Fire Brigades Carnival. Wagga
Wagga, will be thronged with visitors during the week commencing October 10 when the interstate fire brigades demonstration will be held. Eighty brigades have entered from New…
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Fire on Wharf at Cremorne
A fire on the Cremorne wharf early yesterday morning destroyed a lookup chemist's shop and slightly damaged the N.S.W. Bookstall, a fruit…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Career Closed in Blaze of Glory Wearing Was Hero of South Sydney Triumph
In one of the most stirring games seen on the Sports Ground, South Sydney closed its season's football by brilliantly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Cremorne. Wharf and Buildings Damaged
A fire broke out in the Cremorne wharf buildings early yesterday morning and much damage was done. When the firemen reached the scene the buildings and portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hidden Fires at Hill End Yellow Smoke Now Indicates Burning Coal Gov's Apathy Cessnock
TO-DAY the smoke issuing from the Hill End mine had a distinctly yellow coloring, indicating that the coal had caught on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wounded As He Sat by Fire Bullet Explosion Is Surprise for Man
Edward Harrison (28), of Martin Place, Mortdale, was shot last night by a bullet that exploded in a fire under a copper at his home…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sang by Their Camp-fires Happy "Hike" at Burragorang
Bathed in glorious Australian sunshine yesterday after two days of mist the band of 650 Burragorang "motor hikers"…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Bomb In Liner Fire Blaze Was Due to Defect in Electric Wire Georges Phillipa[?] Investigation Marseilles
The special committee of investigation into the disastrous fire on the 21,000 ton French liner Georges Phillipar, 400…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Money to Check Fire Grant of £250 Made Cessnock
Advice was received by Mr. G. Cooksloy, Town Clerk, from. Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., to-day that the Unemployment Relief Council had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Troops Called Out to Quell Fierce Riots Fire on Crowd, Killing Five and Wounding Two Hundred Wharf Clash Police Chief Takes Over Control of State in Brazil Santiago (Chile), Tues
FIERCE riots broke out here to-day when a crowd attempted to force ex-President Don Carlos Davila to land from the liner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Notes on Ordinary Building Construction Collated by A. Hugh Minchin, Chief Surveyor, The Fire and Accident Underwriters’ Association of N.S.W. for the use of students of the Insurance Institute
The Incorporated Australian Insurance Institute conduct very excellent courses of lectures in all the many branches of insurance work, for the training and benefit of the young…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£400 BLAZE Liverpool Butchery Engine-room Alight
Quick work by firemen prevented flames from reaching a huge gas-meter when an outbreak of fire causing £400 damage occurred in the engine-room of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Retires in Blaze of Glory Babe Ruth's Weak Heart Proves Costly Vancouver
A weak heart, which is the cause of Babe Ruth's retirement from active baseball, is going to cost him a mint of money…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Forest Fire Pacific Coast States Ravaged VANCOUVER
Damage estimated at more than £1,000,000 has already been done by a forest fire in Washington and Oregon States, on the Pacific coast. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forest Fires Sweep Huge Areas Pacific Coast of U.S.A. Is Ablaze Vancouver
A huge tract of country, hundreds of miles square, in the States of Washington and Oregon, on the Pacific Coast of U.S.A., is being ravaged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →3000 Chinese Killed in Two Days' Battle Shot Down by Cavalry, Artillery, and 'Planes Japs' Attack Trapped on Peninsula and Cut to Pieces by Gun-fire Mukden
IN one of the fiercest battles of the Manchukuo war, more than 3000 Chinese were trapped and killed by Japanese artillery,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Cottage. Wollongong, Thurday
A four-roomed weatherboard cottage near Balgownie railway station was destroyed by fire while the occupier, Mr. Thompson, and other inmates were absent in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hill End Mine Suppressing the Fire
CESSNOCK, Thursday. Preparations are under way for work to commence at Hill, End colliery on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire and Water Mix Cronulla Fire Brigade Recreation Club and the Cronulla Amateur Swimming Club
A monster dance will be held in the Cecil Ballroom on Wednesday night, October 26, the funds going to the above-named clubs. It is the second…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Burns. Man Dies in Hospital, Found After Garage Fire
Screaming for help. Frank Smith, 23, a single unemployed labourer, who had been camping at Minnamurra, was found writhing in agony on the ground near his camp…
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