Two-day Fire Boys Set Council Tip Ablaze
When boys fired Canterbury Council's Tasker Park tip, at the week-end, it took three employees all day Sunday to 8.30 p.m., and all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires & bushfires, 1935
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Girl Falls in Fire Terrible Burns: Parents Rush to Rescue
MOSS VALE, Monday. -- Doris Meaney, 11, of Berrima, suffered terrible burns on the back, arms, and legs when she fell into the fire at her…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To Expel Strike Leaders A.W.U. Members Under Bureaucrats’ Fire
J. Slater (Cairns) writes: “Two years ago I was expelled from the Australian Workers’ Union for having directed a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fifteen Bush Fires Firemen's Busy Day
Following the particularly large number of bushfires in the metropolitan area last week-end, further outbreaks occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Start Fires? Task Suggested for Fire Brigades
The fire brigade to Bankstown will have its duty reversed if Alderman Amor, of Bankstown Council, has his way…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Scrub Fires Fought
Grass and scrub fires were fought yesterday by brigades from Padstow Park, Hornsby, Curl Curl, Granville, Dee Why, Manly, Harbord, Lakemba,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Frontier Blaze Tribesmen's Rising Many Casualties Simla
MORE than 60 tribesmen were killed and 46 wounded in an action on August 24 in the neighborhood of the Gandab Valley, on the northwest frontier…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alas! Alack! Missing Fire But a Sensation
A POT of dripping was being heated in a city cafe to-day. It boiled over, and caused the following events to happen in quick…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Negligent" View of Coroner Hospital Fire Engineer's Story
"IT is quite plain how the fire occurred and I must say that I think Campbell was very negligent in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Creta Garbo Her Fire Appearance Before the Movie Camera
IT was in the middle of July, 1922. I was in a rather penurious situation, but how penurious I didn't know until long after. I was the cameraman who had the good luck to take the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bush Fires
An outbreak of fire in bush in Orchardleigh-street, Old Guildford, on Thursday was soon quelled by Guildford fire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Child Severely Burned Bed Curtains Blaze
Beryl Ashley (3), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Ashley, of Marion-street, Harris Park, was severely burned on Tuesday evening when the curtains attached to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sawdust-Fire
Liverpool firemen were called out on Tuesday to extinguish a fire that broke out in a heap of sawdust near a cottage in Lang-avenue, Casula, on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →George Street Fire
Severe damage was done by fire to the stock of fancy goods in Norman Scott's shop, in George Street, City, last night, The building itself…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Misadventure Finding Hornsby Hospital Fire
EVIDENCE that it would cost. £2354 to reinstate the building and £330 to replace the contents, was given at the Inquiry held…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hospital Fire Coroner Finds Negligence in Hornsby Inquiry
The view that William Campbell had acted negligently in leaving "a highly inflammable mixture" on the gas and going away, was expressed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Found Shop Was Alight Fire Occurred During Temporary Absence
As Mr. N. A. Scott opened the door of his shop in George Street, City, late yesterday afternoon he was forced back by a rush of thick smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brigade's Promptness. at Fire One Minute After Getting Call
The promptness with which firemen answered a call prevented a serious fire in a block of buildings in George-street, near the Regent Theatre, last night. The damage done…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hospital Fire. Floor Polish Boiled Over. Verdict of Misadventure
The District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark), after inquiring yesterday into the fire at the Hornsby District Hospital on August 11, found that it was caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Forest Fire. 80,000 Trees Destroyed. Work of Years Nullified. Glen Innes
Fire which broke out in the Mt. Mitchell afforestation reserve laid waste in a few hours the work of several years. About 125 acres were burnt out, and it is…
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