£250,000 Damage in Sydney Factory Fire
SIDNEY, Wednesday.—Fire caused more than £253,000 damage to a large, electrical heavy equipment, factory at Alexandria…
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Toe Used To Fire Fatal Shot, Court Told
At the inquest held at the Coroner's Court, Wollongong, yesterday, into the death of Ernest William Sommerville, of…
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Damage estimated at about £4,000 was caused by fire in a furniture lorry on its way to…
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Wollongong Fire Brigade was called to extinguish two fires within an hour yesterday afternoon…
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Wollongong Fire Brigade were called upon to assist Corrimal brigade in fighting a large grass fire at Corrimal on Friday…
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LANDLORDS will try all sorts of expedients to get rid of unwanted tenants but few of them will resort to…
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BRISBANE, Sunday. — The carcases of hundreds of sheep and wild animals are scattered over an estimated 530,000 acres…
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A regional conference of Councils and bushfire fighting organisations will be held at Nowra on Thursday…
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District firemen were called to extinguish three grass fires yesterday. None caused serious damage…
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Wollongong Fire Brigade was called out twice on Friday to attend grass fires at North Wollongong…
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A grass fire burning over a large area at North Wollongong yesterday, caused dense smoke to billow across Prince's…
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The Port Kembla area was without telephonic communication for three hours on Monday night, following a fire in the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Two boys aged five and three and a girl aged four were burned to death last night when fire…
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A conference will be held at Nowra on Thursday, September 6, to discuss possible improvements to Bush Fire Brigades…
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Wollongong Fire Brigade was called on Friday afternoon to extinguish a large grass fire at Fairy Meadow. The fire, which…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Firemen battled for five hours today to control a cargo of blazing copra aboard the liner…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners has "certain plans" in view for the fire protection of the Illawarra fife district…
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Nearly 300 dancers danced to excellent music by the popular State Orchestra at the Soldiers' Hall when members of the…
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Women residents at Berkeley, a fishing village on the northern shores of Lake Illawarra, on Monday fought a grass fire which threatened several homes in the settlement. The women used hoses…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners will visit Wollongong shortly to discuss with the Greater Wollongong Council the…
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