Bush Fire Destroy Bathers' Clothes Sydney
A party of 46 young men and women at a church picnic at Como to-day lost all their clothing and belongings when a bush fire destroyed a…
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Motor Car on Fire Wagga Brigade's Good Save Match Ignites Petrol Fumes
When the petrol tank of his motor car was found to be leaking on Saturday night, at about 9 o'clock, Mr. David Glasscott of 41 Tompson-street,…
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Towards midnight on Monday, the Wagga Fire Brigade was called to quell a grass fire at the rear of the Church of Christ in Berry-street…
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Shortly after 10 a.m. yesterday the Wagga fire brigade was called to a fire at the rear of the Capitol Theatre. Some rubbish was being burnt in an…
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Forest fires, which began on Christmas Eve have caused thousands of pounds worth of damage in the Moris set and Wyong districts…
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The second Christmas bowls tournament was played at Junee on Tuesday under trying conditions. About 32 played in the competition on Monday,…
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The grandstand in the paddock enclosure of the Epsom Turf Club's course near Mord[?]lloc was destroyed by fire to-night. The damage is in…
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Trapped by fire on the first floor of a shop in Summer Hill to-day, Jean Gray, aged 20 years, was snatched from he b[?]th by her mother, wrapped in…
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Men and women worked frantically before dawn to-day dragging furniture from their homes when it appeared that a fire in Binnia Street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car and Holiday Kit Destroyed Visiting Motorist Had Unfortunate Experience Blaze on Narandera Road
A VISITOR to the irrigation area, Mr. Ballins, of the Foster Clark Co., Redfern, Sydney, lost thren suit ca[?] of clothing…
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A 22-roomed guest house, two cottages and several smaller buildings were destroyed by lire early this morning. At one time it appeared that…
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Two fires which occurred yesterday in Wagga, though of a minor nature, emphasised the danger to householders and farmers in the prolonged dry spell…
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Bush fires are still burning in Victoria between Mt. Wills end the Razorback. A seven-mile fire break has been burned, checking the blaze…
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