Sydney Fire Fire Officer Injured
On Saturday night a crowd of nearly 20,000 persons assembled in Liverpool, Pitt and Castlereagh Streets, Sydney, to watch firemen fight a spectacular…
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Fires & bushfires, 1937
38 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2
Only Eight Fires Brigade’s Satisfactory Year
From the point of view of the fireman and townspeople, Queanbeyan had a satisfactory year in 1936. The brigade was called out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Cable News Rebel Trawler Fires on British Ship
LONDON, Sunday— The British Ambassador to Spain has been instructed to call the attention of Burgos authorities to the circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil Depot Fire In Hayes & Russell’s Yard Damage Estimated of £250
Dense, black clouds of smoke emanated from a fire yesterday afternoon in a shed at the rear of Messrs. Hayes and Russell’s store in Monaro Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Cable News Disastrous Fire on Express
CANTON.âBelieved to be due to the ignition of a celluloid article, a fire broke out on the Kawloon-Canton express, resulting in 85 deaths,…
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It is surprising that comparatively few people take Adequate precautions to safeguard their homes from fire. With a little care and forethought,…
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At Richmond (Vic.) on Saturday last a fire swept through the stables of Mr. L. Arthur, contractor, and sixteen draught horses were suffocated by…
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BRISBANE—After an explosion, which was heard three miles away, a fire swept through four shops in the main shopping block of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Of Local Interest Fire Brigade Concert and Dance
The attendance at the Queanbeyan Fire Brigade concert and dance in the Parish Hall on Friday evening last was not as large as expected, but keen…
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From the numerous reports received from country service stations of the R.A.C.A. it is apparent that many campers and tourists do not…
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Remember when using any electrical device, such as an electric iron, stove, or even the wireless set, to disconnect the wire when it is finished with, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Civic Stores Fire Stock Damaged Considerably
A fire that broke out in the Civic Stores in Monaro Street, Queanbeyan, shortly before four o’clock on Sunday morning, caused considerable damage…
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A fire, which broke out in the top floor of the Crane Building in Crane Place, Circular Quay, this morning, was responsible for damage estimated…
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For more than ten hours yesterday, Mr. E. R. Boardman (Deputy Coroner) sat at Queanbeyan Court and heard evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Retreat Under Fire
It’s a race with death for these fugitives from the British garrison in this thrilling moment from “THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE.” Errol Flynn rushes to the rescue of Olivia de Havil land.—A Warner Bros, picture…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forest Fires Protection of Adjoining Settlement Statement by Minister
The Minister for Mines and Forests (Mr. Vincent), referring to the request of the Primary Producers' Union that the Forestry Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire in Sydney
The fire which early on Wednesday destroyed Monarch House, occupied by Grimley Ltd.’s warehouse, in Boradway, Glebe, continued to burn all day…
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A fire at Springwood early tills morning totally destroyed the Boa Accord Country Club guest house. Twenty-flve guests escaped in their…
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The adoption of comprehensive plans to prevent and check bush and pasture fires this season urged by Mr. J. B. Cramsie, who was at…
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A fire broke out this morning on the eighth floor of a film house in Pitt-street containing Sidney Riley's photographic studios. Firemen…
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