Bushfire Near Bankstown Cottage Bedroom Burned
Fanned by a strong breeze, a bushfire laid waste two square miles of rough countryside at Picnic Point, near Bankstown to-day…
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Bushfires Menace Properties Farms, Homes, Orchards in Danger All Saved
FARMS, orchards and homes were menaced yesterday by bush fires which raged in the St. Ives district. The flames spread into many properties,…
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From 4 a.m. till 5 p.m. yesterday, 40 firemen, police, and volunteers fought bushfires between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kept Flames From Injured Man Runs Through Bushfire WOLLONGONG
A man told Bulli Coroner's Court today how he stopped a bushfire from reaching two men who were lying injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Started by Cigarette
A lighted cigarette is thought to have started a fire on the decking on No.8 wharf, Circular Quay, yesterday…
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Sincere thanks to the council's employees for their assistance in combating bush fires on his property were expressed by Mr. C. L. Banks in a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£3000 Damage in Early Morning Fire
HOBART, Tuesday.--£3000 worth of damage was done by fire in Duncan's Building. Collins Street, early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hoses From Boats in Waterfront Fire
Firemen played hoses from rowing-boats and launches on to a fire under No. 8 wharf, Circular Quay, yesterday The fire is believed to have been started…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →False Fire Alarms at Lithgow. Lithgow
Police are investigating a number of false alarms of fire given in Lithgow. Seventeen calls have been received in the past month. It has been suggested that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Safety Before Speed Wenty Fire Chief's Motto
"Even if you do get roused on for being a bit late, I believe in getting my men to a fire safely." So says Captain F. H. Harrison,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Under Wharf. Brigadesmen Use Boats to Check Outbreak
The decking under No. 8 wharf, Circular Quay West, burst into flames yesterday afternoon while a coastal steamer was unloading timber and other cargo there…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire Menace at Cabramatta Letters Urge Council To Clear Scrub
"If a fire occurs in this or any other area, these homes will be gone, and the council will be morally responsible for the loss of…
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A local government ordinance making it an offence to throw burning matches or lighted cigarette butts within areas controlled by councils was suggested by Alderman Stanton…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Scouts Bush Fires
We have heard a great deal about N.E.S. and we have tried out the messenger relay which would be the main thing where our services would be used,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Brigade
Every resident of the Blue Mountains knows at first hand the serious cost of bush fires. Springwood has probably had more than its share…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires at Caringbah. Good Work by Volunteers
The Cronulla Fire Brigade, with the aid of volunteer fire-fighters, saved eight cottages from destruction in two bush fires at Caringbah last…
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FIRE-FIGHTERS were very busy on the lower Mountains and at Emu, Werrington, and St. Marys at the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol Blaze
A[?] about 3.20 p.m. on Sunday after-noon last Gilbert Bromhead. mechanic employed at the Waterhole Service Station. Faulcon[?], residing With…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires Shots at Burglar
Nightwatchman Edward Gibbons fired four shots at a burglar with whom he had struggled in the back yard of A. Barden's butchery,…
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At a meeting of the Municipal Fire Brigade held last evening it was decided to thank gratefully those ladies who provided fcotstuffs. etc., for the…
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