Fire Officer to Retire
Mr. Nance will retire next month, after 38 years' service as a rue fighter…
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Fire Brigades. Chief Officer to Retire
Mr. Thomas Pierce Hains Nance, M.B.E., chief officer in charge of the New South Wales Fire Brigades, will retire next month after 38 years' service…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cat Saves Mice Heroic Fire Rescue
A great lead in the "Be Kind to Animals'" movement was given by a large ginger cat at Plymouth (England)…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Great Service Fire Chief Nance To Retire Shortly
The State will lose a sterling servant when Mr. Nance, chief officer of the Fire Brigades, retires next month. He will go down in records as the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →News from All Quarters Grass Fire Causes Damage
A grass fire got out of control at Casino last Saturday and spread to a house. The fire was extinguished with buckets before the fire brigade arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Hurstville
An unoccupied weatherboard and brick cottage was noticed by a passing motorist to be on fire at 1 a.m. on Monday morning, in Croydon Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Maliciously Caused" a Merrylands Fire
An inquiry into the circumstances of the fire which destroyed a cottage in Military-road, Meerylands, on the night of January 2[?], was held [?] Thursday by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local and General Cabra-vale Fire District
Expenditure for the £Cabra-Vale fire brigade district for the period just closed was £287; with a balance of unexpended estimates amounting to £114/1/3…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BUSHFIRES. Homes Threatened in South Australia. ADELAIDE
Many homes were endangered and several orchards destroyed by two bushfires that swept several thousand acres of grass country in the Mylor and Currency Creek districts…
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Last evening a fire was discovered in a dwelling at 78 Little Arthur-street, North Sydney, occupied by Mrs. Henrietta Harris. The local fire brigade extinguished flames…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Adelaide's 110; Army Fights Fires
ADELAIDE, Friday. -- Today's maximum shade reading was 110.5 at 1 p.m. a record for March. Ice supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Vendetta Is Belief Woman's Story to Police
A squad of detectives and the district fire officer made intensive inquiries yesterday, following a fire on Thursday night in a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Peril In Many Parts Of Victoria MELBOURNE
Fanned by hot winds, bush fires are menacing settlers' homes and property in several of the forest areas of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Voice Of The Country Fire Brigade's Big Day Murwillumbah
A team from Murwillumbah fire brigade will visit Newcastle on March 14 for the brigades demonstration…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Troops, Out Of Control, Open Fire On Crowds ("The Labor Daily" Special.) HAVANA
FIFTY persons were killed, more than 100 injured, and thousands arrested when the army, in which discipline is now completely lacking, opened fire on crowds of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires. Home Destroyed. Rescue of Invalid Women. Great Fight with Flames. Adelaide
In one of the fiercest bushfires experienced in the Blackwood and Belair districts, Wittunga, the home of the well-known ornithologist and naturalist,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Houses Destroyed in Bushfires Change of Wind Saves Others
ADELAIDE, Saturday.--Bushfires which have been smouldering for three days near Bridgewater broke out fiercely to-day, when 200 men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Bush Fires Flames Carried Over Wide Areas
MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- There were serious bush fires in several parts of the State yesterday, when a strong north wind carried the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Marrickville Fire
An iron shed at the rear of General Motors Works, Carrington Road, Marrickville, was destroyed by fire yesterday, spontaneous ignition of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Refused to Pay Fires. Casino
When 11 men who were travelling on a train between Grafton and Casino were approached for their fares by the guard they became offensive and threatened him with…
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