False Fire Alarms
Owing to the pranks of a mischievous youth, several fire brigades in the district have been called out recently to false alarms. Last…
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No Smoke Without Fire
The p[?] of the church in Germany cannot be without his [?]. The cause is the desire of the Nazi group to impose an idolatrous worship of…
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Before leading manufacturers and representatives of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, modern fire-fighting devices were tested yesterday at the factory of Wormald Bros. Pty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Catholic Orphanage. Canadian Mission Suffers
A fire, which broke out at 2 o'clock in the morning, completely gutted the boys' hostel at Gronard, Canada, recently. It was one of…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →"Jumping Into the Oven." Fijian Fire-walkers
"Vilavilairevo," or—in English— "Jumping into tho Oven," is the name given to the mysterious and most interesting fire-walking ceremony which so puzzles…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Engine Blocked Home Destroyed At West Hay HAY
Owing to rain, which had made the roads heavy, the Fire Brigade was unable to take the engine to an outbreak, at West Hay to-day. A house…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Franco Hammers at Bilbao Curtain of Fire Rakes City, But Advance Checked Hendaye (France)
ALTHOUGH the Bilbao cable is dead and the radio silent--it is being moved nearer Santander--the city still holds out. General Franco's "triumphal entry," already two days behind…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Judging at Sydney Sheep Show—new Fire Extinguisher—first Pictures of Springboks in N.s.w
Judges and critics admire Australia's wealth. Top: Sheepbreeders and buyers watching the judging at the Sheep Show yesterday. Bottom: Merinos being judged by Mr. A. L. Collins, of South Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire Men Stricken with 'Flu
WITH eight of its nine firemen stricken with illness, the steamer Kooyong berthed in Sydney last night after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →35 Trapped In Fire: Two Killed
LONDON, Thursday.--Two of 35 persons trapped in a fire at dawn in a seaside boarding-house at Guernsey (Channel Islands) were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Industrial News Left in Charge of Deaf Man Allegation Made About Fire Station Story to Judge
ANNANDALE fire brigade station was left in charge of a deaf civilian while the officers and firemen were absent attending fires, declared…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →False Fire Alarms
Fire brigades in the St. George district have been called out on many false alarms in the last fortnight. District Officer Pickering stated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Italian Freighter Bombed. Attack by Spanish Aircraft. Indignation in Rome. Government Battleship Set on Fire by Unexplained Explosion. LONDON, June 18
The crew of the Italian freighter Madda (5181 tons), which has arrived at Gibraltar leaking, say that two Spanish aeroplanes dropped 30 bombs round the ship and one of them exploded on the forepeak…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →One Round League Title Thicknesse Went Out in a Blaze of Glory Easts Won In Mud And Slush UNBEATEN
Winning 23 to 5 from Western Suburbs yesterday, Eastern Suburbs went through the one round…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Fires in Ship Adrift at Sea. Engines Fail. Help on the Way
Two fires broke out in the Burns, philp passenger liner Macdhui, off the New Guinea coast yesterday, leaving the vessel drifting with her…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Blaze on Passenger Ship 118 Standing by Boats As Macdhui Drifts Helpless Rescue Ship's Rush; Natives Landed
SEVERELY damaged by fire, the Burns, Philp motorship Macdhui, 4561 tons, is drifting helplessly off the New Guinea coast. Her 38 European passengers and crew of 80…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Blaze Bar a Dine Shopping Block Is Menaced
A SERIOUS FIRE, which all the townspeople awakened from sleep to fight, early this morning is threatening to destroy the entire shopping…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crew Has Fires in Control Vessel Expected At Salamaua To-day Hold Sealed
INFORMATION received in Sydney by Burns, Philp and Co., Ltd., owners of the Macdhui, on which fires broke out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Freezing Gas at Fire Two Men Burned By Bitumen
Flame spurting from a bitumen boiler at the premises of Pabco Products, Wentworth Park-road, Glebe, to-day, burned a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Strike Riots in Trinidad 29 Casualties When Police Fire Port of Spain (Trinidad)
Two men and a boy were shot dead and 26 were wounded to-day when police fired on parading strikers on the oilfields…
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