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WE were to spend two or three weeks touring, and had furnished ourselves with suitable equipment to camp out. Such a scheme it was argued, would give an entirely free hand…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Fire fighters have checked nearly all the hushfires which were threatening several of the larger properties in the district. The largest losers of stock and property…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →After the contest at the Stadium on Saturday night, a fire was discovered by the watchman of the Australian Gaslight Co. (next door), who lost no time…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The timely discovery of a fire which broke out last night in the second-hand shop of M Koffel and Sons, 95 George-street West, city, prevented serious damage to a busy…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Board of Fire Commissioners has instituted a new office by the appointment of two officers who will inspect public buildings, including theatres and picture shows, to ensure…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →In addition to the creation of a department for public buildings inspection, the Board of Fire Commissioners is contemplating further schemes of reorganisation with a view to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →BLANCHE Partridge Hibbard, of Lambeth-street, East Hills, was boiling some clothes in a kerosene tin to-day when her clothing caught fore, and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pastoralists are greatly concerned about the danger caused by portion of the plant used by employees of the Public Works Department in this…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Chief Secretary Informed a deputation to-day that the Government was conferring with private organisations with a view to provide…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Owing to her clothes catching fire at her residence, Lambeth-street. East Hills, this morning, Mrs. Blanche…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →ASBESTOS suits are the latest style for firemen in Glendale, California, where die Mayor and fire chief of the city recently gave them a hair-raising test. Almost…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →TWO brick business buildings in the heart of Washington, D.C., one of them five stories high, were deliberately set on fire recently. While…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dense smoke belched from blazing scrub, and leaping flames spread with remarkable rapidity through the heavy undergrowth near the Pittwater-road, Deewhy, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The huge pall of smoke rose hundreds of feet and was visible many miles away. The firefighters had an anxious time…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →HOLIDAY MAKERS ASSISTING THE FIREMEN TO QUELL THE FLAMES…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →QUEUES OUTSIDE THE LYCEUM yesterday, waiting to see the talking film, "The Jazz Singer," now in its fourth week. SUSPENDED 25 FEET in the air, this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Twice within a month the Auburn Fire Brigade has been called to fires at Silverwater. The bush fire menace is alarming the residents…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parramatta Fire Station received a call at 4.20 a.m. on Tuesday to a fire in the bakehouse of the Harris Park Bakery, owned and occupied by Mr. Reuben Palme…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DAMAGE to the extent of £100 was caused by a fire which broke out among a quantity of sawd[?]t in the boiler-room of M'Kenzie's Limber-yard…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →It sometimes happens, particularly during the hot weather, that the back-firing of the engine of a motor cycle or a motor causes the carburettor to catch fire. Very…
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