Fire Scandal at Moree Brigade's Wait For Water Coroner Hits Out Moree
AT the enquiry into the destruction by fire of a house in East Moree, the Corner. Mr. W. A. Cole, commented strongly on the…
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Country People's Growing Indignation Clamour for Reform Producers Advisory Council Stirs Up Smouldering Fire Nationalist and Labor Join Hands
INDIGNATION at the failure of our Governments to ward off the threatening financial crisis is spreading like fire through the country. For months…
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The fire brigade was called out this afternoon to quell a bushfire which threatened several houses in the State mine gully. The houses were saved…
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EUGOWRA, Saturday.--A shearing shed containing a new shearing plant, a motor car, and other farming implements. the property of Mr. J…
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Boys who go into a camp, whether they are scouts or not, should, lighting their fires, follow the American method, unless the cooking is done on an extensive scale,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News from the Country Fire's Rage Scrub Destroyed Hard Fight Yass
In yesterday's scorching wind men from Chidowla, Nanangroe and Berremangra put up a grim battle against a raging bush fire. which, it…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →ghoulish attack on Woman's Honor Woolpack's Hostess Maybe Marred for Life by Mad Act Biting Acid Seared Faces of Sleeping Women As Fire Broke Out
IN a darkened room in the famous old Woolpack Hotel—scene of so much that was ceremonial and gay in Australia's early history—a well-beloved and pretty woman lies with her face swathed is in bandages. She is the victim of the most sadistic of all despoilers—the acid thrower. Nature and medical skill fights hourly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Country News. Bush Fires. Narrabri
Bush fires previously confined to unsettled Crown land in the Nandewar Range spread rapidly during last week and became a menace to occupiers. A motor lorry apparently…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Watchman Fires Twice
Two shots were fired by Night-watchman Charles Pool, at a fleeing man, who, with another is alleged to have attempted to break into the…
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Nominations close at noon to-morrow for the election of members to the Board of Fire Commissioners. Ald G. J. Baker, of Randwick, has again been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Kyogle. Five Buildings Destroyed. KYOGLE
Five buildings were destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated at £3000. The fire started in the North Coast Motor…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Loaded Bus Catches Fire Newcastle
LOADED with passengers a city-bound bus caught fire near Belmont this morning. Nobody was injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Hoaxes Brigade, But No Fire Undertaker, Too
When the Hurstville and Kogarah fire brigades were called this morning to a "big fire at a laundry in Park-road, Hurstville,"…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Feline Fire-alarm Saves Kittens Then Awakens Mistress
A cat first discovered that during the night, as the result of a short circuit in the electric light installation, the house of the aged Baroness Von…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Rum Fight Shell Fire Disables Canadian Ship New London, U.S. A
AFTER shells had been fired, another British rum-runner was captured by a coastguard cutter off Long Island to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£1,000,000 Fire Sweeps Port Stores Go Work of Incendiary? New Start Buenaventura
The business district of Buenaventura has been swept by fire, and almost every store in the city is now a heap of…
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This year the contribution of the City Council to the Board of Fire Commissioners will amount to £19,571. Last year it was £21,223…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jokes on Fire Brigades
Fire brigades received further false alarms yesterday. The first was to Dalgety's car sale rooms, and bond store in Dowling-street. This…
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DUBBO, Wednesday.--A fire destroyed the Elong Elong Post Office and postmaster's residence early this morning. The postmaster managed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tuckean Swamp Fire. Coraki
The Tuckean Swamp fire, which has been destroying grassland for nine days, is again very active under the influence of a strong southerly. Farmers are experiencing a…
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