Fire Station Improvements
Following a visit to Lismore by the Board of Fire Commissioners architect and clerk of work Mr. McNiven) it is expected that improvements will…
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Fires & bushfires, 1930
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Fire Damages. for 1929
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--During the year 1929 there were 22 serious fires in Sydney, causing damage estimated at £2,000,000. In the country there were…
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During the year 1929, 4100-calls were, received by metropolitan fire, brigades, compared with 4476 for the previous year. Of this…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--During, the year 1929, 4,100 calls were received by the metropolitan fire brigades, compared with 4,476 for the previous year. Of…
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A fire that has been burning for fifteen years in the city dump on Riker's Island, where waste is thrown from scows, has been called to the attention…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The discovery that £30 is missing from the branch of the Bank of Australasia, at 588 Bourke-street, the building in which…
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LONDON, Sunday.--After a great oil fire at Salt End, Hull, had raged for nearly 27 hours, the blaze died down suddenly, and the danger of the…
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After the great oil fire at Salt End, Hull (England), had raged for nearly 27 hours, the blaze died down suddenly, and the danger of the flames spreading…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Fire brigades were called to extinguish 35 bonfires which had been lit by New Year's Eve roysterers last, night. This…
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JERUSALEM, Tuesday:--The Pontifical Biblical Institute's excavations resulted in the discovery of the site of Sodom, one of the cities of the plain mentioned in…
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LONDON, TUESDAY.--SIXTY-NINE CHILDREN ARE ALREADY DEAD AND 37 OTHERS ARE IN HOSPITAL AS THE RESULT OF A FIRE IN A PICTURE THEATRE AT PAISLEY, SCOTLAND…
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Many thousand of pounds worth of damage was caused by a fire which destroyed six buildings, including the post office, at Nevertire yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.--Many Thousands worth of damage was caused by a fire which destroyed six buildings, including the Post Office at Nevertire…
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A Jerusalem message says that the Pontificial Biblical Institute's excavations resulted in the discovery of the site of Sodom, one of the cities of the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--Max Schneider (12) and his brother, Douglas (7)' were frightfully burned when their clothes caught fire while playing on…
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Following closely on the White House fire on Christmas Eve, enormous crowds of excited citizens gathered when flames swept the supplementary…
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An invalid woman and an engineer were killed when flames swept the Hotel Marguery, one of the most exclusive hotels in the city, following an…
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WASHINGTON, Friday.--Following closely on the White House fire on Christmas Eve, enormous crowds of excited citizens gathered when flames…
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Mrs. Cicely Flanagan narrowly escaped death early yesterday morning when a bed caught fire at her lodgings at Darlinghurst. She slept on…
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When the film caught fire in the operating box at the Tyalgum picture show on Saturday night, Mr. R. Kerr, operator, felt a heart…
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