upholsterers and car body builders…
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The Mayor of the City of Greater Wollongong (Ald. H. A. Graham) after a meeting late yesterday, afternoon with…
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Because of the existing dispute between permanent officers of the New South Wales Fire Brigade and the Board of Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Keira Colliery Threatened By Fire
A large area of bush and slag coal which was alight on the Mt. Kombla incline on Sunday afternoon, threatened the destruction of…
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Mt. Kembla Colliery was threatened by fire on Sunday afternoon when slack coal, forming the railway embankment on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Brigade Challenge
At a conference of volunteer bush fire brigades at Young recently, the president of Burrangong Shire, Councillor R. H. Thackeray, issued a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Destroys Mail
All mail posted between 5.30 and 7.45 at the Thirroul Post Office on Monday night was destroyed by fire. It is believed that larrikans…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire in Letter Box
A fire which started in the letter box at the Thirroul Post Office on Monday night destroyed all letters in the box…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mullet Creek Bridge Fire
A serious fire on Mullet Creek Bridge, Brownsville, on Saturday night, was averted by the quick arrival of the Wollongong. and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Danger at District Schools Stressed
The danger of fire amongst the closely-packed temporary school buildings in the area, was stressed at Sunday's New Deal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Risked Injury to Save Car From Fire Vauxhall Severely Damaged
Mr. A. J. Honeysett, of 42 West St., Wollongong, risked injury in a successful endeavour to prevent flames from reaching the petrol tank of a 1940 model Vauxhall "ten" sedan motor car which was severely damaged by fire in the garage at his home on Monday…
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