Red Peril Fire Fighting Association Formed at Berridale
A public meeting at Berridale decided to form a branch of the Monaro Fire Fighters' Association. It resolved that the branch adopt the subscription ice of 3d…
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French Liner Abandoned on Fire. LONDON, Jan. 4
The French luxury liner, L'Atlantique (42,512 tons), while proceeding to Le Havre for overhaul, without passengers, caught fire off The Casquete (Channel Islands), and was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Packing Case Walls in Parliament Fire Shows Up Old Timbers
In the structures of England's House of Lords and House of Commons are historic stones. The United States legislative buildings exemplify…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Is a Total Loss Given Up on Fire French Steamer L'atlantique Lives Lost London
THE owners of the 42,512 ton French liner L'Atlantique, which was abandoned afire at 6.30 o'clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Brigades Hints On The Outfit Necessary
If a bush fire brigade is to function effectively it must be properly organised and adequately equipped. Here are some hints on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Incendiarism Caused Blaze at Cessnock Three Separate Fires Were Lit in Cottage Discoveries Police Sergeant Tells Coroner What He Found Cessnock
SIGNS of three fires were found by Sgt. R. Small, according to his evidence at a coronial inquiry to-day, when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Grass Fires. Big Losses Prevented. ALBURY
About 250 acres of grass land were swept by a fire which originated near Hall, at Bidgeemia, 12 miles from Rand. Helped by a strong wind, the flames rose to a height of 15 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Grass Fires Numerous Outbreaks in Southern Districts
After a lull of several days, due to damp weather conditions, fire outbreaks became numerous, occurring at many points during the last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Country News Lightning Starts Fire
TEMORA, Friday.--Lightning set fire to stubble in a paddock on John O'Connor's property on the Cootamundra-road, five miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire in Power House Newcastle
An outbreak of fire in the engineroom of the Zara Street power house this morning, when a "frequency charger burnt out was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Wilful" Fire, Says Coroner Newspapers and Kerosene
CESSNOCK, Thursday.--Returning a verdict that certain premises in Wollombi Road had been wilfully destroyed by fire on December 29, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Country News. Shop Destroyed by Fire. Branxton
A shop and dwelling of six rooms, the property of Mr. M. Fren, general storekeeper, was destroyed by fire. Mr. Fren, who lived on the premises, had closed the shop for the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rats Set Fire Alarms In Motion GOULBURN
HALF the town turned out when there was a furious ringing of alarm bells In Wright. Heaton's store at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Lands Are Swept by Fire Melbourne
FIRE which swept the Wangaratta district to-day destroyed hundreds of areas of wheat and grass. It extended for three miles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Copra Saved From Taronga Fire Made "New" Again
AFFECTED BY WATER which was poured into the holds of the Taronga to combat the fire which threatened the ship, copra is now being dried and bagged at Woolloomooloo…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →17 Lives Lost in Liner Fire Red-hot Hulk CHERBOURG',Thurs
ALTHOUGH it was first thought that no lives had been lost, later and more detailed reports disclose that 17 men perished when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder Mystery. Dead Man Found in Fire. Bullets in Body. London, Jan. 5
What at first appeared to be a simple case of a man overcome by smoke in a sudden fire in an office while typing at a desk has developed into an extraordinary murder…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bushfire Tactics
DESPITE the expeditious manner in which bushfire brigades and volunteers generally have dealt with threatening outbreaks of fire this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfire Danger Not Yet Over, Says Weather Man
DISCUSSING the possibility of further bushfire outbreaks during the present summer, the State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, said this week that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Destroys Car
GOULBURN, Friday.--While ascending a hill on the Sydney road, eight miles from here, a new car, driven by a man named Windsor, a…
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