For the Teeny Weeny Ones The Bushfire
THE scent of burning bushland filled the air. Wallabies, bandicoots, kangaroos, and birds and reptiles were rushing towards a nearby…
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Navy Had Fire Baptism
Men of the Royal Australian Navy has already received their baptism of fire, according to the…
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Hundreds of pounds' worth of damage was caused last night when fire broke out on the first floor of Waxlea Ltd.. Ill Brisbane Street, City…
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Some poultry farmers in Liverpool district blame artillery practice for decreased egg production. Others, however, blame the dry summer…
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So disastrous were tne bushfires of the past summer that settlers are determined to organise systematically to combat outbreaks in the future. For this purpose a bushfires…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Jilliby Wyong
The hall at Jilliby, built about 40 years ago, was destroyed by fire at about 3 a.m. to-day. It was covered by insurance…
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Cheers of pupils were short-lived to-day when a fire broke out at the Drummoyne Public School…
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MRS. LOUISA THOMAS, 57, last night fired at an armed bandit who was struggling desperately with…
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A shopkeeper and his wife last night arrested at revolver point an armed hold-up man who leaped over the counter of their mixed business in Wilson Street, Newtown…
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BUTTY McDONALD (Ry[?]tons).—Marota set on a chair in the garden. [?]ears running down her little round face. Her grey kitten looked up at her as if to say; "What is…
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Children playing with fireworks caused a small fire under a detached weatherboard classroom at the Drummoyne Public School yesterday morning. No children were in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"On the Night of the Fire"
Ralph Richardson and Diana Wynyard share the leading roles, in this line picture, which also screens this Saturday and Monday. Just a happy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flour Saved in Bakehouse Fire
Firemen last night saved 15 tons of flour in a blaze at the Banksia Bakery, in Monohan Avenue, Rockdale. The flour, which was about 15 feet…
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To organise the systematic fighting of bushfire outbreaks in future, an advisory council was formed at a conference at Wagga representing…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Lighting a firebreak during the proclaimed period is illegal, even if it means stopping a bushfire…
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A large quantity of stock in adjacent buildings was affected by smoke which poured from the basement of Milston's crockery and glassware shop at 186 Pitt…
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NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Hundreds of people in night attire shivered in the cold early today as they watched firemen fighting a fire in O'Connor Bros.'…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Drill Hall. Drums of Oil Explode. Randwick Blaze
A numbeR of drums of oil exploded list night when the shed in which they were stored in the yard of the drill hall at the corner of Avoca Street and…
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Firemen had to chase a fire last night to put it out. A motor truck, with a load of rubbish alight, passed the George Street…
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Bobbie Anson, Harry Branwhite and Charlie Donnelly, three of the billycart contractors who are "cashing-in" on the…
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