Boxes on Fire
A quantity of boxes and other trade waste caught lire in a paddock near the end of the police lane in Olive street last night. No damage was done…
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Restrictions on Lighting Fires Lifted SYDNEY
Restrictions on the lighting of fires which had been specially imposed last Friday have been repealed. This was announced today by the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Child’s Clothes Allegedly Set On Fire Melbourne
Suffering severe shock after her blazing clothing had been beaten out by her uncle who heard screams and rushed to her rescue,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire Makes 10,000 Chinese Homeless BANGKOK
A large section of the city was razed by the greatest fire in 20 years. Thirty persons were inured and 10,000 mostly Chinese, are homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goombargana Fire Brigade
About 20 people attended the annual meeting of the Goombargana Bush Fire Brigade at “Cragdurrock.” the home of the president…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Hume Chambers
Office in Hume Chambers, Kiewa street, occupied by Mr. T. Butcher, surveyor, was severely damaged by fire over the weekend, flooring and contests…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at [?] Powerhouse SYDNEY
Section of Bunnerong power-house was [?] with roaring flames and smoke tonight when a quantity of oil stored on the second floor [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Field Telephones For Giving Fire News
Holbrook Shire will give a lead to councils of the State in modern methods associated with bush fire fighting. At yesterday’s meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£70,000 Fire in Sydney Sydney
Damage estimated at £70,000 was caused when a fire tonight destroyed the factory belonging to R. Symonds Ply. Ltd., Campbell st., St. Peters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Method for Estimating Fire Hazards SYDNEY
A “burning index”—a new method of estimating bush fire hazards—has been devised by the Forestry Commission and will be put into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Howlong Bush Fire Brigade
At the annual meeting of the Howlong Bush Fire Brigade; there were present : Messrs G. Reid (president), C. Walter (secretary), W. F. Leahy,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Arrested After City Fire Sydney
After a fire in M. George’s mercery shop, George St., Sydney, early the morning detectives arrested a man and charged him with arson. About £50…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Burned to Death; Fire on Tanker New York
An urgent radio appeal for medical assistance has been picked up from [?] tanker. Bennington, (10.172 tons), off the east coast. The vessel reported that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Flames Lick the Sky” £700,000 Spectacular Fire Wellington (Nz)
Flames which swept through the New Zealand Centennial Buildings on the harbor side at Longotal, Wellington, in the early hours of this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Protest Against Sending Troops Police Fire on Crowds in Amsterdam London
Police opened fire several times against crowds in Amsterdam yesterday, during demonstrations against sending of trops to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Prevention
At a meeting of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee this week, Mr B W. Newman, Divisional Meterologist of the Commonwealth Weather…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bush Fire Prevention and Control
At a meeting of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee this week, Mr. B. W. Newman, Divisional Meteorologist of the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Allegedlly Set Fire to Shop SYDNEY
Charged at Central Police Court today with having maliciously set [?]ire to a mercer’s shop in George St., yesterday with intent to defraud, Maurice…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Miners Die in Fire Brisbane
Beat beat back rescuers who almost reached two men who died in a fire at Aberdare Extended mine yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Precautions Bush Fire
At a meeting of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee this week, Mr. B. W. Newman, Divisional Meteorologist of the Commonwealth Weather Bureau,…
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