Country News and Personal Notes £10,000 FIRE Many Shops Destroyed at Trangie
TRANGIE, Wednesday.--A portion of the main street of the town was gutted by fire this morning, and the loss is estimated at over £10,000…
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Country News. Bush Fire Brigade Formed. Grenfell
A bush fire brigade has been formed, known as the Ooma-Glenelg Brigade, and will serve the district within a radius of 10 miles from Ooma Hall. Four motor lorries and eight…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Farmers and Bush Fires. Government Considering Commission's Report Utilising 'Hopper Fighting Organisations
The Government is now considering the report submitted by the Bush Fire Commission, which last year collected much valuable evidence on the subject of bush fire prevention and control. The Chief Secretary, Mr. Bruntnell, recently made a statement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crowds Were Thrilled by Acts of Heroism Disastrous Blaze in Paddington Heroic Fireman Saved Boy, and Two Others Were Seriously Injured Three Shops Burnt Out
The sight of a fireman leaping from a crashing wall, and of a small boy being snatched from death were features of a sensational fire yesterday. In a congested area of small shops and weatherboard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Speed Boat Blaze. Occupants Jump Into Sea
The motor speed boat Ace, owned by Mr K. Bardsley, took fire during a trial run on Kogarah Bay last Monday, and Mr. Bardsley and his engineer, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Destructive Fires. Sugar Company's Works Damaged
Spontaneous combustion is believed to have caused a fire in the coal bankers and bolter station at the Colonist Sugar Refining Company's works, at Pymont (Sydney) during the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Parramatta
A fire which occurred at about 9 o'clock yesterday morning at the furniture factory of Messrs. Cannon and Jackson in Pennant-street, Parramatta, did damage estimated at several…
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Losses estimated at £15,000 were incurred at Orange early on Monday morning, when a two-story brick building known as Flynn's Corner was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Busy Firemen Second Paddington Blaze Morning Outbreak Heavy Damage Yesterday
Shortly before 6 o'clock this morning, a fire broke out in a three-storied factory in a lane off Oxford-street, Paddington, not…
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SEVERAL SHOPS AND TWO FACTORIES IN ELIZABETH-STREET WERE GUTTED YESTERDAY…
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Private enterprise has consistently rendered valuable service to the man on the land by keeping in touch with his needs and producing articles and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Factory Ablaze Fire at Paddington
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Continued on Trove, page 9 →Laundry Damaged. Fire at North Sydney
Portion of the premises occupied by the Austral Laundry, Rosalind-street, North Sydney, was badly damaged by fire shortly after midnight…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fire at Trangie Destruction in Main Street
The need for fire organisation and appliances in country towns was emphasised on Wednesday morning when portion of the main street was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wheel Burnt Binding Brake Starts Fire Bump Was First Hint
An unusual accident was the experience of a driver who was speeding along the southern-road. One of his front wheel brakes was…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Rose Day Raid for Charities Damage by Storm and Fire
THE MILKMAN was up early this morning, but he was not up long before the Rose Day collectors. THIS MORNINGS SCENE OF DESTRUCTION on the site of the big fire which destroyed three shops and two work…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Fierce Fire. Destroys Shops and Factories. Four Men Injured. Exciting Scenes
A fire in Elizabeth-street, Paddington, yesterday afternoon, which destroyed several small shops and two factories and resulted in the injury of two firemen and two other men…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Castle Fire Lord Lascelles' Irish Home Second in Month London
Portumna Castle, in County Galway, the Irish home of Lord Lascelles, which he and Princess Mary are due to visit this week-end, was the scene…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Bugs Busy on Viscount Lascelles' Irish Home Petrol Tins Found Garage and Stables Damaged Free State Resents Outrage London
TINS of petrol and kerosene, discovered at Portumna Castle, in County Galway, the Irish home of Viscount Lascelles, show that the fire, which partly destroyed the stables and garage early to-day, was the work of incendiarists…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BUSHFIRES Need for Organisation Legislation Promised
The sooner the Government passed the legislation suggested by the Royal Commission on Bushfires, the safer for the State, declared the president of…
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