Melbourne Fire Melbourne
TWENTY-FIVE firemen had to fight desperately early this morning when a change in the wind started a fresh outbreak of flames at the…
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Fire Brigade's Record. Katoomba
During 1936 the Katoomba Fire Brigade attended 140 outbreaks of fire. The continued dry weather during the latter part of the year was responsible for the majority…
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Old women dance on red-hot embers every summer in the village of Vulgari, south-east Bulgaria. These women are called "nestinarki."…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Homestead Menaced by Fire Dubbo
Prompt work by the Dubbo fire brigade to-day saved Cootha home-stead, one of the oldest buildings in…
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The Government Cool Stores, which were gutted by fire yesterday are still smouldering. The schedules of vessels as advertised…
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Owing to the fusing of an electric wire, fire broke out about 1.30 p.m. at the Government Cool Stores in the Victoria Dock on Monday last. The blaze was the largest seen…
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WHEN the Government cool stores at Victoria Dock, Melbourne, were destroyed by fire, damage estimated at £460,000 was done and six ships were endangered. The ships caught alight…
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The election of members of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales will be held on Tuesday, February 23 next. The polling will close at noon. Nominations close…
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A new fire station is to be erected at Merrylands, according to advice received by Holroyd Council on Tuesday from the Fire Board Commissioners…
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Members of the Guildford Fire Brigade tennis club enjoyed an all day tennis tournament with members of the Don Aldo Club, on Sunday. The men played…
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It is estimated that damage to the extent of £500 was caused by a fire which broke out in the timber yards and sheds of Cleary Brothers, Glenfield, last week…
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Last Friday night a fire broke out in a five-roomed weatherboard cottage in Frater's Avenue, Sans Souci, the property of Mr. Robert Killiby…
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Volunteer firemen--and [?] a good save when the Rockley Police Station caught fire yesterday. Practically the whole village…
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THE disastrous Crystal Palace fire resulted in an impressive turn-out of fire engines, and it was stated that of the London Fire Brigade's total strength…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fatally Burned in Fire Surprising Story Related In Court Woman's Death Tamworth
A VERDICT of accidental death was returned by the Deputy Coroner, Mr. Kennedy, at the conclusion of an Inquest Into the death…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Ships Will Return Fire Government Order to Commanders Vital Move In Spanish Situation Applies to Either Side Paris
THE French Government has instructed the commanders of all French warships which may be cruising the Spanish coast that they are to return the fire of any armed vessel, of either side in the Spanish civil war, which may shell them…
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FIREMEN HAD to use chemical extinguishers when this motor truck's engine burst into flames on the Harbor Bridge yesterday…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday Morning, A fire broke out in the engineroom of Armstrong and Royse's [?]imberyards at Wickham early…
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Firemen had to fight a Are on the Harbour Bridge yesterday morning. A lorry burst into flames because of engine trouble. The firemen had no difficulty in…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fire in Mills. Cyclist's Timely Warning. NEWCASTLE
The timber mills of Armstrong and Royse, Ltd., narrowly escaped destruction by fire early this morning. A cyclist on his way home saw flames…
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