Council Jottings. Extension of Fire Area
Fire and Accident Underwriters Association informed Council that it has been decided that circumstances at present do not warrant any further extension…
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NEW lOOFT Steel Ladder for Fire Brigade
The new 100ft Morns-Magirus steel turn-table ladder, the latest addition to the fire fighting equipment at Fire Brigade Headquarters, being tested yesterday. The fireman is working the water tower on top of the ladder…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shop Destroyed Fire at St. Marys Early Morning Flare
ABOUT 12.50 a.m. on Tuesday a fire broke out in the lock-up shop in Mamre Road, St. Marys, owned by the estate of the late…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Mail Pictures of Test Team's First Match — Controls of New Fire Escape — Univeristy Sports
Copies of pictures by "Sydney Morning Herald" photographers may be purchased from the Art Gallery at the "Herald" Office. Scale of charges may be obtained on application. f…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Japanese Attack on Amoy. Bombardment Sets City On Fire. British and U.S.A. Warships Stand By. Invaders Warn Foreign Residents. Hong Kong, May 11
After a fierce bombardment, Japanese troops landed at Amoy, a Chinese treaty port, 30 miles north of Hong Kong. They have occupied part of the city, and fighting is still in progress…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wool Fire Case May Go to Privy Council
THE claim arising out of the deduction of commission and other charges from insurance of wool destroyed by fire in the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Insurance Bill Under Fire Women Are Incensed Labor Will Fight
Women’s organisations are up in arms against the unequal payments allotted for the women in the national insurance scheme drawn up by the Lyons government, with the aid of the British “expert,” Sir Walter Kinnear…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mystery Light Before Fire New Puzzle In Farm Tragedy MORUNDAH
DESPITE unflagging efforts of the police, the mystery death of Mrs. Jane Maria Gash and her baby son is so far unsolved. The theory that they were shot by a thief before the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →City Fire. Sussex Street Warehouse. Brigade's Hard Fight. Taxi-driver Controls Traffic
A fire broke out in a warehouse occupied by Mr. R. A. Leggatt, agent for Cherry and Sons Pty., Ltd., and by Mr. J. E. Jackett, grain merchant,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mystery Of Morundah Fire Tragedy Deepens Girl Saw Lamp Burning at Midnight Morundah
AT midnight on Friday, a lamp was burning brightly in the home of, Mrs. Jane Gash. That was nearly four hours before fire destroyed the housed in the ruins of which the bodies of Mrs. Gash and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rivetters Flee From Ship Fire
Fifteen rivetters dashed from the engine-room of the a.s. Rona at Mort's Dock last night when they discovered a fire a few yards from them…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Midget Car Racing. Precautions Against Fire
Officials and drivers of midget racing cars are concerned over the damage caused by cars catching fire at recent meetings. On Sunday F. Sculley's machine was badly…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Mine Battery on Fire. Damage Estimated at £25,000. MELBOURNE
Fire broke out to-night in the battery of the new Red White, and Blue Consolidated company's mine and destroyed the battery and extensive mining plant and equipment…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fire at Mine in Bendigo Crushing Batteries Turned Out Damage Estimated At More Than £25,000 Midnight Sensation Melbourne
Damage estimated at more than £25,000 was caused by fire early this morning in the huge ore crushing batteries of the New Red, White and Blue Consolidated mine at Bendigo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damped Fire Eating Act GOULBURN
IT might have been better for a fire-eating magician, appearing here with a touring company, if he had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bomber on Fire in Midair Observer Killed LONDON
A VICKERS-WELLESLEY bomber, believed to be one of those intended for the attempt on the Australian record, caught on fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Speedboat Ablaze on Harbor Boys Tore Paling From Wharf To Paddle Punt To Rescue; Fire Does Damage
Two boys fore a 20ft. paling from Margaret-street wharf and paddled a flat-bottomed punt across the harbour in the darkness last night to the aid of a blazing speedboat. Flames more than 6ft. high silhouetted the driver of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Cigarette Fire
SAN FRANCISCO, Sunday.--Mrs. Helen Bosnick, sister of Dorothy Sebastian, the film star, was burned to death in a fire in her hotel room…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dictators' Legal System Under Fire
LONDON, Sunday.--The judicial system of dictatorship States was criticised by the Master of the Rolls (Sir Wilfrid Greene) at the Holdsworth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombed Ship On Fire MADRID
The British steamer Greatend has again been bombed at Valencia by rebel planes…
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