Bush Fire Commission
The Royal Commission on Bush Fires will resume the hearing of evidence at No. 4 Industrial Arbitration Court, Queen's Square, next Tuesday at 10…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fires & bushfires, 1927
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Camperdown Blaze
Two motor ears und a motor lorry were destroyed, when fire gutted the ground floor of three-storey building in Layton Street. Camperdown,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →F.S.A. Bush Fire Evidence Proposals for Prevention General Secretary Submits Case to Commission
A comprehensive statement of the bush fire question, as viewed by the Farmers and Settlers' Association, was placed before the Bush Fire Commission by the general secretary, Mr. W. C. Cambridge. The F.S.A. survey was the result of numerous suggestions by district councils and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cat's Blaze Burns House to Ground [?] Kerosene Lamp Woman Catches Fire Parkes, [?]
A CAT was the cause of Mr. J. H. Field's house being destroyed by Fire. MRS. FIELD whose husband was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suggestions for Control of Fires
The F.S.A. recommendations were summarised as follows:- 1. Each Shire to be subdivided into Bush Fire Districts. 2. Each district to elect a Bush Fire Committee. 3. Each Bush Fire Committee to elect a Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Personal Declarations. Fires Caused by Engines
Mr. R. Gamble, of Gunningbland stated:—"I have on numerous occasions seen red hot cinders thrown out from engine fire bars or ash trays…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Young
[?] timber yard and factory, at Young, were destroyed on Sunday by fire. This photograph was taken just after the [?] had fallen in. Valuable [?]chinary and large stocks of timber [?] destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Colonial Mutual Fire
Transfer of the control of of the Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company lo the London and Lancashire Insurance Company appears to be almost…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Blacktown Fire Home Destroyed
Mr. P. Keegan, of Sunnyholt-road, Headingly, who resided about 1½ miles from Blacktown, suffered a severe loss when his home was entirely destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Grass Fire Brigade Called Out
Following a grass fire on the property of Mr. Harry Waldon, of Carnegie-street. Auburn, on Sunday last, the Auburn Brigade was notified; but the blaze was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Extinguishers a Canberra Decision
The Federal Commission does not seem to mind [?] what sort of fire extinguisher you take with your car to Canberra, but a fire extinguisher of some sort you…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Markets Fire. Boy's Alleged Confession
The City Coroner (Mr. Fletcher) yesterday held an inquest into the fire which damaged the Newtown Markets on February 27. He found that two 10-year-old boys, Horace…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Garage Fire Block Threatened Ammonia Escapes
Damage amounting, to several thousands of pounds was caused by a fire at the workshops and garage, of Lechleitner and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Camperdown Fire. Garage Destroyed. Motor Vehicles Burnt
Damage estimated at several thousands of [?]iybds was caused by a fire which destroyed a garage in Layton-street[?] Camperdown[?] about 7 o'clock last night. A motor lorry and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Post-office Destroyed by Fire. Pambula
The post-office and telephone exchange at Nethercote were destroyed by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire in Cinema. Film Catches Alight. Constable's Promptitude. [?]
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Continued on Trove, page 11 →American Story of Nanking Bombardment the Order to Fire "Let 'Er Go, Benny!" Way They Have in U.S. Navy "Court Martial or a Decoration" Who Let Loose the First Salvo? Shanghai
LIEUT.-COMMANDER R. C. Smith, commander of the destroyer N[?], and who was senior American officer at Nanking prior to the arrival of Admiral Hough, in an interview has given an account of the bombardment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dangerous Blaze Threat to London Woolwich Arsenal on Fire London
A serious fire occurred at Woolwich Arsenal, close to the danger zone, where thousands of tons of high explosive shells, grenades, and detonators…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Long Bay Blaze Shop Destroyed
THE Star refreshment rooms, Bay-parade, Long Bay. were com-pletely destroyed by fire early to-day. The premises cona[?]ted of a shop and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Found Seat of the Fire Blaze on S.S. Sir Dudley De Chair Brisbane
A fire occurred in the storeroom and engineroom of the steamer. Sir Dudley De Chair, which was berthed at Circular Quay, but…
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