Liquid Fire Expected To Score At Canterbury
Freshened up since unplaced at Randwick three weeks ago, promising sprinter, Liquid Fire, is expected to win the Flying Handicap at Canterbury today. The colt seems to have…
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£700 Saved From Fire
SYDNEY, Sun.—Fire destroyed an office building at Auburn last night, but left a tin containing £700…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—A bush fire, which started during a gale on the Blue Mountains last night, is burning in…
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The City Council, having in mind the need for improved fire services for the district, recently approached…
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The Wollongong Fire Brigade attended a fire at the Keira Street warehouse of Davis and Penney on Saturday…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners has advised the Greater Wollongong Council that it wishes to discuss at an early date with Council the question of additional fire-fighting equipment and permanent personnel for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Residents Complain of Rifle Fire Police to be Asked for More Supervision
Complaints from residents who claimed they had come under fire from rifles fired across the Minnamurra River recently were heard by Kiama Council last week…
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Wollongong Fire Brigade attended two alarms within the space of one hour on Monday in the same area…
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WAGGA, Wed.—A bushfire, which did considerable damage at Westby, near Wagga, last January, was…
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A scheme to rehabilitate farmers whose farms have gone out of production because of damage by bush fires is to be put to the State…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—A fire in the 10,000 ton interstate freighter Teespool caused more than £35,000…
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BURBANK (California), Thurs.—Police believe that a fire which swept across the Warner Brothers film…
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ST. PAUL., (Minnesota) Fri.—Mrs. Pearl Christiensen, a member of a religious "whipping cult", was sent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Review of Jamberoo Red Cross Society's Year Raised £330 for Fire Victims
The annual meeting of the Jamberoo branch of the Red Cross Society was held in the School of Arts recently. The President (Mrs…
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A recommendation from the Bush Fire Committee that the Board of Fire Commissioners should…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Official Promises Prompt Action Noise From Broken Bridge Like "Crash of Gun Fire" Angry Residents Complain of the Battlefield Sounds in Kiama's Barney Street
Angry residents who live near the Barney Street railway bridge—which collapsed under a lorry nearly six months ago and was only temporarily…
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As long ago as 1914 a new fire engine was pot into service at Bakewell, Derbyshire. Today, 38 years later, the…
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A false fire alarm—the third within four days—was received by Wollongong Fire Brigade about nine o'clock Wednesday…
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Wollongong Fire Brigade was called to a fire which had occurred in a chimney at the residence of Mr. Gill, 41…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Rest of the News in Brief Six Die in Fire
MONTREAL, Thurs. —Mrs. Walter Spry, 38, and her five children died in the blazing ruins of their…
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