Fire Destroys Cottage. Bateman's Bay
A nine-roomed cottage, owned by Mr. A. J. Fenning, was completely destroyed by fire at 1 a.m. on Thursday morning. The house was insured for £300…
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Man Knocked Down by Fire Engine
A 65-year-old man, Bert Nicholls, Dawson Street, Croydon, was knocked down by a fire-engine and seriously injured yesterday…
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A live electric wire, which fell from the ceiling, setting alight to mineral turpentine, caused a fire on the first floor of Property Insurance Building 38[?] Pitt Street city…
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THIRTY workers dashed into Pitt Street yesterday when a fire broke out in the workroom of the…
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BLAZING bush over a wide front menaced homes at Echo Point, Katoomba, yesterday. Only the efforts of [?]…
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JERUSALEM, Friday. -- Six R.A.F. fighters machine-gunned a concentration of armed Arabs near Ramallah, inflicting 100 casualties…
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IT was alleged at Camden yesterday that a man had burnt down a house to destroy incriminating fingerprints. Evidence to this effect was. given before the District Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Eight Firemen Jump For Their Lives Masonry Falls From Blazing Parish Hall Woman Prays in Lift at City Fire
EIGHT firemen jumped for their lives when two tons of masonry crashed from the blazing St. Stephen's Parish Hall, Newtown, yesterday. A woman prayed in a lift when she was escaping from…
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A bushfire was driven along at a furious pace by a westerly gale in the Katoomba Falls-Echo Point area today…
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Dense clouds of smoke obscured Katoomba yesterday when a bushfire swept the mountains above Katoomba Falls. Firemen and volunteer helpers saved a house named Khandala by a small margin. Several other properties were menaced by the flames which raged for hours…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coal Ship Laid Up and Crew Paid Off—czechoslovakian Beauty—spectacular Bushfire in Mountains
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. Ia4, *…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Cows Perish In Paddock Blaze LISMORE
Seven valuable dairy cows and two heifers were burned to death last night in a paddock on Mr. Albert Wilson's farm at Deep Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Plan to Beat Bush Fires City Brigades Will Rush To Blue Mountains Co-operate with Local Organisations
PLANS have been completed for co-ordination of city and country fire brigades and local volunteers in fighting bush fires on the Blue Mountains. This was announced yesterday at Central Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Puts Out Blaze With His Hands WOLLONGONG, Sun
WITH his overalls blazing, Edward Andrews; an oxywelder, of Wilson Street,…
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Tramway traffic in Pitt Street, city, was held up yesterday morning when a frre broke out in the motor of a tram at the Hunter Street intersection. Thick smoke enycloped the…
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NINE firemen risked death at Newport yesterday, to extinguish a bushfire. Sweeping over a wide area, the…
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A band quick-step competition and a display by fire brigades were held at the showground last night. Gate takings were £151/7/. Officers were present from Fire Bilgade…
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A SHORT circuit in the motor caused a small fire in a Pitt St. tram yesterday. The outbreak was quickly quelled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Critics in U.A.P. Medical Bill Under Fire
A special meeting of the council of the United Australia Party has been called for to-night to discuss…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Boy Jumps to Death. Fire Tragedy. Old Woman Burnt. Hotel Blaze
A boy was killed in a jump from a window and an elderly woman was seriously burnt during a fire which damaged upper floors of the…
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