Building Damaged by Fire
Three rooms were almost burnt out and several others were damaged when a fire believed to have been caused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires & bushfires, 1949
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Minor Fires Fire Brigade's Busy Time
A baked rabbit dinner was ruined the mantel piece above an open fire in the Wollongong Drill Hall was damaged, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charges Against Boys Fire In Dwelling
Two youths, one aged 17, and the other aged 13, were charged at the Bulli Children's Court on Friday, with breaking and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Shed Used As Dwelling
With no water supply available, firemen of the Wollongong Fire Brigade had to carry buckets of water from a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proposed Legislation Aims at Trying to Prevent Bush Fires
The Government will in the near future introduce legislation to more effectively combat the menace of bush fires. Cabinet has now considered and approved a draft Bush Fires Bill submitted by the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Letters to the Editor Public Education in Fire Fighting. (To the Editor)
Sir,—At a recent fire at Corrimal, it was gratifying to see so many citizens anxious to help in getting the hoses going, but…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Fire Danger to Primary Industries in War Time Have Civil Defence Needs Been Neglected?
(From A political Correspondent in Canberra). Civil defence in Australia, as elsewhere, was sufficiently vital during World War 11 to warrant the large and costly organisation devoted to it…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Promptness Averts Fire In Dental Surgery
A near-fire occurred in one of Mr. J. F. McGovern's dental surgeries on Friday morning when flames enveloped one of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Otford Fire Brigade Officers Appointed
Officers elected at the annual meeting of the Otford Bush Fire Brigade were: President, Mr. W. James; Vice-president, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Wollongong
A weatherboard house at 19 Marr street, Wollongong, was very severely damaged by fire last Saturday afternoon, just…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bedroom Destroyed in Cottage Fire
A fire which gutted and destroyed a bedroom and its contents in a six-roomed weatherboard cottage at 19 Marr Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Coniston
A fire broke cut last Friday morning in a garage behind the shop conducted by Mr. W. Kerr at the corner of Auburn and Bridge Streets…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Port Kembla Students Visit Fire Station
The second classes of both boys' and girls' departments of the Port Kembla Public School visited the fire station. They…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Investigate Cottage Fire
Police and detectives are investigating the cause of a fire which broke out in an unoccupied weatherboard cottage at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Law "Modernised"— Aims at Keeping Fires to a Minimum
"To reduce losses from bush fires to a minimum the Government's policy has been directed towards building up and strengthening local organisations, at the same time preserving…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Fire Prevention Week To Commence on 14th
This year's Fire Prevention Week and the Bush Fires Prevention campaign will open on November 14…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →This is Fire Prevention Week, and Hundreds of hydrants are hidden by grass and brush!
It is conservatively estimated that hundreds of fire hydrants in the Greater Wollongong district — and scores in the Wollongong city area itself — are completely hidden by long grass and undergrowth. Fire hydrants—those small…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£100 Damage in Thirroul Fire
Damage estimated at £100 was caused by a fire which broke out in an unoccupied house in Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Thirroul,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Crown Street
Wollongong Fire Brigade attended a small fire, which caused damage to a neon light outside Buckland's Store at 283…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Interrupted Firemen's Smoko
Thursday night marked the first occasion a fire had interrupted the annual smoko of the Wollongong Fire Brigade…
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