State Drive to Combat Fires in Bush Danger Less Now On Mountains
"A FIRE in the hand is worth two in the bush-- keep, it in hand." THIS is a specimen of slogans, printed on calico notices and posters, about…
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Clothes Alight. Man Burnt at Camp Fire. Calls Heard by Nurse. Gunnedah
Sister Cameron, of the Tambar Springs Bush Nursing Association, on Sunday investigated calls she heard from the bush whilst passing a spot on horseback, and discovered…
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A conference of interested bodies and Government departments has been convened by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) to consider proposals for the control of bush fires, and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →To Fight Bush Fire Menace
Suggestions to minimise the menace of bush fires, made at a conference convened by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) yesterday, included…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stop Press Workman Extinguishes Fire
After a blow-lamp he was using ignited fumes from a tin of petrol and started a fire at Green Frog Garage, Anzac Parade, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threats and Fires. Cane-fields Terrorism. Black Hand Activity Feared. Brisbane
Mr. and Mrs. George Galvin, who reside on a cane farm near Innisfail, received a threatening letter demanding £1000 almost simultaneously with an…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Things That Happened Here One Hundred Years Ago Fire!
TWO houses in Harrington-street were destroyed by fire on Friday night. The fire was discovered in the house of a person named Ryan about twelve o'clock. As soon as the alarm was given a party…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Japanese Divers Left to Drown On Bottom of Ocean. Ship Destroyed by Fire. Darwin
Three Japanese pearling divers had to be abandoned at the bottom of the ocean when the vessel from wnich they were operating caught fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A.B.C. Chiefs Under Fire Cleary Accused of "Impudence" "Whippersnapper," Senator Says Of Manager Banned Speeches Canberra
ACCUSING the chairman, Mr. Cleary, of "impudence" and describing the general manager, Mr. Moses, as "incompetent Mid a whippersnapper who had insulted him, the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BUSHFIRES. Prevention Measures. Need for Local Brigades
Suggestions for the education of the public in bushflre-consciousness and for amendments in the laws relating to bushfire prevention and control were…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Move to Prevent Bushfires State-wide Activity
A State-wide campaign to eliminate as far as possible the risk of bushfires will be launched in the near future, the first steps being taken at…
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AT a conference convened by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) plans were discussed to educate the public in bushfires-consolousness, and…
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Parramatta and Baulkham Hills fire brigades attended a fire which occurred at Mr. Startin's residence on Thursday. The fire which started in the [?]hed, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Cheers for the Fire!
PUPILS OF THE Blaxcell Street public school, Guildford, which was almost destroyed by fire yesterday, cheer beside the ruins. Painters working on the interior had just sat down for lunch when flames were noticed, and in a few minutes the whole weatherboard building was ablaze. The fire was seen for four miles. Only two school-rooms were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Officer Gassed In His Bath
STATION-OFFICER Walter Thomas Carr, one of the heroes of the Fire Brigade, and an expert in gas rescues, was to-day found dead in his bath at Fire Headquarters…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire of the Reds Quenched Easts Win Semi-Final
THE well-known life of the "Reds" (Drummoyne Rugby Union team) must have been left in the dressing-room for the semi-final match against…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →News Of The World Telegraph Correspondents Shanghai Shaken By Gunfire Fires Light Skies in North-west Japanese Praise Foes' Valor SHANGHAI
ALL Shanghai was shaken when the Japanese and Chinese engaged in an artillery duel lasting all through the night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires of War Over the Bund
A pall of smoke from blazing buildings hides portion of the The Bund, Shanghai, while a lank patrols, ready for any eventuality. Bombs caused…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Brings Snow and Fires Roofs Off, Fences Blown Down
A GALE which blew at 59.9 miles an hour to-day unroofed houses, menaced shipping, flattened fences, and, at Kensington, snapped a tree which, in falling, swept a tram conductor from his footboard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tragic Death of Popular Fire Officer
At the request of his widow, Station-Officer Walter Thomas Carr, 45, one of the most popular and most efficient officers in the N.S.W. Fire…
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