Insurance for Bush Fires Urged
A comprehensive insurance sch[?] to give the man on the land [?] against bushfires was urged week in a resolution of the…
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£25,000 Damage in Mill Fire
CASINO, Wednesday: Damage estimated at £25,000 was caused to-day by a fire which destroyed a large sawmill 20 miles from Casino…
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A comparatively new house, the property of Mr. L. R. Heinecke, o f "Lilac View," Taradale Road, Tumbarumba, together with practically…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Two young boys were trapped and burned to death in a fire in a factory at St. Peter's, Sydney, this afternoon. They have not yet been…
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SYDNEY, Friday: Two young boys were trapped and burned, to death in a fire in a factory at St. Peter's, Sydney, yesterday afternoon…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday: Before the arrival of a fire brigade ship, the crew of a coal vessel fought a fire, which had broken out in the…
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This is the building in which two Sydney toys were burned to death. Firemen found their bodies in the ruins…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Radio System Tests for Bush Fires
The first official test of the bush-fire radio communication system from the new control site established at Young Town Hall was made recently…
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Carting 250 cases of apples from Melbourne to Sydney, a young Fitzroy carrier, Wm. G. Smith, saved his cargo when his lorry burst into…
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Carting 250 cases of apples from Melbourne to Sydney, a young Fitzroy carrier, Wm. G. Smith, saved his cargo when his lorry burst into flames…
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ADELAIDE, Friday: A man admitted in Adelaide Police Court to-day that he had set fire to the home of the Deputy Prices Commissioner (Mr. McCann) on July 10…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Back-yaro Fire in Early Morning
A number of packing cases in the yard of Bullock's grocery store in Pine Avenue, caught alight in the early hours of this morning and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riverina District News Fire Brigade Chiefs Visit Griffith
The president and members of the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners visited Griffith to inspect the fire station and to present Captain J…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Hollebone Did Not Fire Shots"; Waterloo Inquiry
STONEY. Tuesday: Two witnesses: at the Coroner's Court to-day denied that William Hollebone, 29, fired shots that killed three people…
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Bushfires are again sweeping coastal areas of the State. Here is one resident of Rockdale, Sydney, who arrived home to find that her weatherboard cottage had been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FIRE! Presbyterian Manse Damaged
A fire which broke out in the Presbyterian Manse, Cooper street, at about 10 o'clock this morning, completely gutted the rear portion of the house…
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On Wednesday, 23rd October, Representatives of the Fire Commissioners. Mr T. A. Smith (President), Mr Skelton (representing the Insurance Companies)…
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The annual meeting of the Wallaroobie Bush Fire Brigade was held on Monday 14th October, Mr. Doyle occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Long Service Medal Presented to Fire Bridge Captain Social Function at Fire Station
AT a pleasant-social gathering, held in the Leeton Fire Brigade Station on Friday night, attended by members of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales, the long service medal was presented to Mr. E. Attwood (captain of the Leeton Brigade) by the…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday: Homicide squad detectives at Ararat, are investigating the disappearance of a seven-months old girl from…
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