Fires in Country Fire Scare in Hotel Bathurst
AWAKENED from their sleep at 3 a.m. to-day, by an alarm of fire, guests at the Grand Hotel, Bathurst, found nearly every room filled with…
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Gas Fires for Flats
Tim choice of gas fires for a new block of flats at Brennan Park, North Sydney, is an indication of an important development in domestic architecture. Gas fires mean…
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Sidney Phelps, carpenter, of Rowntreestreet, Balmain, was burnt about the left hand and arm when a fire broke out in the basement of David Jones' Market-street store…
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Slight burns to his arm and hand were suffered by Sydney Philip Carpenter, 43, of Rowntree Street, Balmain, in a small fire which occurred…
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SEVERAL thousand persons were attracted to a fire which broke out in the storerooms of Copland and Co., merchants, this evening…
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A FIRE which occurred last night may have had serious consequences, but for the good work of the fire…
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As the result of serious fires in two vessels last week—the Taroona, at Melbourne, and the Jervis Bay, at Newcastle—the Commonwealth Navigation Department will organise…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Young Pilot Killed in Crash. Near Parents' Home. 'Plane Catches Fire. MELBOURNE
A few seconds after Norman Keith Field, 20, market gardener, had waved to his mother, he was killed when a Moth aeroplane which he was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →EXPLOSION In Coal Mine. Four Men Killed Fire in Old Workings. BRISBANE
Four men were entombed and killed in a mine explosion at Blackstone, on the outskirts of Ipswich, on Saturday night…
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WITH the object of directing public attention to the excessively long hours which fire brigade employees are called…
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Thousands of spectators watched the efforts of firemen to control a fire which last night broke out in the storerooms of Copland and Co., merchants, Wagga. The centre of…
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The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) stated yesterday that the following had been nominated for election to fill the vacancy on the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South…
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"The Fire Board is a menace and purely a means of fleecing the public," said Alderman Buckley, at Marrickville Council last night…
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The following aldermen have been nominated for election to the vacancy on the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Blackheath Church Fire BLACKHEATH
Called to extinguish a fire at the Blackheath Church of England last night, firemen first covered the organ and altar with salvage sheets to…
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The president of the board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. J. T. Smith), on a recent visit to Tweed Heads, stated that the board would not allow the Tweed Heads fire brigade to cross…
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THE most destructive fire here for many years, last night completely gutted the business premises of R…
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A shed in Lenthall Street, Kensington, used for chair-making by Matthew Burridge, was destroyed by fire early today…
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Mr. E. A. Eva, manager for Australia of the Aberdeen and Commonwealth line, in a letter to the Editor, refers to the fire which occurred in the main galley of the steamer…
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WEST WYALONG, Wednesday.-- As the result of an acute water shortage at the Wyalong District Hospital, the Board of Fire…
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