Fire Brigade’s Demonstration Big Programme at Wodonga
Teams from ten fire brigades in North-eastern Victoria will compete at the demonstration at the Hovell street, Wodonga,…
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Heroism in Bush Fires Devastation Jn S.a
ADELAIDE, Fri —Stories of heroism in the fire which devastated parts of South Australia’s lower north, yesterday, are…
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Towards the cost of the trophies for Monday’s fire brigades’ demonstration at Hovell at, Wodonga, [?] ten brigades will compete,…
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A spectacular blaze in the early hours of Saturday morning almost destroyed a timber building in Kiewa st. The building…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Golf Club House Fire Farm Hand for Trial
WEST WYA[?]ONG, Sun.: Committing Lloyd Fleming, 39, farm hand, for trial at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in Victoria Three Shops Destroyed
MELBOURNE, Mon: Despite steady dry north winds and high temperatures throughout the State to-day, the Victorian fire…
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A. grass Are broke out on the loot-path near Mrs. T. Caldwell’s home Junction Street, at about nine o'clock on Saturday night. The efforts of…
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SYDNEY, Tues: Two men trapped in a lift which caught fire on the fourth floor of Dalton House, Pitt st., this afternoon,…
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MELBOURNE, Tues. — A new bushfire was reported west of Kennedy’s Creek to-day, and residents in the settlement fear that it [?]ay…
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About a quarter of an acre of grass in the scrub on Monument Hill, off Pemberton st, was burnt by fire, which broke out shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big N.z. Fire Inquiry Into Loss of 41 Lives
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tues: A Royal Commission inquiry into the tragic fire at Ballantyne’s store in November, when 41 lives were…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: Fire-fighters in the Otway Ranges are using bulldozers and mobile water tanks to fight three bush-fire outbreaks…
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Holbrook district had its first grass fire of the season yesterday, when four or five acres were burned on Mr N. Plunkett’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Fire at Asylum Escapee in Stolen Car
ADELAIDE, Wed.: Police fired eight shots at. a stolen car driven by an asylum escapee in a thrilling 50 m.p.h. chase along a winding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Novel Fire Alarm
The blaring of a motor horn, set off by fire which destroyed a garage and the car, alongside a £2000 home at Colinroobie, about 20 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Fires in Albury
Two grass fires which broke out in Albury last evening were quickly extinguished by the City Fire Brigade using knapsack pumps…
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ST. ALBANS (Vermont, U.S.), Fri: Undetermined number of guests was killed when fire destroyed a 136-year-old 75-room…
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When escaping gas from a cylinder caught alight at Murray Valley Refrigeration Co., Kiewa St., yesterday afternoon, David Ronald…
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It was hot again at Albury yesterday. Maximum registered at the post office was 94 degrees at 4 o’clock—two degrees hotter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coroner Said He Was Not Satisfied Probe Into Fire in Fur Shop
SYDNEY, Fri.: City Coroner (Mr Hart) returned a verdict of “unsatisfactory” when he was unable to determine whether a fire in a…
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