Campers Aid Fire Victim
Campers at Windang Reserve yesterday took up a collection among holiday-makers…
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Air Fire Patrol Starts Tomorrow
SYDNEY, Thurs.—The newly-formed New South Wales Coastguard Corps will, on Saturday, begin operations to detect bushfires in their early stages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Few Serious Wollongong Fires In 1952
Wollengong Fire Brigade attended 102 fires during 1952, the Station Officer (Mr. O. Cabban)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hands Burned in Napthalene Fire
A 23-years-old electrician, Reginald Nicholson, of Illawarra Road, Port Kembla,' suffered burns to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trial Run For Liquid Fire On
SYDNEY, Mon.—Liquid Fire, which won six races last season, will begin his preparation for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dancers Fought Fire at Midnight
Dancers rushed from Gerringong Town Hall last week to put out a fire which broke out in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigade Has First Call Of Year
Wollongong Fire Brigade had ,its first call for 1953 at 3.15 p.m. yesterday; The call was to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Liquid Fire Impressive in Trial
SYDNEY, Wed.—Liquid Fire impressively won a barrier trial at Canterbury today…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Launch on Fire in Wollongong Harbour
Flames sweeping over the burning cabin roof of a 26ft. launch in Wollongong Harbour last night prevented the owner getting to the bow of the boat to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Damages Motor Cycle
A motor cycle was badly damaged by fire yesterday on Prince's Highway, Fairy Meadow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire On Launch a In W'gong Harbour
When a four gallon tin of petrol was knocked over onto a kerosene lamp in the cabin of a launch moored in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Kills Family of Six
ERIE (Penn.), Mon.—An early morning fire wiped out a family of six yesterday. The dead were George…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coledale Fire Station Plan
The City Council will consider a suggestion to build afire station at Coledale. The suggestion, by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dress Caught Fire
Kathleen Timbs (14), of Albion Park, was admitted to Wollongong Hospital on Saturday night with burns to her…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Last Fire of 1952 Leads to Donations for Fire Fighting Equipment
Donations for fire fighting equipment in Gerringong have followed the last local fire of 1952—when a house in Fern Street was partly destroyed last week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Jockey to Ride Liquid Fire in Challenge Stakes
SYDNEY, Thurs.—Prominent Queensland jockey J. Standfield will ride Liquid Fire in Saturday's Challenge Stakes at Randwick…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire Engine Sets Style
Truckers apparently believe that motorists "see red." At least, according to an analysis by one U.S. motor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Luxury Liner Total Loss In Dock Fire
LONDON, Mon.—Firemen today signalled they had control of the blaze which in 15 hours destroyed the 20,000 ton Canadian luxury liner, Empress of Canada. A brief message sent to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sabotage Theory in Fire on Queen Elizabeth
LONDON, Thurs.—British police fear saboteurs are at work within some of Britain's leading shipping lines following, last night's fire in the giant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Fire in Queen Elizabeth
LONDON, Fri.—Fire alarms sounded again yesterday in the Queen Elizabeth, at…
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