Fire Safeguards in City. New Stairways Proposed
following a systematic inspection of city buildings to deternvne whether adequate provision had been made for escape in the event of fire, three…
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Explodes Bombs At Court In Fire-Fighting Lesson
Incendiary bombs were exploded in the courtyard of the Supreme Court yesterday. Staff Officer McGrath, Fire Headquarters, was instructing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gorilla Goering, of Germany Set Fire to Reichstag; Blamed the “Reds”. SYDNEY. Apr. 7
“Of all the big Nazi leaders, Hermann Goering was for me far the most sympathetic.” Thus begins a statement, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Sabotage in Mine Fire
A backfire from an engine is believed to have caused the fire which destroyed the surface plant of Clinton's Nattai Bulli coal mine, in Lower…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Exclusive News of World from Telegraph Correspondents to Fire Oil Wells New York
The Texas Oil Company is reported to have stationed a party of riggers ready to fire its wells in Rumania…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire
"PENNY" (Windsor).—It was a hot February day and counties[?] thousands of people were seeking respite from the beat on beaches and other places of pleasure. The grass was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bush Fires Cause Concern B.M. Shire Takes Action
Residents of Hazelbrook have become concerned at the number of bush fires which have started in and around the town…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Speedboat on Fire
Petrol on Mr. A. Plummer's speedboat Symphony caught fire while the boat was moored near the St. George Motor Boat Club's wharf at Kogarah…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Car Destroyed by Fire
Shortly after midnight, on Sunuay a 1938 model sedan car was severely damaged by fire in Goulburn Street, Liverpool. Liverpool Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Board's Wage Plea
THE Board of Fire Commissioners might have to plead inability to pay increased wages to firemen at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire
Hubby (arriving hot and bothered at the seaside): "Well, here we are at last, my dear, and I haven't forgotten the key of the trunk this year."…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Woman on Fire in Street
Her clothes aflame, a middle-aged woman ran screaming from her home into Pitt-street, Redfren,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£195,313 Scrip in Fire
NEW YORK, March 25.--City Finance Director Frank W. Barton, of Youngstown (Ohio), has outdone the man who lit his cigars with five-dollar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Nations In War’s Fire Military Machines Fight For Iron Ore Soviet Victory In Finland Was Timely
Two more nations have been drawn into the fiery vortex of the war now raging in Europe. They possessed vital raw materials needed by German imperialism in its mad struggle against its rivals…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Box Store Razed By Fire Big Pyrmont Blaze
Although less than £1500 damage was caused, a fire which razed the Darling Harbor Box Company's store in Banks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Box Store. £1,000 DAMAGE. Spectacular Blaze
Flames soared hundred, of feet upwards and were seen from many Sydney suburbs when the store of the Darlme Harbour Box Co., in Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →100,000 Cases in Blaze Crowds Jam Traffic
Nearly 100,000 fruit cases, valued at £1000, were destroyed in a spectacular fire last night…
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NEW YORK, Sunday.--Scores of people were injured, and 10,000 were made homeless by a fire which razed the business district of Colon, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire in Canal Zone. New York, April 14. (A.A.P.)
A fire swept the main section of Cristobal (Panama Canal zone) and destroyed 25 blocks. Ten thousand people are homeless and are being accommodated in tents. The United…
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