Appeal For Fire Victims
A committee of Lake Heights residents, has been set up to help Mr. and Mrs. G. Allen and their family…
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Fire In Refrigerator
Wollongong fireman turned our at 4 a.m. yesterday to a fire a refrigerator at the North Wollongong Post…
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LONDON, Mon. — One thousand firemen and women from 10 Counties yesterday moved into South…
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LONDON, Tues. - Furniture estimated to be worth £150,000 sterling, was lost in a fire which destroyed half…
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A total of £62/1/- was collected yesterday for the Allen family, who lost their home and all possessions in…
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A wood and iron shed in the Public Works Department Quarry, Five Islands Rd., Cringila was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass Fire at Austinmer Would Endanger Homes Worth £100,000
Ald. A. Squires told Wednesday night's City Couned meeting that about £100,000 worth of homes would be threatened if grass or bush fires in Austinmer got a hold. People in the area nad…
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A 52 years old Dapto man was admitted to the Wollongong Hospital on Saturday afternoon with severe burns to…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—A £150,000 fire which gutted a Woolworth's store in the heart of Sydney tonight threatened to I envelop a business block bounded by Hunter St., Angel Place and George St…
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Wollongong detectives are investigating what may have been an attempt to burn down an unoccupied house at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Kiama Fire Captain Has Longest Record
The claim that the Captain of Kiama Fire Brigade, Mr. W. R. Holden had the longest service of any volunteer fireman in the State was made at a function held by the Board of Fire…
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Saturday night the 24th Oct. was an eventful night for Fireman W. R. Roberts of Thirroul Fire Brigade. At a Social…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Narrow Escape In Car Fire
A woman escaped with bruises, when her car overturned and burst into flames on the…
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Fire completely destroyed a laundry at the premises of Mr. F. [?]ummis Old Coast Rd.,…
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Thirty acres of scrub and grassland at Figtree was destroyed by fire late yesterday afternoon…
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Telephones will be installed instead of electric signals in the six places in Wollongong where the…
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A total of £227/0/6 has been collected for the Kent family of Warrawong, following the complete…
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In winding up the appeal for the Allen family, the committee organising the appeal has written to this office thanking all…
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Wollongong Fire Brigade yesterday had a call to a grass fire at Stuart Park. The call was received…
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Wollongong Fire Brigade extinguished grass fires opposite the Wollongong aerodrome in Kembla St. and…
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