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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Fire Officer's Death. Man of Great Courage
Sub-station Officer Walter Thomas Carr, of Fire Brigade Headquarters, was found dead in his bath with the gas of the heater full on, in his residence at the Fire Station…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Workers' Compensation Commission. (Before Judge Lamond and Mr. Commissioner Routley.) Fire Fatality
O[?] March 25 last, Robert Hill, [?] years of age, received injuries in a fire at premiers in Botany Road, Waterloo, from which he died on the following day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mimic Battle Off Heads Dawn Bombing Attack on "Enemy" Ship H.m.a.s. Australia Under Air Force Fire
A MIMIC battle between an "enemy" ship and a squadron of Air Force planes will be staged at dawn today off Sydney Heads…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bushfire Menace. Rangers' League Acts. Awakening Public Conscience
The Rangers' League is planning a special fire-prevention campaign for the summer, in co-operation with the Forestry Commissioner and the Chief Secretary's Department. It…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Spectacular Fire. Melbourne
Fire destroyed the petrol depot of J. J. Doherty and Co., at Benalla to-day. Drums of petrol ignited with loud explosions, and bursts of flames rose hundreds of feet. The dense…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Huge Fire in Melbourne Melbourne
Hurled skyward by a series or explosions when a petrol store caught fire at Benalla to-day. heavy oil drums rained among volunteer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bushfire Warning
Mr. Mar[?]s last night drew attention to the danger of bushfires later in the season. The conditions which had prevailed recently, he said, augured conditions favourable to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Gearless Fire Engine
ALTHOUGH Birmingham has successfully operated gear less fire tenders for some time. Edinburgh fire brigade holds the distinction of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Quay
Slight damage was caused to the building and to several cars when a fire broke out last night in the Quay Garage. George-street North…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Naremburn
Brigades from Willoughby, Lane Cove and Crows Nest attended a fire last night in Waters-road, Naremburn when a weatherboard cottage occupied by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Theatre Wrecked by Explosion and Fire
Ruins of the Theatre Blayney, after the fire which followed an explosion early yesterday morning. Blayney police believe that a bomb was placed in the centre of the building. Early arrivals on the scene say they smelt petrol. The theatre was only recently built at a cost of £6000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At The Fire Near The River
I HAD not seen a fire for quite a long time, so you can imagine my excitement when I was told that there was a fire down near the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Picture Show Wrecked Explosion Startles Blayney Fire Follows Orange
BLAYNEY'S new £7000 picture theatre was wrecked at 4 a.m. to-day by a terrific explosion which was heard a mile…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Rugby Union. Bounce and Bustle in Final That Wasn't Uni. Qualifies for Magpies Again Forwards Like Roaring Prairie Fire Blakeley Ace Among Backs
THERE'S no sudden death about this year's Rugby Union title. Three weeks ago "Truth" said there was a possibility of Wests and Uni. meeting three times within a month. SURE enough that's what will happen. Yesterday the Students…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires in Cottages
Police believe that fires, which broke out in two unoccupied cottage in Nelson Street, Annandale, and Edinburgh Road, Marrickville, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boy Fires House to Cover Theft. Christchurch
The extraordinary case of a boy aged 15 setting fire to an occupied dwelling in order to cover up the theft of a gold medal valued at 15/ was revealed in the Children's Court…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Women Help to Fight Fire
TAREE, Sunday.--Women carried water for a bucket brigade when a store at Coopernook caught fire early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mother's Bravery In Fire MULLUMBIMBY
AFTER carrying her two children from a blazing house, Mrs. F. Gibson, of Bangalow, returned and recovered her purse, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boys Blamed by Police for Fire
Small boys are believed to be responsible for a fire which damaged a cottage to Edinburgh Road, Marrickville, at the Weekend…
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