Extinguish Garage Fires
At a meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council last night. Ald. W. D. Morgan directed attention to the necessity of having chemical fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1934
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Woman Burned Fire Caused by Cracker LEETON
Mrs. P. Laird, was burned when a lighted cracker caused a fire in her home. The cracker set alight to some curtains and as Mrs. Laird was rushing outside…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Film Catches Fire Youth Burned on Arms Blaze in City Street Sydney
Twelve reels of a motion picture film caught fire in the City to-day and the flames rose to a height of several feet. Edward Joseph O'Malley, 19, an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Camp Fire Ball
A meeting was held in the home of Mr. C. Brown, at Stockton, to advance arrangements for the camp fire ball, under the auspices of the Stockton Boy Scouts'…
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The services of a fire engine from Headquarters were requisitioned to extinguish an outbreak in the yard at the rear of the premises of Harlequin Products Co…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Toronto Fire Station Social
A successful euchre tournament was held at the Fire Station, Toronto. There was a fair attendance. The prizes were won by Mrs. Bate and Mr. J. Denney. The…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →In Burning Bed Pensioner Found Dead King's Cross Blaze Sydney
With a blazing mattress across it, the body of Frederick Poole, 72, an old-age pensioner, was found early to-day in a bedroom of a King's Cross residential…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Open Verdict Recent Morisset Fire
The Coroner at Gosford (Mr. Kirkness) conducted an inquiry to-day into the fire which destroyed the residence of Mr. F. H. Thompson, at Morisset, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waratah Fire Station
Waratah Council was last night advised by the Board of Fire Commissioners that in all probability tenders would be invited within the next three…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lambton Wants New Fire Engine
Lambton Council intends applying to the Board of Fire Commissioners for the installation ol a modern lire engine in the municipality…
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Brigades from Fire Headquarters and Newcastle East answered an alarm from Watt-street, Newcastle, last night, to find on arrival that fire had broken out from…
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A timber dwelling of six rooms, occupied by Mr. Arthur Pedley, on a closer settlement block near the butter factory at Foster, Victoria, was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bacon Works Fire Cause was Accidental SYDNEY
The District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) to-day found that the fire at Barnes Bacon Co. Ltd.'s works at Homebush Bay after midnight on May 23, was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Devours Store Of Wood— —Drowsy Valley Wakes To Life
At left: WITH its pattern of floral bouquets this frock, worn by Nancy Lyons (Warner Bros. First Notional), is unusually attractive…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →English Drought Serious Water Shortage Many Heath Fires London, June 18
A heat wave in Southern England, with temperatures reaching 87 degrees in the shade, without a sign of the long drought breaking, has emphasised the serious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Twins Burnt Verandah Catches Fire MELBOURNE
Barry and Roy Thomas, 4½, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, of Seddon, were admitted to hospital to-night in a serious condition, suffering from burns to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chicago Swept By Costly Blaze— U.S. Rioters Fight Police
FIRE originating in Union Stockyards on May 19, destroyed 8,000.000 dollars worth of Chicago properties. Flames enveloped the Exchange Building, where 110 telephone girls stuck to their posts till smoke drove them out…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Petrol Exploded Three Killed: 20 Badly Burned Blaze in United States Jamestown (N.y.), June 18
Three persons were killed and 20 severely burned, to-day, when three 20,000 gallon petrol tanks at the Richfield Oil Company's depot exploded while a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Blaze Firemen Don Gas Masks Bond-street Outbreak Sydney
After a fight lasting over an hour, firemen succeeded in preventing the extension of a fire which almost completely destroyed the interior of the premises…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tramway Tracks Reconstruction Urged Wickham Council Tighe's Hill Fire Brigade
Dissatisfaction with a letter from the Department of Road Transport and Tramways Wickham Council decided last night to urge that the tramway tracks in…
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