Burglars First, Then Fire
INVESTIGATION of the gutted premises of the Mosman Bay Laundry disclosed evidence of an attempted burglary, the Deputy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires & bushfires, 1937
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Fire on Roof of Tram in City
HUNDREDS watched firemen stand on top of a tram to extinguish a blaze in Eddy Avenue, City last night. Passengers were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian Nurse in Spain Operating Under Shell Fire
An Australian Nurse, Miss Una Wilson, graphically describes in a letter, her experiences on the Spanish front, and an equally vivid account of a holiday in Barcelona follows. "A LTHOUGH at, times the hardships…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Laundry Fire Inquiry. Thieves Suspected. Explosive Used on Safe
At an inquiry by the Doputy City Coroner (Mr. Balmain) yesterday into the fire which gutted the Mosman Bay Laundry, Shadforth Street, Mosman, on August 10, the police said…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Wins—parramatta Went Out in Blaze of Glory Season Review in All Grades Bright Prospects For Next Year
With a win against St. George in each of the three grades, Parramatta went out of Rugby Union this season in a blaze of glory. Probably the club has no startling performances to boast about…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Your Safeguard Fire Fiend and Hail Harpy Wait to Pounce The Year's Work is Worthy of Protection; Only a Policy Can Offer an Adequate Cover Accidents to Crops, Workers, and Live Stock
There is pride in the farmer's heart when he surveys a good crop—and a certain feeling of comfort at the prospect of a good financial return. But that comfort is unjustified if he has failed to guard against ever-present risks of hail and fire…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Brigades Premiers Mid-week Rugby Union
FIRE BRIGADES, which lost the Midweek Rugby Union A Division premiership to Police last year regained it yesterday. when it beat 1st Field Cadre at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Risks. Simple Precautions. Brigade Officer's Advice
The case with which fires can suddenly occur, especially in the home, and lives can be endangered by the neglect of simple precautious was demonstrated yesterday by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Rugby Union. Mid-week Competition. Fire Brigade's Premiership
Fire Brigades, the minor premiers, at Victoria Barracks ground yesterday beat 1st Field Cadre by 33 points to three in the Mid-week Rugby Union's A division final. The outstanding player…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →War Pictures From China Havoc Caused By Bombs Huge Shanghai Fire
BEFORE, and after.--The photograph above shows a lorry load of Chinese soldiers, leaving barracks. The photograph at right shows the result after an almost direct hit by a Japanese bomb. WHAT NEXT for them?--Men, women and children, menaced by death from the air, aimlessly sit and wait in the International Settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Saw Shanghai Bombing Refugee's Story of Tragic Scenes in Crowded City Fire Raged for Days in Wreckage
TRAGIC scenes in the International Settlement at Shanghai during 12 days of bombing by the Japanese were described by Mr. Thomas Gowan, a business man, who reached Sydney by air yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riots French Morocco. Troops Fire on Crowd. Water Shortage Trouble. Meknes (French Morocco), Sept. 3
Fifteen natives were killed and 50 soldiers were wounded as the climax of discontent among the native population, brought on by water shortage, due to…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Japanese Ships Shell Pootung. Industrial Area Damaged. Cross-river Fire Menaces Foreign Settlement. Neutral Shipping in Grave Danger. (From Our Special Representative.) SHANGHAI, Sept. 3
Firing almost al point-blank range, Japanese warships for several hours pounded Pootung, an industrial area of Shanghai, on the opposite side of the river to the International Settlement. Factories, dockyards, and industrial plants were demolished…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Jennants Creek Ruined Him... Body Amid Tent Fire Shots Fired at Station
ALICE SPRINGS, Friday. DRIVING all night, Mr. L. R. Tuit brought news to-day that Edward Baker…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Factory
Fire damaged the one-storey building of the Australian Battery Corporation, Ltd,. Prince's Highway, Kogarah, on Saturday night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Fire in Warehouse London
Damage estimated at many thousands of pounds has been caused by fire in the City of London warehouse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Investigating Fires at Newtown
Detectives are still inquiring into the causes of fires which occurred at two houses in Newtown during the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire-fighting Display
The Minister in Charge of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations (Mr. Dunningham) said yesterday that the programme planned by the Board of Fire Commissioners for next year…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Malicious Fires. Seven in One House. Outbreaks in Newtown
Detective-Sergeant Delaney, of the arson squad, said last night that he is certain that mysterious fires in two Newtown houses were maliciously caused by an unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Girls Dress Catches Fire. Ballina
Extensive burns to the arms, legs, and body were received by Norma Durrington, 13, of Keith Hall, yesterday, when her clothing brcame alight while she was using kerosene to…
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