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After they had fought a fire, which threatened the country residence of the Bishop of Sandhurst, Dr. McCarthy, a party of Sisters of Mercy prepaied refreshments for the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →HILLSTON residents breathed freely tonight for the first time this week after the routing of a huge bushfire which has menaced homesteads near the town for five days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SHOCK. Crouching against concussion as their gun blazes shell and smoke, artillerymen of the 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Saturday. -- A 4880-ton Swedish steamer was attacked and set on fire by a submarine in the narrowest part of the Gulf of Bothnia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Volunteers recruited from the surrounding district quelled a fierce bushfire near Bathurst to-day. Flames, which destroyed seven…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Manoeuvring his plane through clouds of choking smoke and treacherous air currents, Rob Bowman, of Wargundy, Leadville, made a daring reconnaissance flight over a fire which swept…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Last night's rain, which caused many fires in electric light standards, kept suburban fire brigades busy. The fires, an officer explained,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A three-seater Air Force bomber burst into flames in mid-air to-day and made a forced landing, the pilot's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More than 1,000 acres of grazing country and Crown lands were swept and damage estimated at £1,500 was caused by a fire in the Nungurner district, north of the Gippsland…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Widespread rain was reported over the State during the week-end, and has greatly reduced the danger of bushfires, which has been causing farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →For the second time in a week, a fire occurred to-day in a Christmas crib in a Roman Catholic Church. At St. Mary's, Concord, severe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Breaking into a house at Blackheath, owned by Chris O'Rourke, the horse-trainer, firemen found 10 separate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Auburn firemen quelled bushfires in Chiswick-road, Auburn, and Rose-crescent, Regent's Park, on Thursday. They extinguished a grass-fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police are investigating what was apparently a deliberate attempt to burn the Mountain cottage at Blackheath of Mr. C. O'Rourke, horse trainer, of Mascot…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Five outbreaks of fire were discovered at Kew, near Kendall, on Saturday, and they are believed to have been the work of an incendiary…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Detectives are searching for a man who is believed to have started fires deliberately in three Roman Catholic churches in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Holroyd's contribution to the Fire Board for 1940, will be £634/9/2, the Board informed council last night. The contribution in 1939 was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Most of the passengers lost all their belongings and landed clad in odd jerseys, coats and blankets. "The explosion blew the foremast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An incendiarist is going around Catholic churches in Sydney setting alight to the Christmas cribs, representing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holroyd Council last night unanimously decided to nominate Councillor E S. Shaw of Sutherland Council, as a candidate at the forthcoming election…
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