Mystery Fire on Ship in Mid-pacific
A mysterious fire on the freighter City of Winchester in mid-Pacific was subdued after a half-hour fight by all hands. The freighter arrived yesterday from…
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Sent for Trial on Fire Charge Blayney
John Thomas Reed, charged with maliciously setting fire to premises in which two persons were sleeping on September 10, was committed for trial…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Narellan Fire Local Resident Committed for Trial on Arson Charge
Evidence or a sensational nature was by the District Coroner (Mr. H. S. Kelloway) at Camden Courthouse, when Ronald Kitchener Adamson, a young…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Bush Fires are Small when they Begin, is Campaign Slogan
WITH the approach of the bush fire season, the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, representing a number of interested bodies, has resumed its educational efforts. Arrangements have been made for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires in Carss Park
At Koghraj C[?]’s meeting this week, Ald. Ferry requested that notice be [?]cted in. Carse Park prohibiting the lighting of fires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blayney Fire Charge. Blayney
After a brearing. which lasted two days, John Thomas Reed was committed for trial at Bathurst Supreme Court on October 11 on a charge of having maliciously set f[?]re to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Claim for Fire Insurance. Dubbo
In Dubbo Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Owen, Alfred John Fenton, grazier, of Collie, near Dubbo, claimed £300 fire insurance from the Farmers and Graziers'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Saves Film in Fire Cairns
When the Tropical Theatre caught fire last night, Mr. Noel Monkman, Sydney film producer, salvaged his picture, "Typhoon Treasure," from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Home for Fire Brigade Urged on Govt
Removal of Fire Brigade Headquarters from Castlereagh-street to the new police building to be erected in Brisbane-street has been proposed to the State Cabinet. Housed in this less congested area, the brigade would…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dump on Fire. Lithgow
Police are investigating circumstances in which a dump of slack coal in the bush, about a quarter of a mile from the disused Spring Vale collicry, near Lidsdale, caught…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fiery Talk To Fire Brigade
REMOVAL of Fire Brigade Headquarters from Castlereagh Street has been suggested by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Starts In Coal Dump
LITHGOW, Friday. -- Coal carters removing cool from an old dump hear the Springvale colliery at Lids -- dale were interrupted in their work…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Czech Guns Blaze At Invaders PRAGUE, Sunday. Our Own Cable Service
SHOUTING "DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR!" A CZECH OFFICER AND A PLATOON OF SOLDIERS BARRICADED THEMSELVES IN A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boys Blamed for Fire Naremburn School Damaged
Schoolboys are thought by the police to have been responsible for a fire which to-day caused considerable damage to Naremburn Public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire at Lithgow. Lithgow
A bushfire occurred at the rcar of the brewery at Oakey Park Firemen and members of the brewery staff subdued the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fight Bush Blaze
A BUSHFIRE yesterday swept six acres of scrub at North Narrabeen. Local firemen controlled the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Post-office
When Sergeant Swan was passing the West Merrylands Post-office yesterday afternoon. he saw smoke coming from under the door. He called the fire brigade and burst in the door…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Boys Start School Fire
BOYS playing with a paper fire are blamed for a blaze which yesterday severely damaged the Naremburn Public School…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Blame Boys For School Fire
A fire, believed by police to have been caused by boys, damaged a wooden section of the Naremburn public school yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →French Passengers Under Japanese Fire Hongkong
After a hazardous journey lasting 11 days, a party of French naval ratings has reached Hongkong from Hankow. Their train was attacked by…
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