Fire at Cardiff Cottage Destroyed
A five room weatherboard cottage in Albert-street, Cardiff, owned and occupied by Mr. Joseph Jackson was, with its contents, destroyed by fire at an early…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
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Wickham Fire Grass and Rubbish Ablaze
The promptitude of the Wickham Fire Brigade saved what might have been a serious fire at mid-day. Grass and rubbish alongside the…
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That their homes were in danger from fires because of the bush in the vicinity, was the complaint of a number of residents of Melbourne-street,…
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Lambton and New Lambton Fire Brigades worked for six hours yesterday in suppressing grass and bush fires. One fire covered over 20 acres of land near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Fire Five Shots
A number of robberies in the Hornsby district have been engaging the attention of the police there during the last few days, and early yesterday morning two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Fire at Lambton
Damage to the ceiling and walls of the bathroom of the cottage occupied by Mr. Ralph Boots, in Robert-street, Lambton, was done by fire on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Port Kembla
Damage estimated at £1500, was caused by at fire which partially destroyed a large boarding-house at Port Kembla on Saturday. It appeared as if several other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strife, Vengeance, Hooliganism Cause "Red" Fires. LONDON
Entitled Alarming Figures, the Soviet has published a report on fires which have occurred all over tho country since 1927, says…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire
Yesterday afternoon a bush fire blazed in the vicinity of the Glebe Hill, and as the flames were heading in the direction of dwellings, Newcastle Headquarters Fire…
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Advice was received in Newcastle yesterday by officials of the Railway Department that when a goods train, which left Narrabri at 10.10 p.m. on Friday was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Risk Newcastle Rates
Whether Newcastle should be classed as an "A" fire risk was a matter discussed at the meeting of Newcastle Council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Melbourne Lad's Brave Action. Melbourne
When a fire broke out in the office of the Meadow glass manufactory in Lonsdale-street, Melbourne, to-day, Walter Laurie, 19, of Coburn, rushed upstairs…
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Grass fires engaged the attention of the brigades of the district yesterday. Newcastle Brigade attended a grass fire near Lee Wharf, but 20 minutes' work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Engine's Crash False Alarm, Too SYDNEY
When a fire engine dashed into a Right standard, the crew was hurled into the air. Two firemen, charles Edwards and…
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Travelling at high speed up Pitt-street, Sydney, yesterday, a fire truck almost collided with a motor car at the Hunter-street intersection. The fireman who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electric Poles on Fire
Between 5 and 6 o'clock last evening the householders of Georgetown found that the electric current had been cut off. It was restored in about three-quarters of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pyjama Rush Moree's Biggest Fire MOREE
Many of those burned out on Sunday night in the biggest fire that Moree had seen had escaped in their pyjamas and nightgowns and had not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Child Rescued Bed Was on Fire SYDNEY
Johanna Evans, aged two years, living with her parents at Balmain, was saved last night by a passer-by from serious injury…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Moree the Business Centre Practically Wiped Out. Moree
Business has been paralysed at Moree as a result of the terrific fire which raged here early this morning. The principal business centre was almost completely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coastal Bush Fires Iluka's Narrow Escape. Lismore
A storm which broke over the coast yesterday was the means of putting out the bush fires, which have been raging through the coastal country from the Richmond…
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