Bushfire Fund. Total Received £8,689
The Lord Mayor, Alderman Nock, announced yesterday that the subscriptions to the Lord Mayor's New South Wales Bushfire Disaster Relief…
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From Day to Day in Sydney. For Bushfire Relief
MRS. J. WILSON and MRS. L. M. BLOOM entertained about 150 guests at Mrs. Bloom's home, Mercedes, Bayswater Road, King's Cross, last night, in aid of the Lord…
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The executive committee of the Lord Mayor's Bushfire Relief Fund decided yesterday that its funds could not be used to cover losses to property suffered…
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Attention is againg drawn to the concert and dante to be held in the Dungowan Theatre, Penrith, next. Thursday evening. 18th inst, in aid of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sutherland Bush Fires. The Cause of Water Shortage
A reply was received at the last meeting of Sutherland Shire Council from the Water and Sewerage Board regarding complaints made about the…
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WHEN "Lighthouse," the old Whitehead homestead, was destroyed in the bushfires which swept Tawong and Corryong, on the Upper Murray, the…
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A demonstration of the methods used [?] bush[?]res, in which over 600 men from all parts of the State will participate, will take place at Katoomba…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Station Burgled
Twice recently thieves entered the fire station at Cabramatta and stole small articles. On the last occasion (Thursday last) they took an electric light bulb…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appreciation of Fire Fighters
Constable Sindell has received from the Shire Clerk, Blacktown, a letter as follows:—"At the Council meeting on 26th ult., appreciative reference was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Carried by Balloon
Descending from the sky at Sylvania on Tuesday night, a hot air balloon, about 20ft. in circumference, started a grass fire. The balloon had…
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"Despite their trying experiences during the recent heat-wave and bushfire period, I am convinced that few people outside the areas that were devastated…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Fire Destroys Lorry. Orange
A motor truck, valued at £255, and four tons of boxwood, the property of Mr. Ronald Cameron, of Orange, were totally destroyed by fire, due to an Ignition defect. The truck…
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That the speed with which the bushfires around Marysville had travelled had actually saved many homes from destruction was said before the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BURGLARY Then a Fire Children's Escape
AFTER the wine saloon at Rooty Hill had been broken into on Friday evening and £8 in silver was stolen, a lire broke out in the…
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The Chief Fire Officer Mr. C. D. A. Richardson, yesterday told the Parliamentary Select Committee which is inquiring into firemen's hours that only that morning he had…
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WEST WYALONG, Wednesday.--The coroner returned an open finding at the inquiry today into a fire at Weethalle on January 10, which destroyed a theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Coal Dump. Goulburn
A fir[?] which is believed to have started spontaneously in a large dump of coal at Goulburn power-house, was extinguished before serious damage was done…
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A demonstration of the methods used to light buslifires, in which over 600 men from all parts of the State will participate, will lake place at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire-bug Hunt in Victoria Melbourne
A fire in St. Patrick's College boat house, Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, last night, is believed to have been the work of a fire bug…
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