Smash in City Tram: Fire Engine Two Firemen Injured
WHEN an engine from Circular Quay was rushing to a fire at the Imperial Arcade this afternoon, it crashed into a tram at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires & bushfires, 1928
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In Time Big City Blaze Averted
MR. RICHARD McCARTHY discovered an outbreak of fire at Wiles' Corner, intersection of Pitt and Goulburn-streets, last…
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Mrs. Fred Lindsay presided at a well attended meeting of the Camp Fire Ball Committee, held at the Ambassador, on Wednesday morning. Final details were…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fire at Harry Wiles' Wireless Premises
Close on £7000 damage was caused last night by a fire iu the premises of W. Harry Wiles, the well-known radio firm, at the corner of Pitt and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Engine Hits Tram Station Officer's Narrow Escape
Tho fusing of an electric iron at the millinery shop of Madame Suzanne Dore,s, in the Imperial Arcade, Pitt-street, Sydney, nearly caused the death…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Making Ladders Safe for Builders, Fire-men, and Others
Mr. P. W. Roberts, of New Zealand, has invented a device to eliminate the risk of life being; lost if the rungs or the rope of a safety…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →From Many Lands to Camp Fire Ball Activities of the Future
THOSE who attend the Camp Fire ball in aid of the Boy Scout and Rover Clubs on Friday night will rub their eyes and wonder whether…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →High Lights of History Man Discovers Fire and Its Uses By J. Carroll Mansfield
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Continued on Trove, page 27 →Damage at £10,000 Electrical Works Fire
Damage estimated at £10,000 was done by fire to the radio and electrical stores of W. Harry Wiles, Pitt and Goulburn Ste., City, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Fire. Damage to Radio Store. Brigades Great Work
When firemen reached an outbreak of fire at the corner of Pitt-street and Goulburn-street, s few minutes after 10 p.m. on Saturday, a difficult task confronted them, for it then…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fire Caused £15,000 DAMAGE Flames Sweep Radio Store
Damage estimated at over £15,000 was done by a fire which swept the radio and electrical stores of W. Harry Wiles, Pitt and Goulburn Streets, City,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Garage 3 Lorries Damaged
THREE motor lorries and a garage were nightly damaged by a fire which occurred at the home of Samuel William Dickenson, carrier Hawthorn…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Ravage Japan Summer Resort Tokio
Twenty -eight houses were burned down at Norjeri, a well-known summer resort. A number of Australians are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Trains Under Fire Shotholes in Carriage Windows Startled Passengers
What are believed to have been bullets were fired at two trains on the North London railway last Tuesday. Several windows of both trains were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flats on Fire Blaze at Randwick Tar Starts Outbreak
A fire broke out in the top story of Juverna Flats, a large block in Cook's road, Randwick, shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire-brick Co.'s Loss
Owing to depression in the iron and steel trade, states the report of Newbold Silica Firebrick Co., Ltd., the company's works were not fully employed during the year ended July 31…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Bush Tragedies. Two Men Murdered. Bodies Thrown in Fire. Brisbane
After spending several days in the bush country along the Corella River, police officers who were investigating the murder of Goodsir Edward Miller, whose charred bones…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Blaze of Color At Horticultural Society's Show
"This is the sort of flower show that I just love to see." So said a visitor from Queensland, who saw the fine display of spring…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire in Flats. Firemen's Difficulty
Firemen who were summoned to an outbreak of fire in a block of flats in Cook-street, Randwick, yesterday afternoon had great difficulty in reaching the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Water More Feared Than Fire
Stock on the sixth and seventh floors of Marcus Clark's building in Central Square was damaged by water when a sprinkler head on the…
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