Fire-proof Insulation
A company recently formed in Sydney will soon begin manufacture of "Fibrerock" a fireproof structural insulation board…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires & bushfires, 1937
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New Fire Station. [?]
YOUNG, Monday. The municipal council has approved the plans of the new fire station, which is to be built at a cost of £ 1875. An early start with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →First Macdhui Fire Pictures: Launch Wreck Photonews
DECK-HANDS WORK furiously to extinguish the blaze on the passenger ship Macdhui, afire off the New Guinea coast. The European passengers took to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Sea. Praise for Officers and Crew. "Incredible Courage."
Mr. Victor A. Florance, barrister and Solicitor at Wau, New Guinea, who was a passenger on the Ma[?]dhu[?] when she caught fire off the New Guinea coast…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Heavy Snow at Katoomba- Australian Davis Cup Pair's Defeat by Americans — Fire-fighting on Macdhui
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Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire in City Building
Considerable damage was done by fire and water yesterday to the contents of a room occupied by James Sands, fancy button and buckle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Burned Beating Fire
Attempting to beat out a fire yesterday in the rooms of James S. Sands, fancy goods merchants, Rigney House, King Street, Miss Ada Elizabeth Jones,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Picture Show Darwin
During the showing of the pictures last night at the Star Theatre, a film caught fire and blazed up fiercely in the bioscope box at the rear of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fumes From Fire Enter City Cafe
Fumes from a fire in the basement of a building occupied by the Commercial Travellers' Association filled Cahill's Tudor room near the corner…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in City. Woman Assistant Slightly Burned
The overheating of an electric appliance in the button and fancygoods showrooms of Mr.: J. S. Sands on the second floor of R[?]gney's Buildings in King-street, city, yesterday, caused…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Stop Press Darlinghurst Fire
Firemen from three city brigades encountered difficulty this afternoon in sub[?] a fire in a building in Brougham-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Fire Station. Official Opening
The Westmead Boys' Home Band will entertain those present at the official opening of Merrylands Fire Station on Thursday, July 29. The band will play…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Sapping Western Station Proves its Efficacy
ON Gundaur station, which is near Nyngan, the management is satisfied that fire sapping is much more effective for killing box scrub than ringbarking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Old Man's Coat Caught Fire Queanbeyan
Charles Simmons, 76, was admitted to hospital to-day with severe burns to the back and legs, and shock. He was standing before on open…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Paris Exhibition. Fire in Peace Pavilion. PARIS, July 7
Five persons were injured as the result of a fire, believed to have been caused deliberately, in the peace pavilion at the Paris Exhibition. Part of a decoration emphasising the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Blaze In City Bulk Store
Considerable damage was done to the contents o£ a bulk store owned by Johnson and Johnson, Ltd., in Brougham Street, Woolloomooloo, late yesterday afternoon. Firemen are here seen extinguishing the last of the blaze, which lasted for some time and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£3000 Damage in Fire
Damage estimated at nearly £3000 was caused by fire late yesterday afternoon to the contents of a bulk store owned by Johnson and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Children Blamed for City Fire
Children are thought to have started a fire which destroyed a quantity of surgical dressings to the Brougham Street, Darlinghurst, store of Johnson…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Country News. Inquiry Into Fire. Baradine
The coroner (Mr. F. Hawkins) conducted an inquiry into the circumstances of the recent fire which destroyed the garage occupied by Pincham and Co. The police submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Boys Blamed for Fire. Playing With Matches
Small boys playing with matches at the rear of the bulk store at No. 30 Brougham-street, Woolloomooloo, of Johnson and Johnson, surgical dressings manufacturers, of…
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