Fire Fighters Win
ALL bushfires in the metropolitan area yesterday were brought under control by fire brigades…
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Mysterious Fire in Barracks
LONDON, Monday.--Sentries with loaded rifles kept back crowds when fire broke out mysteriously in the officers' quarters of a barracks at Gravesend…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Set on Fire Sabotage In Nazi Army LONDON
Simmering dissension in the ranks of the German Army on the Western Front has, for the first time, been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BUSHFIRES — an Appeal By a Countrywoman
I HAVE just been listening to a re-broadcast from London of a talk by Sir William Beveridge on "This Freedom." It was, of course, a talk comparing the case for British…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heroines of Bushfires. Riverina Outbreaks. Lives Risked to Save Cars
Three young women were the heroines yesterday of the fight against big bushfires at Kyeamba, between Wagga and Tumbarumba…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"Horses Impounded While Owner Fought Bush Fires"
While a man named Pearson was assisting to prevent a bush fire at Seven Hills from spreading, his draught horses were impounded, and it cost him…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →No Bush Fire Brigade For Westmead
The Westmead Progress Association told Blacktown Council on Thursday that it was not considered desirable to form a bush fire brigade at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Factories in Fire's Path
Millions of pounds worth of factory property was menaced by bush fires in the Rosehill-Granville area on Sunday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bird's Nest Causes Fire
While Mr. Percy Bickford, of Carnarvon-street, Auburn, and Mr. Russell Orchard, of Mary Street, were burning paint off the wall of the former's home…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Employees' Loss Fire at Garbage Depot
Clothing belonging to two employees, F. Dubos and A. Gibbs, was destroyed while they wer combating a fire that broke out in a shed at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Set on Fire. Discontented German Troops. Amsterdam Report. "Herald" Exclusive Service. Amsterdam, Feb. 13
It is reported here that German troops at Rheydt, on the Western Front, sabotaged an armoured train when they were ordered to depart to Galicia…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Shp Set on Fire. Chase by Three Cruisers. German Crew Picked Up Rio De Janeiro, Feb. 13. (A.A.P.)
Pursued by three British cruisers, the German freighter Wakama (3,771 tons) was set on Are by her crew soon after setting out from Rio de Janeiro…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →All Quiet on Bushfire Front
All was quiet on the Hills District bushfire front, last week, ace firefighter, Constable Vic Smith, reports…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →For the Prevention of Bushfires. The Rangers' League
Almost every year disastrous bushfires occur in the country and metropolitan area. Experts have stated that an alarming proportion of these outbreaks are caused by the carelessness of picnickers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires
Fairfield Fire Brigade answered two calls to bush fires in Francis Street, Fairfeld, last Tuesday afternoon and night. On both occasions the brigade soon [?]ad…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigade
Penrith Fire Brigade hss had a couple of call-outs since last issue. Early Saturday morning there was a call to Paskin's tannery, Kingswood,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Mortdale
Last Sunday a fire broke out about mid-day on vacant land, owned by Mr. Syd. Cook, of Oatley, extending from Pitt Street through to George Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roof Set Fire by Sparks
Flying sparks from a bushfire yesterday set fire to the roof of a house in Lucretia Avenue, Lane Cove. The fire had spread over two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COURAGE Bushfire Heroines Lives Risked on Riverina
THREE young women of Kveamba, between Wagga and Tumbarumba, heroically assisted in fighting one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bushfires Menace Dwellings
Roaring through trees 40ft. high, a bushfire this afternoon is threatening many orchard homes at Kincumber, 14…
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