Camp-fire Songs by Guides
AT A CAMP-FIRE RALLY in Centennial Park last night Girl Guides sang songs for the Chief Guide…
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PETROL & Oil Drums Exploded Firemen's Task Fraught With Danger Bendigo Blaze Melbourne, Wed
DANGEROUS ricks were taken by firemen at Bendigo to-night, when petrol and oil drums exploded every few minutes during a fire…
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Amazing scenes followed an outbreak of fire at the premises of the Superior Cabinet Company…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →"Took Matches and Shavings With Me" Early Morning Blaze at Blacktown Property Owner Committed for Trial
"I TOOK MATCHES AND SHAVINGS with me and lit them at the back of the shed. I saw a bag alight and burning, and I didn't stay after that. I came back home and went to bed. I knew nothing about the fire until I…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Camp Fire. Centennial Park. Rally. Princess Royal's Message
A more fitting background for a giant campfire rally than Centennial Park can scarcely be imagined —certainly last night, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Furniture Factory Fire. Damage Estimated, at £3100. PERTH
Damage estimated at £3100 was caused by a fire which broke out early this morning at T. J. F. Stevenson's furniture factory. West Perth…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£12,000 Fire Firemen Hose Crowd to Make Room
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A fire fed by petrol, oil, and tyres, which threatened destruction to a whole block, did damage estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£12,000 Damage. Fire in Tyre Company's Premises. Melbourne
Damage estimated at about £13,000 was caused by a fire which broke out in the premises of Tyre Service Pty., Ltd., Bendigo, this evening. The building and its contents were…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Saved Homes Fire-Breaks Menai Blaze
WITH coats off and faces blackened by smoke, Sutherland police and many local residents burned fire-breaks for three…
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RESIDENCES IN THE VICINITY were endangered, and women fainted in the heat, while the Superior Cabinet Co.'s factory in Excelsior St., Leickhardt, was ablaze yesterday. The conflagration could be seen for miles. See also picture, back page…
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WHEN fire broke out on Pomingalarna Station, in the Wagga district, last week, more than 200 acres of grass and a quantity of fencing were destroyed. A…
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THOUSANDS of pounds worth of damage was done by fire yesterday at the Superior Cabinet Co.'s building, Excelsior…
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A BUSH FIRE an Junee Risis destroyed 50 acres of Messrs. Maxwell's eggs, and considerable grass lands begining on Messrs. F. Fingnes and S. Nash…
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Called to a bush fire at Peakhurst to-day, firemen arrived to find there was no water supply. Firebreaks were made, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Our Short Story Running Fire
GRENFELL'S eyes flickered from the radio to the writing desk, whereon lay a small nickle-plated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Tweed Heads. Tweed Heads
Early this morning fire destroyed the refreshment rooms owned and conducted by Mr. J. C. Snowdon, in Stuart-street, Tweed Heads. The damage is estimated at £1200. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dramatic Scene at Raging Fire Factory Reduced to Ruins
AN aeroplane circled overhead, a woman collapsed from heart-failure, and several others fainted, at Sydney's most dramatic fire for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spectacular Fire. Furniture Factory Gutted. Damage Estimated at £7000
The premises of the Superior Cabinet Company, Ltd., in Excelsior-street, Leichhardt, were destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The damage was estimated at about £7000…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →When Three Pals Get Together -- -- Artillery Fire At Liverpool
A FRIENDSHIP that would make any rooster crow. They may appear to he an ill-assorted trio, but these three companions on a farm in Norfolk, England, are pals, nevertheless. WINTER SPREADS its frozen curtain over Niagara Falls. The formation…
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This is the season of bushfires and in the past few days firemen from almost every part of the State were on duty quelling the flames. One of the worst outbreaks occurred in Springdale Avenue, Killara and for three hours firemen had to stand-by for many homes were in great danger. By nightfall these flames had been conquered…
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