Sparrow Starts Fire
LONDON, Tuesday: A sparrow carrying a lighted cigarette butt to its nest Is believed to have started a fire which destroyed…
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Cootamundra a Blaze of Light! Complaint by Tumut Residents
Commenting on allegations that other towns were being less harshly treated by power restrictions than Cootamundra,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tumut Passenger in Plane That Caught Fire Near Holbrook
A Tumut resident was a passenger in a TAA DC3 airliner from Melbourne, which made a forced landing on one engine at Holbrook emergency aerodrome on Monday night. Five passengers and a crew of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tumut Residents Complain That Cootamundra Is a Blaze of Light !
Commenting on allegations that other towns were being less harshly treated by power restrictions than Cootamundra, local distribution…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: A mother, two-year-old daughter and her four-year-old son were burned to death in a timber and hessian hut at Newport, near, Sydney, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Died Sitting in Front of Fire Shepherd's Siding Man Well Known in Junee
A gentleman who is well known in the Junee district, Mr. Patrick Moloney, passed away suddenly at his bomb "Weeroona," Shepherd's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cootamundra a Blaze of Light! Complaint By Tumut Residents
Commenting on allegations that other towns were being less harshly treated by power restrictions that Cootamundra, distribution…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cease-Fire Orders in Indonesia
BATAVIA. Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter): Dutch and Indonesian Republican officials will on Wednesday issue cease-fire orders to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tarcutta Public School Destroyed by Fire; Barking Dog Gave Alarm
A dog that never barks unless something is wrong, according to its owner, gave the alarm when the Tarcutta public school was destroyed by fire last night. The dog is owned by Mr. E. Pym, headmaster of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Tarcutta School Destroyed
On Friday, night Tarcutta public school was destroyed by fire. A barking dog gave the signal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prompt Action Saves South Gundagai Woolsheb Fire Noticed at 5.30 a.m. This Morning
The South Gundagai woolshed owned by Mr. T. A. Woodbrige and the plant contained therein would have been completely destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Danger to Primary Industries in War Time Have Civil Defence Needs Been Neglected?
Civil defence in Australia, as elsewhere, was sufficiently vital during World War II to warrant the large and costly organisation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Danger to Primary Industries in War Time Have Civil Defence Needs Been Neglected?
Civil defence in Australia, as elsewhere, was sufficiently vital during World War II to warrant the large and costly organisation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prevention of Bush Fires
The Government will in the near future introduce legislation to more effectively combat the menace of bush fires. Cabinet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prevention of Bush Fires Legislation To Combat Menace More Effective
The Government will in the near future introduce legislation to more effectively combat the menace of bush fires. Cabinet has now considered and approved a draft Bush Fires Bill submitted by the Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, and containing many provisions which are new and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigade Inspection
Fire Brigade Inspector Brown and Motor Inspector Patterson visited, Lockhart Station last week and expressed their satisfaction to the local…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Donations to Fire Brigade
Two more donations have been received towards the cost of erection of the garage for the Tumbarumba fire engine, £22…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Fire on Finnish Strikers One Killed
HELSINKI, Friday.—One striker was killed and six strikers and ten policemen were injured when police opened fire after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Forest Fires Big Loss of Life
BORDEAUX, Monday — At least 73 persons have lost their lives in French forest fires, and final figures will exceed 100, it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Toll in Forest Fires Char[?]ed Bodies Heaped Where Victims Trapped
(A. A. P.) BORDEAUX: At least 73 per sons have lost their lives in the French forest fires, and the final figures may exceed 100, it is…
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