First Defeat Since 1934 Fire Brigades at Rugby Union
N. S. W. fire Brigades was yesterday defeated in a competition match for the first time since the Mld-Week Rugby Union was established…
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Prompt Action Fire Brigades Save Houses One House Gutted
Prompt action on the part of the fire brigade in attending a fire in Ritchie-street, Granville, on Friday night, was instrumental in saving at…
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The Woy Woy Fire Brigade was called out this afternoon to extinguish a bushfire close to the township. A number of houses were in danger, and the fire had caught the fence…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday. -- Ralph Gericke, 22. filled an electric kettle with petrol today, from a tin which he thought contained water The petrol…
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GLEN INNES, Friday.--The president of the Board of Fire Commissioners, who, with other members of the board, inspected the Glen Innes…
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KYOGLE, Friday.--When representatives of the Board of the Fire Commissioners visited Kyogle, members of the fire brigade paraded in…
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BUT for the prompt attention of the brigades, a fire at Metters factory, in Ashmore Street, Alexandria, yesterday may have been…
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A motor launch in the course of construction was damaged by a fire which broke out at the workshop of Mr. S. J. Hodge, of Crown Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire on Jervis Bay. Oil Leakage
While berthed at Lee Wharf, Newcastle yesterday, the Aberdeen-Commonwealth liner Jervis Hay caught on fire causing damage estimated at…
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DENILIQUIN, Friday.--Following the recent destruction of their £20,000 homestead by fire, Messrs. F. S. Falkiner and Sons, of Wanganella…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Oil Shop Fire. New Extinguishers Used. Effectiveness Proved
The new foam extinguishers which have been adopted by the New South Wales Fire Brigades for fighting dangerous oil and electrical fires proved their value yesterday…
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Fuel oil came in contact with a hot range in the cook's galley of the steamer Jervis Bay, berthed at Lee wharf, today, and began a fire that spread…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Garage. Charges Against Brothers Fail. Coff's Harbour
The charges against two brothers, william Frederick Gordon, 22, and Norman James Gordon, 19, of having maliciously set fire to the garage of the Coff's Harbour Dairying and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Steamer. Jervis Bay Departure Delayed Outbreak in Galley. Newcastle
A fire, which broke out in the saloon galley of the Aberdeen and Commonwealth liner Jervis Bay, at Lee Wharf, Newcastle, this morning, caused damage estimated at several…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Outbreak of Fire on Liner Cooks' Galley In Flames Good Save Newcastle, Thurs
THREE fire brigades, with the assistance of members of the crew, fought desperately this morning to subdue an…
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WHEN you call at Coolapoora Station and old Jim Hasset asks…
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IF your matches get wet, rub them lightly through your hair (provided your hair is dry, of course), and after, a few minutes they will be dry enough…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →No Rise Yet in Taxi Fares Fire Teams For Passenger Ships
THERE is no immediate possibility of Government action to increase existing taxi fares. FALLOWING the disastrous fire on the Bass Strait steamship Taroona, fire brigades are being organised for every…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gosford Winner for H.pk. All Force Has Plenty Of Pace Hot Fire Ready
A WINNER at Gosford at his most recent start, All Force appears to possess very bright prospects in the Encourage Stakes to be run over 440…
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The ruins of the 'plane in which Norman Keith Field crashed to his death at Mount Waverley, yesterday afternoon.--Picturegram from Melbourne…
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