Fewer Fires Last Year
The Wollongong District Fire Brigade attended 80 fires last year compared with 94 in 1948…
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137 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 7
False Alarm Fire Brigade Hoaxed
Called to attend a fire in the Mangerton area, Wollongong Fire Brigade on Tuesday morning found that the alarm was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Quiet Year For Fire Brigade
A fire brigade officer said yesterday 1949 was one of the quietest years on record. There were 14 fires less than in 1948…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Open" Verdict In Tarrawanna Fire Inquest
Although he was dissatisfied with some of the testimony presented, the Deputy Coroner (Mr. W. S. Musgrave) returned an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pensioner Denies That He Was Vindictive Inquest Into Tarrawanna Fire
A sharp conflict in evidence given by Leslie James, a 14 years old student at Wollongong Technical school and that sworn by George Henry Austin, old age pensioner of Tarrawanna, at an inquest conducted by the Coroner, Mr. W. S…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Newspaper Fire at Alice Springs
DARWIN, Monday.—Machinery valued at £6000 was lost early this morning at Alice Springs when fire broke out, destroying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Act
In view of recent action taken against a person who lit a fire in contravention of the provisions of the Bush Fires Act, 1949, we remind…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Fires In Week At Pt. Kembla
During the week the Port Kembla Fire Brigade was called out to quell five fires mostly grass and bush…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in New Block at Hospital
A fire broke, out on the top of the new hospital block at Wollongong Hospital yesterday. Damage was slight…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—A tense three hours packed with fire hazard was spent at Newcastle Harbour tonight when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Suspect Liner Fire Was Deliberate
AUCKLAND, ... Thursday, (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Police are investigating the possibility of a deliberate attempt to set fire to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Large Area of Grass On Fire
At 10.37 yesterday morning, the Wollongong Fire Brigade was called to a fire at the rear of homes in Gladstone Street,…
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ALBURY, Friday. — More than 10,000 acres of valuable pine forests have been destroyed in one of the worst bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven Buses Destroyed In £25,000 Fire
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Fire caused damage estimated at £25,000 to the Heidelberg Motor Bus Co. Pty. Ltd.'s premises…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bakehouse Fire
Heat from an oven in the bakehouse of Mr. H. G. Denison, Kembla Street, Wollongong, is believed to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →£100,000 Blaze Destroys Five-storey Building
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — McQuitty House, a building in Regent Street, was gutted early this morning in a spectacular…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Bakery
Wollongong Fire Brigade was called yesterday to attend two fines. [?] yesterday morning, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rubbish On Fire
Wollongong Fire Brigade last night attended to a rubbish fire in Bright's pane, Wollongong. The fire started on a vacant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Alarm In Bersell Street
Wollongong Fire Brigade was called to a fire at 4 Bessell Street, Wollongong. An electrical wire leading to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blame for Fire on Playful Dog
A playful dog is blamed for a fire which broke out in the wash-house of a Geelong resident recently…
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