Fire Engines for Aerodromes Wellington (N.z.)
Two new fire engines, specially equipped to deal with plane crashes and salvage, were tested to-day. They are part of a batch of 15 which will…
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The Rock Bush Fire Brigade Annual Meeting
At the annual meeting of The Rock Bush Fire Brigade, held in the Masonic Hall, a very representative gathering was present. Mr. J. H. Kendall…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Parkes Timber Factory Destroyed Parkes
Valuable machinery and stocKs of timber were destroyed when the premises of Vanderfield and Reid, timber merchants, were gutted by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aerodrome Fire Grazier Objects to Giving Evidence Comment by Coroner Brisbane
When the inquiry into a fire at Archerfield Aerodrome, in which six planes were destroyed, entered the twelfth day to-day, Robert Stanley…
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An urgent meeting of the above will be held this evening at Yanco School of Arts…
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A meeting of the Sandigo bush fire brigade was held on Saturday. October 21, when there was a large attendance of landholders from…
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This Journal commends all those country centres which have revived their Bush Fire Brigades or established hew ones; and this applies not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alexandria Fire Sydney
A fire which broke out early this morning in the Acme Woodworking Company's plant, Alexandria, threatened the adjacent dwellings…
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Let Castles quote you for your fire-fighting gear this year. Stocks are good and prices on last year's levels…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junee Woman Injured Caught in Coil of Electric Jug Iron Causes Fire at Hotel
Mrs. J. Armour, of Florence Street, Junee was using an electric jug when something went wrong. She screamed and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Junee Woman Injured Caught in Coil of Electric Jug Iron Causes Fire at Hotel Junee
Mrs. J. Armour, of Florence-street, Junee, was using an electric jug when something went wrong. She screamed and collapsed into a chair. Men…
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A good crowd attended a meeting of the above at the Hampstend Hall, presided over by the president, Mr. Donald Davidson. The following is a list…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kamarah Bush Fire Brigade Meets
At a meeting of the Kamarah Bush Fire Brigade, presided over by Mr. J. D. MacLean, there was an attendance of about 20 members…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cootamundra Bush Fire Brigade Appeal for Funds
Mr. Lloyd Conkey, of Conkey and Sons, has intimated that he will, in case of emergency supply a lorry and a 500-gallon tank to transport water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Public Co-Operation Necessary to Prevent Devastation in River Country Warm Days Bring Danger From "Red Terror" Closer Wholehearted Support of Volunteer Bushfire Brigades Necessary
THE rapid drying of the enormous growth ef grass in the district during the past few hot days has forcibly brought home once again the danger from grass and bush fires which faces the settlement during the summer. Acknowledged danger spot is the frontage to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Hours Evidence in Camera Not Even Counsel Present Sydney
Mr. Charles David Alexander Richardson, chief officer of the N.S.W. Fire Brigades, to-day gave the judge of the Industrial Commission information of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Germans Using Shock Troops Daring Raids in West French Roads and Villages Behind Lines Shelled New Vigor in Operations Town of Forbach Under Heavy Fire LONDON
Shock troops have been thrown by the Germans into daring raids on the Western Front, and although they gained ground at one or two points, a Paris message states that no German troops are on French soil…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pillar-boxes Set on Fire London
A number of pillar-boxes in London have been set on fire, presumably by members of the I.R.A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mysterious Fire at Post Melbourne Oil Stores Melbourne
Detectives are investigating a mysterious fire that caused several thousands of pounds damage in oil and bitumen scores of the united Oil Co…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Menace of Bush Fires This Summer Immense Risk of Flames Sweeping Country Danger Lies in Enormous Undergrowth
The stage is being set for perhaps the most devastating bush fire that Riverina has ever known. Not within living memory has the growth of grass and weeds been so prolific as this year. When the hot winds of the…
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