Marrickville Fire Dangers
Marrickville council has decided to ask the Fire Brigades Board for the establishment of more fire [?] in the municipality. In one area…
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Fire in Church
Damage estimated at £200 was caused to the Sacred Heart, Roman Catholic Church, in Pacific Highway, Pymble last night when a fire…
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While en route from San Pedro, in the Gulf of Mexico, for Japan and China, with a cargo of cotton, the British-owned s.s. Sacramento Valley…
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A Chevrolet car, the properly of Mr. F. A. Raymond, of Old Prospect-road, Pendle Hill. caught fire in Old Prospect-road about 6 o'clock this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mysterious Fires. in Lodging-house. Seven Separate Outbreaks. Melbourne
Police are endeavouring to find the person responsible for seven separate fires which occurred this morning in a registered sustenance house conducted by Mr. H. R…
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A building at Wahgunyah, occupied by Mrs. J. Barrow, together with the furniture, was destroyed by fire. A bucket brigade saved the premises adjoining, owned by Mr. Riches…
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An enjoyable dance was held at Gulidford Fire Station on Saturday in aid of a fund to, Send a team of brigade members…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Made Them Sick Smouldering Fire Cabramatta Complaint
"Neighbours were made obsolutely ill by it. A boy suffering from asthma was quite distressed." Protesting against the offensive odour…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →EXPLOSION. Tragedy at Fire Station. Evidence at Inquiry
The Coroner (Mr. Richardson Clark), at Ryde Court yesterday, opened, and, after hearing evidence, adjourned until Monday, an inquiry into the explosion which wrecked part…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fowls Burnt Fire at Bankstown Egg Laying Competition
A SERIES of fires, which the police think were caused deliberately, destroyed sixty-five prize fowls, valued at £65, at Bankstown early on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Homes in Danger of Fires Outbreaks In Bush And Grass Are Plentiful Around Sydney
BURNING fences and blazing along railway sidings, damaging sleepers and causing train passengers concern, bush fires…
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Detectives ond Customs officers, who were searching for a man alleged to be concerned in the illicit distillation of spirits, had an exciting experience yesterday afternoon, when…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Train on Fire. Three Youths Injured. Leap for Safety
Three youths were burned when a truck attached to a moving train, which had just left Dubbo for Nyngan, caught fire early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BUSHFIRES. Damage in Suburbs. Homes Threatened. Brigades Receive 51 Calls
Fierce bushfires broke out yesterday in nearly every suburb where there is bush and long grass. Many properties were in danger and firemen were busy With the aid of…
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TWO plainelothesmen of Newtown, and a Customs officer, experienced adventures yesterday before effecting an arrest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ravaging Bushfires Fought Noon To Dusk Battle Families All Unite at Penshurst a Ring of Flames Round Eden Hot Wall Stops Motor Cars
IN searing heat and suffocating smoke, men, women, and children, fought for hours yesterday, to save their homes, when flames raged through a gully a few miles out of…
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WITH a man whom they had arrested after a raid on a hut in which was found an alleged illicit still, detectives had to race…
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On Thursday last a bush fire broke out at Holsworthy, and threatened the military huts. Liverpool Fire Brigade, however, arrived in time to prevent any…
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Wednesday was the hottest day this district, for three years, ans as a result many bush-fires broke out in the outlying ureas. The most serious…
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There is a strong suspicion that a fire which destroyed sheds, machinery, and harness, near the residence of the caretaker of Moorefield…
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