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AS the result of an explosion in Homer-street, Earlwood, early to-day, a boot shop, occupied by Frank Massey, was destroyed, the roof being hurled a considerable distance, and the stock scattered about the roadway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The State hydro-electric sub-station, at Bridgewater, was destroyed by fire last night. The damage amounts to nearly £4000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GRAFTON, Tuesday.--Many works of art were destroyed in a fire which reduced the two-storied Great Northern Hotel at South Grafton to ruins…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A blazing film close to the steps of the main entrance of the new Capital Theatre in Brisbane-street, Tamworth, on New Year's Eve caused a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A huge bushfire, which started last week, has grown at such a terrific rate that it is temporarily out of hand. Ten thousand acres of country…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →With a slackening of the wind and cooler conditions, fighters turned out this morning, to attack the huge bush-fire which has been raging at…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Like Auburn, Lidcombe Fire Brigade turned out to more fires last year than other years. No fewer than 37 calls were received,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hardly had Lidcombe firemen swallowed a piece of Christmas cake, and gulped down a glass of wine, than the fire bell rang on Christmas Day…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THREE [?] Melbourne were almost [?] wind fanned…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Auburn Fire Brigade spent a quiet Christmas Day, although both on Christmas Eve and on Boxing Day the firemen were busily engaged in suduing outbreaks…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Young, Thursday.--A bush-fire yesterday swept 1600 acres and destroyed grass and fencing on Messrs. F. H. Tout's, Edward Dunley's and Gautt's…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The number of fires in Auburn during 1928 is greater than previous years figures. Altogether 60 calls were received by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The fertiliser factory of Crompton and Son, Ltd., at Dry Creek, was destroyed by fire yesterday. The ouilding, which was of wood and iron structure, contained large quantities…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Of all the elements which have to be contended with by the industrialist and the commercial man, the one which creates the greatest amount of havoc on land is that of fire, and a few words on this subject (based on scientific grounds) may be of value to many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WRECKED BOOT SHOP OF MR. FRANK MASSEY, IN HOMER-STREET…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE N.S.W. Fire Brigades intend holding another Art Union and Queen competition in aid of the hospitals of New South Wales, and it is to be hoped…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →"Victoria has the largest number of country fire brigades under untiled control in the world." said the seer[?]iary of the Country Fire Brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?] the land [?] the first time [?] my [?] be [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A big biaze among sons thick scrub near the Newcastle - Wallsend Coal Company's is pit workshops yesterday caused many anxious moments until a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires raged west and south - west of Lithgow all day. A grass lire broke out near the railway viaduct at Bowenfels about 11.30…
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