Fire Blacks Out "Spoonerville"
"Spoonerville," the Port Kembla slum residential area, was blacked out for more than an hour last night after a fire…
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Cottage destroyed By Fire At Helensburgh
An unoccupied weatherboard cottage at Helensburgh was destroyed by fire on Thursday night. The loss is estimated at…
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Airline company manager, Walter James, of Edward Street, Wollongong, was fined £3 with 10/- costs in Wollongong Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades
Both Corrimal and Balgownie Fire Brigades were established in 1924 by Captain Tom Sunderland, who is still in charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lit Fires to Flag in Aircraft
An airways managing director who lit fires to flag in aircraft was fined £3 with 10/-costs at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire-Fighters Save Six Homes In Cole dale Bush-Fire
Firemen from the Coledale and Thirroul brigades and citizens last night fought a bush fire for three and a half to save six houses which were threatened on Coledale Heights. The fire which burned over an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fat Causes Fire in Fish Shop
A crowd gathered quickly outside a Wollongong fish cafe last night as dense smoke, caused by burning fat, poured out of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →5 Buildings Destroyed In Queensland Fire
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A Brisbane man was badly burned and £17,000 damage caused by a fire which destroyed five…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soviet Offer of Cease-Fire Talks Reported
NEW YORK, Thursday (AAP)—The Soviet Union offered recently through indirect channels to discuss a cease-fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Grass Fires in Four Minutes
Port Kembla Fire Brigade has to divide its crew yesterday to fight two grass fires which broke out within four…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£15,000 Damage In Rubber Fire At Fairy Meadow
Wollongong and Corrimal firemen battled for five hours yesterday morning to extinguish a £15,000 blaze which almost totally destroyed a Fairy Meadow tyre remoulding factory…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tent Fire Extinguished
Wollongong Fire Brigade Fas called out last Tuesday evening to extinguish a tent fire at Sheppard's Oval…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Spectacular £15,000 Factory Fire
A fire on Friday morning completely destroyed the premises of Perfect Circle Remoulds, Prince's Highway, Fairy Meadow, doing damage estimated at over £15,000, and this photo shows the firemen at work among smouldering stocks of rubber tyres…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycle Damaged by Fire
A motor cycle backfired and caught alight at the corner of Coombes and Market Street., Wollongong, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Is There Room By Your Fire For A Homeless Child?
IN THE HUGE area between Stanwell Park and Ulladulla, there must be many homes and families in which an extra child would be welcome. The problem is to FIND these homes. This is the problem which to take its place as "one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Cease-fire a Furphy"
CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Francis) said tonight he had received no official…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Overheated Griller Believed Cause Of Fire
It is believed an overheated electric griller was the cause of a fire which burnt out a small workman's cabin in the grounds…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Malik Proposes Korean Cease-fire Talks
NEW YORK, Sunday (AAP).—The Soviet Union yesterday proposed a conference between the belligerents in Korea to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Ravages Northern Territory Grasslands
ADELAIDE, Monday.—The centre of the Northern Territory has become a blazing inferno, with a huge grass fire…
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Arriving every week in, this district is a number of British migrant families who are being housed at the Migrant Hostels…
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