Cycle in Flames Speedway Crowd As Fire Brigade
A crowd of about 303 people speculated as to the ultimate fate a 1928 Dunelt motor-cycle, owned by R.V. Thomas, which caught fire at the…
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The man in the Street (To the Editor) Retiring Fire Chief
Sir,--I suppose most people have noticed in the Press lately that Mr. Jackson, chief officer of the N.S.W F.B. is retiring at an age well above…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealand Fire. Warehouse Destroyed. Damage Exceeds £35,000. Wellington (N.z.)
Damage estimated between £35,000 and £10,000 was caused by a fire at Levin and Co.'s Stores, Blenheim, on Saturday morning. The building, used as a warehouse, covered…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bigga Peril If Wind Turns 20 Miles Fire Fight to Save Town Goulburn
ALTHOUGH the bush fire is under control 2½ miles from Bigga, nothing can save the village if the wind, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BUSHFIRES. Mountains Outbreak. Timely Change of Wind. (From Our Special Representative.) Katoomba
The whole of the Blue Mountains during Saturday lay under a thick pall of smoke. The bush was burning steadily, though not dangerously. in all directions; but, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bushfires Raged on the Mountain Areas and Around Sydney on
THE ABOVE PICTURES SHOW FIRES DEVASTATING AN AREA NEAR THE ANZAC RIFLE RANGE AT LIVERPOOL…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Big Break to Fight Bush Fire Albury
A big bush lire is raging in the Holbrook district, and an effort is being made to combat it by burning a break right round the hills, starting near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trains Blamed Bush Fire Peril Yass Allegation Yass
THE Yass Bush Fire Brigade decided at a special meeting to ask the Graziers' Association to protest against the "way in which bush…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Goulburn Blaze Goulburn
A bush fire broke out on the western side of Mr. Syd M'Donald's property at the Diamond. Fanned by a strong westerly wind, the fire destroyed all the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Blaze in Kitchen Two Brigades Attend
Fire broke out to-day in the kitchen of the homo of Joseph T. Harper, Baxter-street, Mascot, and the kitchen and laundry, with contents, were severely…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →100 Sq. Miles Fire Swept Blaze Rages at 20 Miles an Hour 500 Men Fight Flames
BATHURST, Monday. -- Travelling at times at the rate of 20 miles, art hour on a 15-mile frontage, a bush fire at the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain Stops Fires Oberon
As the result of a thunderstorm, 77 points of rain were recorded. This is very acceptable as it will quell the bush fires and augment water supplies for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Leap for Life Over 20Ft. Balcony Blaze at Cronulla
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Goulburn, Tuesday.--Chemical extinguishers, which were installed at Baxter's boot factory at South Goulburn. following a recent fire, saved the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire Under Control Newcastle
After four days in what they described as a "hell hole," the crew of the freighter Trilissick berthed the Vessel to-day after a four days' fight…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Properties Damaged by Fire. Cowra
About nine miles of country on the propertics of Messrs. Hammond and Newham, at Wyangala near Darby's Falls, has been b[?]rnt out by a fire. So far the fire has been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →No Dislocation Beam Service Despite Fire
Gell machines monotonously punching tiny holes in thin tape,torch cep last lowing swiftly the waving blue line deluding the incoming dots and dashes of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rain Ends Fire Menace Bathurst
Local storms have almost obliterated the bush fires in the Oberon and Burraga districts. Around Burraga the storms yesterday yielded 50 points, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at Mascot Brigade's Good Save
MASCOT Fae Brigady effected a [?] to-day, when a weather[?] occupied be Mr. L. Arthur, caught fite. The [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Fighter Badly Burnt. Albury
Yesterday afternoon the Holbrook bush fire crossed the break at McLaurin's Yarra property and made towards Dnlriada and Croma, owned by Mr. Reg. Musgrave. Mr…
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