Aeroplanes and Bush Fires
"It's an old idea of my own," said Mr. Owen Jones, chairman of the Forestry Commission, in commenting upon the suggestion as to the use of…
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Burnt Out. Factory at Forest Lodge
Carrington and Co.'s confectionery works, at 53 Parramatta Road. Forest Lodge, wore burnt out last night. The firm concerned manufacture…
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In recent years no block of business premises in the city or suburbs has suffered so severely by fire as that between Ross and Larkin streets, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Last Night's Fires Brigade's Busy Time
The Fire Brigade had a busy time last night turning out to a number of outbreaks in the suburbs. The most serious was in Parramatta-road. Forest Lodge…
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A motor car belonging to Mr. E. Barraclough of Liverpool- road, Ashfield, caught fire near his residence last night, and was partly destroyed…
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Fire caused extensive damage to the premises of Carrington and Co., Limited, manufacturing confectioners, in Parramatta-road, Forest Lodge…
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An explosion of[?] which was [?] It was the home of Mrs. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires at Fairfield and Granville
At 8.14 on Thursday night Parramatta Fire Brigade received a call from Fairfield. The motor engine turned out at 8.16, and was soon on the spot. The scene of the fire was in Campbell-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Firemen's Hard Fight Stack of Chaff Alight Blaze at Alexandria
Through an outbreak of fire, the cause of which is thought to have been spontaneous combustion, close on a hundred tons of chaff stacked in a loft…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Presentations for Fire Brigade Officer
Mr. J. M. Lambourne, divisional officer of the New South Wales Fire Brigades, and manager of the brigades' football and cricket teams, was on Thursday presented with an inscribed…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Thieves and Fire. £150 Worth of Jewellery
A strange discovery was made in a house at Norton Street, Leichhardt, last night. A safe was blown open in the house, the discovery being made shortly otter 9 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Suva Government House Burnt Suva (Fiji), March 22
Yesterday afternoon a thunderbolt struck Government House during a heavy thunderstorm, and the main portion of the building was burned to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FIRE-FIGHTING Some Tough Tasks Yesterday's Blaze Firemen's "Boxes of Tricks"
A fire in a stack of chaff is difficult to extinguish, for the reason that it is hard for water to penetrate it. Chaff is oily. Water runs from it as it does…
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When the Stanmore Preserving Company's factory was burned out recently, millions of tins of preserved foods were caught in the fires. Years ago this would all have gone back into public consumption, but now the Board of Health steps in. With the Underwriters, every tin is thoroughly inspected, and those that pass…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at a Factory. Sprinklers Save the Situation. Weingotts' Sussex-street Cutting Manufactory. What the Investigating Firemen Found
The mysterious incendiary fire at Weingott end Sons' clothing manufactory, Sussex-street, early in the morning of December 31, formed the subject of…
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A message from Manila (Philippines) states that a fire in the northern section of the citv dostroyed 3000 native houses. Fifteen thousand persons are homeless. Two are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sacrificial Fires. Supreme Test of Race. the Battlefield Cross
In the course of a forceful sermon at the unveiling of a soldiers' honor-roll at the Randwick Presbyterian Church yesterday morning, by Sir Walter Davidson, Professor Macintyre…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on the Tahiti. Wellington
The Tahiti, which left Wellington for San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, returned to port late to-night, with a fire smouldering in No. 1 hold, though it was apparently…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →City on Fire. New York, April 2
A cable message received from Manila, in the Philippine Islands, states that a fire in the northern section of the city has destroyed 3000 native houses. It Is estimated that 15,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blayney Fire New Brigade's Save BATHURST
Early yesterday morning a fire, the origin of which is a mystery, almost completely destroyed the premises in Adelaide- street, Blayney, occupied by…
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