Benefit For Fire Victims
The Warilla Fire Victims' Committee, organising relief for two families burnt out on Tuesday…
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188 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 10
Man Incinerated in House Blaze
SYDNEY, Fri.—A 50-years-old man who delayed his escape from a burning house in order to get dressed, was incinerated in a blazing inferno early today…
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Guard against fires when camping during holidays. Carelessness with fire during hot weather is…
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A Wollongong business man received burns to the right arm, the fingers of the right hand, and the face and neck when he…
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Most sporting fixtures in the Illawarra district during the weekend were cancelled because of the rain and strong winds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Garbage Tip Fires Prevented Spreading Ashes, Says Inspector
The City Chief Health Inspector (Mr. M. Schlenert) said yesterday that fires in the Council's garbage tip for a month had prevented Council employees…
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A concert organised by the Warilla Fire Victims' Appeal Fund Committee was held in the Lake Illawarra…
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Thieves set fire to a lock-up shop at Port Kembla in the early hours of yesterday morning after breaking into the…
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Donations are coming in steadily for the relief of these two families at Warilia, states the Chairman of the Appeal…
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A man was badly burned around the face and arms when his motor cycle caught fire…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—A woman was today charged in Lidcombe Court with starting two fires at…
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LITHGOW, Tues.—Minister for Mines (Mr. Buckley) said today that he would immediately…
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For two hours early on Thursday afternoon Wollongong Fire Brigade fought a grass fire on the Mount Keira Colliery line…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.—Five large fires, one covering at least 2,000 acres of heavily timbered…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—The Combined Colliery Proprietors' representative at the Coal Industry Tribunal hearing today accused the New South Wales Deputies and Shotfirers' Association of having misled the Tribunal at an earlier hearing…
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Captain of the Port Kembla Fire Brigade, Robert H. Stuart (45), collapsed and died while driving a motor car on…
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Wollongong Fire Brigade fought a blaze in a large area of bush in Mt. St. Thomas late on Tuesday night…
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At an inquest held in Kiama on Thursday, the Coroner was told how a man who was burnt in the engine-room of the ss "Dunmore" jumped in to Kiama Harbour. The inquest was into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Progress Questions on Fire and Ashes Among a Series of Questions and Requests Put to Shellharbour Council by the Warilla Progress Association Last Week Were Two Which Involved a Fire and Ashes
One query reminded the council about the state of footpaths and said that two track-loads of ashes had been…
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BRISBANE, Fri.— Police and Army Volunteers fought desperately tonight to control more…
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