Council Asks for 2Nd. Fire Engine
The Greater Wollongong City Council has decided to ask the Board of Fire Commissioners to provide another fire engine in…
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Shellharbour Fire Brigade Well Organised
Shellharbours Appeal for funds to buy a truck for the Bush Fire Brigade has raised almost £300, much to the satisfaction of the…
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A fire which broke out in a garage attached to a fibro cottage in Hillview Street, Wollongong, last…
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Petrol vapour ignited by a naked light was the cause of a fire in a garage attached to a cottage at 56 Hillview…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters To The Editor Present Fire Service "Inadequate and Obsolete" (To the Editor)
SIR,—Your interest in the fire protection of the district should be welcomed by all the inhabitants…
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The N.S.W. Bushfire, Rehabilitation Committee has made a preliminary allocation of £1000 for bushfire relief. This was allocated as follows…
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Wollongong detectives detained a man for questioning following the destruction by fire, late…
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A labourer was charged in Wollongong Court yesterday with maliciously injuring property valued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Damaged Superphosphate Can be used
"Stocks of superphosphate damaged by fire on many South Coast farms during the recent bushfires can still…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Estonian Lit Fire During Ban
Edward Markwart, an Estonian 1½ years in Australia, charged with lighting a fire in the open…
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Juver[?]les at Dapto have made a brick dwelling in course of erection a target for repeated vandalism…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →How to Prevent Fire in Your Car
The careful motorist, when noting reports of fires in motor vehicles, asks how they happen and what can be done to prevent them. The modern motor vehicle is…
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BERLIN, Tues.—A Soviet fighter plane fired on an Air France aircraft today,…
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The City Council will be unable to order further bush fire-fighting equipment until 1953 unless it…
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Bush Fire Brigades in the Greater Wollongong area have been asked by the City Council to confine orders for fire fighting equipment to the "barest, essential[?] items. This was disclosed in a report…
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A dropped match is believed to have ignited petrol and set fire to a new semi-trailer truck which had crashed on…
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WAGGA, Mon.—Fires which destroyed 300,000 acres of grazing farm and bushland in eastern…
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NEW YORK, Mon.—A family of seven—five children and their parents—perished when fire destroyed…
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A large area of scrub was burning last night on the Water Board catchment area, near Maddens Plains…
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SYDNEY, Fri.—Improved sprinter Liquid Fire, on trial tomorrow for the Doomben Ten Thousand…
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