Fire Bell to Be Removed From Cressy St
The secretary of the Board of Fire Commissioners advised the Deniliquin Council last night that upon the installation of an electric siren at the…
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A Fatal Fire. N.Z. Boarding House. SYDNEY
A fire in Auckland, New Zealand, last night destroyed a boarding house and one man, whose name has not yet been ascertained, lost his life,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Practical Jokers on Serious Charge “Lacquered Boy’s Back” and Set Fire to Him Melbourne
Two youths, who pleaded guilty in General Sessions to-day to a charge [?] maliciously and unlawfully [?] grievous bodily harm on…
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Fire destroyed the two-storied boarding-house of Miss Katarine Schiscke in Auckland early this morning, involving the deaths of two men and…
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ORGANISATION OF BRIGADES Every summer heavy losses are sustained in rural districts as a result of fire. Some of this loss is inevitable, but a large proportion might…
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Heavy damage was done to the cargo aboard the Japanese freighter "Yae Maru," berthed in Walsh Bay, Sydney, when a fire broke out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire at Collarenebri. Flames Seen For Sixty Miles. Twelve Buildings Destroyed Sydney
Twelve buildings in the business section of Collarenebri, including the local Gazette newspaper, were destroyed by fire last night. Efforts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfires Annual Meeting at Wodonga Summer Preparations
The annual meeting of the Wodonga and District. Bush Fire Brigade elected office-bearers as follows:—President, Mr. M. Martin; vice-presidents, Messrs…
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A fire, which was first noticed about 8 o’clock last evening, completely destroyed the home of Mr. George Barkes in Church street, [?]. Mr. and…
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Detective Thomas Wilson left for Collarenebri to-day to collaborate with the local police, who are inquiring into a case of fire which almost wiped…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Four Fires in North Albury Rubbish Tip at the Week-end
With the advance of summer it again seems certain that the fire bridge will receive a number of costly calls to extinguish fires which break out in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crowd at Week-end Rubbish-tip Fire
Billowing smoke swept over spectators at the fire which broke out in the Albury rubbish tip on Saturday shortly after 2 p.m. Yesterday three other outbreaks occurred in the same area, each at a different part of the tip. While the cause of the outbreaks is not definitely known, it is suspected that children armed with matches are responsible “or the occurrences…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Firemen Don Gas Helmets to Fight City Blaze Sydney
Driven out of the building by smoke, firemen donned gas helmet to fight a blaze at the showrooms of N. Le Roy Tr[?], office furniture manufacturers…
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A fire broke out on Mr. T. Ryan’s property, Ebden. about 2.30 yesterday afternoon, and quickly swept through 20 acres of grass land. A fence…
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A fire which partly destroyed the premises of the Austin Shoes Pty. Ltd., at Abbotsford, caused damage estimated at £15,000. More than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rubbish Tip Fires “A Menace to the Town” Brigade Officer’s Comments
Since April 4, 1937, the fire brigade has been called to the Municipal rubbish tip in North Albury 10 times. This includes the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£15,000 FIRE Boot Factory Destroyed Employes Flee for Safety. Melbourne
A fire which swept through the premises of Austin Shoes, Ply., Ltd. Abbotsford, to-day caused damage estimated at £ 15.000. It completely…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in St. Peter’s Heat of Candies the Cause? No Panic Among Huge Congregation Vatican City, Nov. 13
After the morning’s beatification of Mother Frances’ Xavier Cabrini, of Chicago, at which Archbishop Mundelein said Mass at St. Peter’s, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Fire at Marseilles : King and Queen at Norwich
Top.—One hundred people were burnt to death in the inferno which swept Le Canebiere, Marseilles—one the most famous streets in the world. were summoned from Lyons, 170 miles away. biggest department stores, the Nouvelles Galeries, during the fire. The fire spread to other buildings…
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The Bush Fires Advisory Committee, comprising representatives of a number of Government Departments of this State and interested public…
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