Few Fires at Lithgow. Lithgow
There were remarkably few fires in Lithgow during 1937. The Lithgow Fire Brigade reported to-day that only two of 11 fires recorded during the year were of a serious…
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Our Deputy Fire Chief
Mr. W. H. Beare, Deputy Chief Officer of our Fire Brigades, is to give the address at the P.S.A. next Sunday when, in addition to a review of the activities of our…
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Robert Adams, 6, of Oxford Street, Newtown, was playing with other boys on the dump near Canal Road, St. Peters, yesterday when he trod in a fire which was burning amongst…
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JERUSALEM, Friday.--For the sixth time in a week, a Jewish-owned bus was fired on, and a passenger was killed. The bus, which was travelling from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City Fires. Nearly 3000 Calls. Figures for Last Year
Up to 9 a.m. yesterday, 2348 fires were recorded in Sydney and suburbs during 1937. Water used to extinguish the fires totalled almost 7,500,000 gallons…
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Investigations into the inadequate water supply at the Parramatta gaol during a fire in the tailors' shop there on Christmas Eve, revealed that a large water valve outside the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Decrease in Number of Fires 1099 False Alarms During Year Annual Report
SYDNEY fire brigades last year attended 3947 calls, a decrease of 1039 on the figures for the preceding year…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mishaps Mar Revels 93 Treated by Ambulances Brigades Called To 70 Fires Party Death
ACCIDENTS marred Sydney's gayest New Year's Eve revelries last night, ambulances experiencing their busiest night for years. Nearly 100 victims had to receive treatment,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Home Circle the Verse— Keep the Heart's Fire Burning
"Quench not the Spirit."—2 Thess. 3:19. "Things above."—Colossians 3:2. Keep the heart's fire burning, And its truer yearning…
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Three farm houses were men aced by bush fires at Warrandyte to-day, but were saved by volunteers…
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Because it was Government property and because the origin of the fire is mysterious, there will have to he a Coroner's inquiry into the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Rats As Cause of Fires. Theory Exploded. Deputy Fire Chief's Address
The Deputy Chief Fire Officer (Mr. Beare), in an address on fire prevention at the Lyceum Theatre yesterday afternoon, said that the old theory that rats started fires by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country News. Fires at Albury. Albury
A four-roomed weatherboard cottage at West Albury, owned and occupied by Alfred Hunter, was destroyed by fire this morning. The fire was thought to have been caused by…
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A basket bomb exploded in a fire alarm telephone box in Kent Street, city, on Saturday night. Pieces of cast-iron were blown…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires and Gales. Damage in Victoria. Wild Night Follows Scorching Day. Melbourne
Extensive damage was caused by bush fires and gales in many country centres on Saturday. Fierce fires raged on the Mornington Peninsula and at…
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Boys, it is believed, placed a basket bomb in the fire alarm box at the corner of Kent and Argyle Streets yesterday. When the machine exploded it shattered…
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For over two hours yesterday the Manly Fire Brigade fought a fierce bushfire, which extended from the picnic ground at Clontarf to Amiens Street. For a time two houses…
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At the annual smoke social of Goulburn Fire Brigade, Alderman T. P. Manion said that Goulburn was regarded as having less fire risk than any other town in the Common…
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It was been suggested to the Navy Board that along the almost uninhabited coastline, between Darwin and Cape York, use could be made…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maitland Fire Brigade. West Maitland
In his report for 1937, Station Officer W. Penman, who is in charge of the Maitland fire district, stated that the year had been the quietest for some time…
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