Cafe Proprietor Fined Careless Use of Fire
At the Leeton police court last week, Charles Diamond was fined £5 with 8/- costs for the careless use of fire by burning rubbish in an oil…
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Radio for Bush Fire Fighters Special Purchase Facilities Offered To Shire Councils
Shire Councils are now afforded special facilities to purchase modern radio equipment from the Department of Munitions as part of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hay Damaged in Leeton Blaze
A corrugated iron shed at the rear of W. J. Fulton's auctioneering premises in Pine-avenue, Leeton was discovered to be alight shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Restrictions on Lighting of Fires
An announcement by the Chief Secretary, Mr Baddeley, draws attention to the fact that the direction on October 26 prohibiting the light…
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The Wagga Fire Brigade received a call at 5.23 p.m. yesterday to the store owned by Messrs. Coleman and Edmondstone in Kincald street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Shed Hay and Wheat Burnt
A corrugated iron shed at the rear of W. J. Fulton's auctioneering premises in Pine Avenue was discovered to be alight shortly alter 5 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Ariah Park Main Street Auctioneer's Premises Destroyed
A serious fire broke out in the main street of Ariah Park at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. Fearing that one side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ariah Park Fire Threatens Many Buildings Arrival of Temora Brigade Stops Conflagration
A serious fire broke out in the main street of Ariah Park at 6 o’clock yesterday morning. Fearing that one side of the street would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Matches Cause Mail Fires
SYDNEY, Friday: Matches sent in the mails have apparently been, the cause of a number of recent fires In the mail branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Fire Calls at Wagga
The Wagga Fire Brigade received two calls at the week-end, but the fires were of a minor nature. On Saturday a fire broke out. at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fight to Quell Fire in Mine
SYDNEY. Sunday: Gangs of volunteers battled all yesterday to quell the fire in the disused Cessnock No. 2 colliery, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Truth in Fabrics" Hangs Fire in Australia
It is impossible to find sound reasons to justify the long delay that has occurred in establishing an effective…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cessnock Mine Fire Inspection by R.A.A.F. Bombing Expert
CESSNOCK, Monday; A senior R.A.A.F. officer, who is an expert on bombing, to-day inspected the burning Cessnock No. 2 Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Renders Old Woman Homeless
SYDNEY, Tuesday: A woman aged 68 years, and her nephew were rendered homeless to-day when fire destroyed their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Radio for Bush Fire Fighters
Shire Councils are now afforded special facilities to purchase modern radio equipment from the Department of Munitions as part of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Equipment Used for Fighting Fires
Fire-fighting "Duck" on manoeuvres. Fireforce Commander G. Drury, in charge of area covering Plymouth Cornwall and parts of South Devon, has been experimenting with a "Duck" loaned by the Army, the amphibious vehicle has obvious advantages when used to by-pass miles of roads which have to be traversed when ferries are closed. It travels 45 miles per hour on land and eight knots on water and carries a load of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Killed by Fire Engine Gen. Marshall's Efforts Fail
LONDON, Tuesday: Four children were killed and six persons injured when a fire engine, on the way to answer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosions Shake Nuremberg Arms Dump Blaze Out of Control
NUREMBERG, Sunday (A.A.P.): All Nuremberg was rocked by a series of explosions last night as a vast ammunition dump blew up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ebonite and Rubber Destroyed by Fire
SYDNEY Sunday: Firemen fought for almost an hour in heavy smoke and fumes from burning rubber to control a fire in the ebonite section…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local & General Fire at Cootamundra Gas Works
At 6.30 yesterday evening a fire broke out in the garage portion of the gas works, and an old unused Chev. truck and a lot of tools were destroyed…
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