Bowral Fire Brigade
On New Year's Eve there was a good attendance of firemen and visitors at the fire station to celebrate the 18th anniversary of the above brigade,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1913
17 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers
Cooking Without Fire. The "Econocooker."
Every person concerned in the cooking of food knows how much time is spent in watching the food and guarding against burning, boiling over, and…
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Two Danish inventors have found a way to put out oil fires by applying carbonic acid that is foaming violently. The foam is produced by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Curious Fire-alaram
An improved and very sensitive firealarm has been brought out by & Danish Inventor. It only acts When a sudden wave of beat in generated. A tube four…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires to Order. £800,000 Damage Yearly. Faulty Insurance
Astounding allegations as to the widespread ramifications of the "Are bugs" are contained in a report on "Incendiarism," just submitted by Mr Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in America. Remarkable Figures
About £50,000,000 of property is annually burnt up in the United States (writes Sydney Brooks hi the "Daily Mail"). That is anywhere from eight to thirteen times the per…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Peculiar Cause of Fire
The Upper Orara corresponded of the Grafton "Argus" states that while a local resident, Mr. J. Burling, who was seated in a sulky, was talking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Burradoo
The usual quiet of night was disturbed on Sunday last by the violent ringing of the fire bell at Bowral, and there was a great rush of townspeople…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Climbs Spire of Flame. Thrilling Battle with Great Fire on Sloping Roofs
Much that is praiseworthy was accomplished by firemen in a thrilling battle with fire, which broke out at St. Helens Town Hall. The outbreak occurred at the top of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Science Notes and News. Flameless Fire
An engineer has discovered a way to obtain fire without flame. His apparatus consists of a porous plate or mass of fire-resisting fragments,…
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We have no Evidence of the time when man did not harve the knowledge of producing fire. It is certain that man possessed fire as far back as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Setting the Thames on Fire
Whenever we say to any one, "He will never set the Thames on fire," we mean, of course, that be is not a very intelligent or industrious person…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The [?] Press (Late "Bowral Free Press.") 20.8.13. Recent Fire at Burradoo
Mr. Ebb. Davis has handed us the following for publication:—Office of Chief Commissioner, Sydney.—Mr. E. Davis, Bowral.—Sir,…
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The Coroner, Mr. R. H. Antill, held an inquest at the Thilmere Hotel, on the 11th inst., concerning a fire that occurred at Decside,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cheerful Blaze. Its Merits and Defects
Australia has followed the English custom of heating houses by fires instead of hot air —much to the disgust of American visitors, who complain of perpetual colds in the head…
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While George Girvan, a coalman, was lighting his pipe near Golder's Green tube station, his hands, which were covered with coal dust moistened with oil, caught fire. He…
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Factory Proprietor: "Fire drill, if you please, ladies! Division A will endeavor to batter down that looked iron door; Division B will leap from the windows; Division C will remain quietly at the tables until suffocated—all…
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