Grabs Fires at Port Kembla
The Port Kembla Fire Brigade was kept busy attending to grass and outdoor fires last week…
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Garbage Lorry on Fire
A spark from a backfire in a carburetter set alight to a lorry in Porter Street, North Wollongong, yesterday morning…
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SYDNEY, Monday.âA 16-year old girl has died in Hornsby Hospital as a result of burns she received when her rubber…
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Rev. Daniel Forshaw Almond, Methodist Minister at Wollongong was admitted to Wollongong hospital on Friday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pianist Plays On, Averts Panic in Theatre Fire
ST. PETERSBURG (Florida), Monday (A.A.P.). — Adelaide pianist, Vina Barnden, was credited with averting panic…
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NEW YORK, Friday (A.A.P.)—Thirteen members of two American families yesterday perished in two fires in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Corrimal Store Fire
Corrimal firemen had to force their way into a Corrimal mercery story last night to extinguish a fire which had broken…
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Damage estimated at £5,000 was caused by a fire at Mr. Reg Bramsen's mercery and sports…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Flash" Fire Kills 14 at A-bomb Base
ALBUQUERQUE (New Mexico), Thursday (A.A.P.).—A "flash" fire killed 14 of 16 prisoners last night trapped in the…
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LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.).—British troops supervising the dismantling of the Herman Goering steelworks at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sleeper's Cigarette Blamed For Fire
Police were told that a man, falling asleep fully clothed while smoking a cigarette, caused a…
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PHILADELPHIA, Friday.—An ex-G.I.patient, 26-year-old Nicholas Verna, has admitted setting the fire that killed nine inmates…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Fire Mine Engineer Prosecuted
Sequal to a fire which broke wit at South Clifton Colliery on October 24, a mine engineer was prosecuted at the Bulli…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Force Has Fire Floats
Two new Royal Air Force fire floats, representing latest developments in marine fire fighting, were recently demonstrated…
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An allotment in Murray Rd., Corrimal is overgrown with blackberry, lantana, long grass etc., and, in the opinion of the…
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Two new Royal Air Force fire floats, representing latest developments in marine fire fighting, were recently demonstrated for the first time in Portsmouth Harbour. Among those watching the…
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Two Indonesian fire brigades were "invited" three days ahead of the event to attend a fire recently…
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SINGAPORE, Tuesday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Casualties in the oil fire at Pulau Samboe Island, near Singapore, are now five…
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LITHGOW, Tuesday,—A spectacular fire, which lit up the whole of Lithgow and awakened hundreds of residents, caused…
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Bramsen's Store at Corrimal, which was recently burnt-out by a fire has been completely re-fitted and will re-open on…
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