South Melbourne Fire Melbourne
Three houses in a thickly populated part of South Melbourne were destroyed by fire this afternoon. The flames threatened the entire street for…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
1,223 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 62
Fire in Melbourne Whole Street Threatened
MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Three houses in a thickly populated part of South' Melbourne were destroyed by fire this afternoon. The flames…
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Messrs. Thornyeroft (Australia) Ltd. have designed a special fire-fighting equipment for service with their type "A1" 30 cwt. lorries, which does not…
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The recent series of bush fires in the Wollondilly Shire as well as in many other parts of the State has prompted the president of the shire council to…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--A message from Barrallier states a huge bush fire is still raging its devastating course os a front of 2 miles. Fire fighters are…
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A message from Barallier states that the Luge bush fire which has been raping since the end of last week is still pursuing its devastating course…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--A message from Barallier states that the huge bushfire, which has been raging since the…
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During 1928 the Lismore fire brigade was called out 37 times; twice for false alarms. Twenty-two of the calls Were for fires in buildings, six for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Brisbane Fire. "Daily Mail" Newspaper
BRISBANE, Friday.--A fire broke out this morning in the storeroom of the Brisbane "Daily Mail" and caused thousands of pounds worth of damage…
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The town of Belgrave was threatened with destruction by bush fires early this morning, but a sudden change in the wind and heavy rain saved the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Engines for N.s.w
New South Wales will be abreast of the most efficient fire-fighting services of the world with the arrival of 17 engines now on order; their estimated…
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SYDNEY, Monday.— Already bush fires on the Blue Mountains have caused extensive damage. During one period the town of Wentworth Fall was…
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SYDNEY, Monday.— Already bush fires on the Blue Mountains have caused extensive damage. During one period the town of Wentworth Falls was…
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From all parts of the State come reports of serious bush fires. A fire raging in Wollondilly Valley has already caused damage estimated at…
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SYDNEY, Saturday .-—Already bush fires on the Blue Mountains have caused extensive damage. During one period yesterday the town of…
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The table of statistics of the Board of Fire Commissioners shows that during the past year new fire stations were provided at Guildford, Ballim,…
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A new solar-heat machine is being tried in the search of science for cheaper fuel sources than coal. The mirrors focus the sun's rays in one…
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GOULBURN, Monday:— The village of Picca is menaced by a big bush fire, which is raging two and a half miles away over a front of…
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A fire occurred in the main street at Dungog on Friday afternoon, when a wooden building owned by Nurse Rapson, of Gosford, and occupied by W…
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Shortly after 1 p.m. yesterday the Lismore Fire Brigade received a call to extinguish, a grass fire near the Old Ballina Cutting. Men from the…
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