The Old Fire Bell
The Board of Fire Commissioners advised Deniliquin Council last night that the councilâs offer to remove the old fire bell from Cressy street and…
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Fire at Condobolin. Destroys Nurses' Home. CONDOBOLIN
Fire destroyed the nurses' quarters at the Condobolin Hospital to-day. Thirteen nurses fled in their night attire. The main hospital building…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Called Out let Rain
At 7 p.m. yesterday the Albury fire Brigade was called out in the middle of a strong downfall of rain to extinguish a fire in a chimney at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early Morning Fire Causes £1000 Damage At Dederang Hotel
Damage estimated at £1000 was caused by fire at Dederang Hotel early yesterday morning when a garage, storeroom, two cars,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Blackens Portion of H.M.A.S. Australia Sydney
A fire which broke out on the wharf at Garden Island to-day blackened 30 feet of H.MA.S. Australia and destroyed a whaler. The fire was caused…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Military Sentry on Rail Way Bridge Fires When Man Threatens Him Perth
A sentry on Fremantle railway bridge was forced last night to fire a warning shot when struggling with a man who menaced him with a bottle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fort Gun Fires; Signal Not Answered Melbourne
When a small coastal steamer, having given her name, failed to stop for examination at the Heads to-day, a shot was fired from one of the forts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at East Hay. Water Supply Fails
About half-past seven on Friday evening the fire siren sounded an alarm and brought out one of the biggest crowds that has been seen in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Motor Engine for Wangaratta Fire Brigade
Chief Officer J. Trengrove yesterday morning handed over to the Mayor of Wangaratta (Cr. T. J. Nolan) a new motor engine for the Wangaratta Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man’s Death in Fire; Open Finding at Inquest MELBOURNE
Evidence that prior to his death on July 30 her husband had often threatened to commit suicide was given by the widow at an inquest to-day on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Probe Sabotage Theory; Aerodrome Fire Sydney
Detective Sergeant T. V. Wilson left Sydney for Broken Hill to probe the allegations. of sabotage at the aerodrome, where four planes were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Refinery. Owner Absent in Camp. SYDNEY
A fire which caused £700 damage to Nicholson's petroleum refinery, Forest Lodge, is alleged to have been started, deliberately, in order to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Summer Fires Winter Rains and Mud
The East branch of the Kiewa river seen from the new road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmer Gets £725 Damages "Grazier's Negligence Caused Fire" Melbourne
A jury in the First Civil Court today found that Charles Ernest Missan, grazier, of Gormandale, had been guilty of negligence when burning off…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Sentires Fire Shots at Man Found in Plane Hangar Sydney
Two shots were fired at a suspect who was seen in the vicinity of a hangar at the Kingsford Smith aerodrome late to-night. The man…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Sentry Fires on Taxi-cab Sydney
A sentry fred on a taxi-cab which was travelling along a street closed to traffic near an oil depot in Darlinghurst Harbor last night. A man in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anticipating Bush Fires Preparations in Carrathool Shire
The Carrathool Shire Council, at its meeting yesterday, made further arrangements for the fighting of bush fires during the coming summer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Guarding Against Bush Fires Murray Shire Begins Organisation
The Murray Shire Council decided yesterday to take steps to organise brigades in various districts in the shire so that every precaution against bush…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Guards at Petrol Depot. Fire on Stranger Near Tanks. SYDNEY
It was reported to the police early this morning that the military guards at the petrol depot of the Shell Co. of Australia, at Greenwich, fired…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warsaw Still Holds Out Germans Have to Retire Broadcasting Under Fire Amazing and Realistic Description London, September 11
Warsaw still holds out. The Polish Supreme Command, in a communique issued late yesterday evening, declared that the German…
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