Fires in the District. Good Saves by Brigades
A fine save was made by five fire brigades on Monday, when a large factory in Princes Highway, Arncliffe, caught alight. The fire broke out…
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Fire Spread To Neighbor's Stubble
MOREE, Wednesday.--When Ernest Croft, share, farmer, of Biniguy, burnt stubble on his land in January, the fire spread to a neighbor's stubble,…
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Damage estimated at more than £1,200 was caused when a workshop and contents, the property of Mr. T. H. Gamble, building contractor, were destroyed by fire…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.--The King has given £100 for the relief of Australian bushfire sufferers. Including exchange the donation will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bash Fire Relief Fund St. Marys Council Unresponsive
At the meeting of St. Marys Council on Monday evening a letter was received from Mr C. Trout, hon secretary of the district Bush Fire Relief…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →False Alarm Fire Brigade Turned Out Young Men Fined
CHARGED with maliciously giving a false alarm of fire at Springwood on 7th January, two young men, Reginald Bickle and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Malicious Fire at Glebe. Rag and Paper Soaked With Kerosene
"In my opinion, my shop was maliciously set alight," said Mrs. Elsie Lillian Keen, in the Coroner's Court yesterday morning, when an inquiry was held into a fire at a shop in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Brigade Movement at St. Marys Public Meeting to Be Held
AS a result of negotiations between St. Marys Council and officers of the Fire Brigades Board it is probable that a bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cheque From King. Bushfire Relief Funds. CANBERRA
The King has sent by air mall a personal cheque for £100 towards bushfire relief funds. When the Governor-General, Lord Gowrie, receives the cheque, he will hand it to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£10,000 Blaze Town in Fear of Fire Bug Narromine
The biggest fire in Narromine for many years, and the fifth blaze in five days, gutted the Macquarie Stores…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Women's Corps Fights Fires London
Wearing blue tunics and peaked caps, women air-raid fire-fighters, some of whom were mothers, and middle-aged gave a demonstration…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Govt. Under Heavy Fire Parliament Opens
MR. Hardwick, S.M., has denied making the attack on Dr. Kortum, of Auburn, that was attributed to him in the Press. He has also stated that he has not seen a report of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trek To Fruit Jobs Fire Victims Swell Unemployed
The hundreds travelling unemployed on their way to Mildura for the fruit picking this year have been trebled by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Shale Centre Escapes Fires Few Feet Saved Valuable Industry From Flames Capertee
Glen Davis, the site of the new shale oil industry, was almost wiped out a few weeks ago. Bushfires came within a few feet of setting fire to 7000 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thorby Spits Fire Vicious Threat To Pressman Union to Act
FURTHER evidence of the irresponsibility of the Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. Thorby) was revealed yesterday at a meeting of the Australian Journalists'…
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The Minister for Social Services, Mr. Richardson, said in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that only four applications for assistance had been received by the Government…
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NARROMINE, Friday.--The Macquarie Stores Prop. Ltd. in Berribong St., Narromine, were gutted by fire early to-day. Damage is estimated at £10,000…
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THE Duke of Windsor sent the first subscription to the Bush Fire Relief organised by the Anzac Fellowship of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Fires in Five Days. Narromine Stores Burnt. Incendiarism Suspected. Narromine
The biggest fire seen in Narromine for many years—and the sixth in five days—destroyed the Macquarie Stores early this morning. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Terrible Bushfire
We had been having very hot weather, and the ground was hot and dry, the grass and some of the plants dead, and withered. Bushfires…
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