Bushfire Menaces Homes
More than 5000 acres of the Koolenbutta State pine forest, near Molong, are on fire, and 100 volunteer firefighters are waging a desperate…
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Forest Fire. Cumnock
The fire which started in the Government forest at Killonbutta on Saturday is now under control. A tract of country five miles deep, with a frontage of one mile, has been burnt…
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When a launch caught fire at No. 16 wharl. Pyrmont, last night. Karl Tschaun, 50, of Greengage Road, Killara, was severely burnt about the hands, and had to dive overboard to…
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The fire at the Killenbutta State pine forest was under control last night. The Forestry Commission's district officer (Mr. Rutley) has engaged men to…
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KARL TSCHAUN dived into the Harbor from the blazing cabin of a launch following an explosion while it Was…
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Blazing fiercely on a 20-mile front, a bush fire is spreading towards the township of Granya on the Upper Murray…
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There will be no hope of saving the little township of Granya, on the Upper Murray, from the encroaching bushfires if there is a change of wind…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Modern Fire Fighter
A fireman wearing an asbestos suit in the New South Wales police and firemen's march through the streets of Sydney last Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Fire at Butter Factory. Wagga
A fire occurred at the Murrumbidgee Dairy Company's factory, and the destruction of the premises and stock, valued at about £20,000, was only averted by the efforts of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fire at Glen Innes. Glen Innes
A fire which broke out last night in a building at the rear of Tattersall's Hotel, and which threatened at one stage to sweep through the whole of the hotel building, did…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Guests Slept During Fire Glen Innes
Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by fire to Tattersall's Hotel, Glen Innes, last night. Many guests slept peacefully on the premises while…
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A bush fine broke out on the McCredie Estate at Guildford on Sunday at noon. Guildford Brigade was kept active preventing the spread, of the flames to…
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An unfortunate fire occurred on Mr Duggan's property, Jersey Road, Plumpton. last week. About 60 tons of block wood, and a stack of about 20…
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In October, 1920, whilst on a voyage from Newport News to the Plate, the Zaca—an oil-burning steamer—had a serious fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire Which Razed Montreal Boys' College. Fifty-four Thought to be Dead
The death roll of the terrible fire which destroyed the College of the Sacred Heart at St. Hyacinthe, near Montreal, in the early hours of Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Forty Men Out of Work. Sequel to Sawmill Fire. Police Suspect Incendiarism. Tumbarumba
Forty men have been thrown out of work as a result of the fire which completely destroyed Senator Hardy's timber mill at Tumbarumba on Sunday…
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Fire destroyed the house owned and occupied by Mr S. D. Pawsey, of Robertson-street, at 2 a.m. to-day Mr. Pawsey and his family left…
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Fire severely damaged the rear portion of a cottage in Oxford Street, Burwood, while the [?]cupants were away early this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Envelops Men Electric Blast Mates Tear Off Shirts MELBOURNE
A sheet of flame enveloped two brothers and set their clothing alight when one of them accidentally drove his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Industrial Commission. (Before Mr. Justice Browne, Mr. Justice Cantor, and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) J. McNAMARA v Board of Fire Commissioners
This matter is reported in another column. Mr. Piddington, K.C., and Mr. G. F. Farrer (instructed by Mr. K. O'Malley Jones) appeared for J. McNamara, secretary of the Fire…
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