Fighting Tractor Fires
"EVERY tractor is supposed to carry a fire extinguisher and two beaters," said Mr. E. T. Kendell (Lockhart), at the…
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1,637 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 82
Compulsory Fire Breaks Supported
"In view of the disastrous bushfires during last summer, the time has come for the law to protect landholders against themselves," said…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fashions, Films, And Theatre Miss-Fire
Louis Hayward’s mother once received the following letter from the principal of a school of acting, where the young Hayward was learning the ropes of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£20,000 Fire at Bonalbo. "Bucket Brigade" Fo[?] LISMORE
A file which destroyed three business premises at Bonalbo to-day caused damage estimated at £20,000. It began in a garage occupied by Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Clipper Damaged In Hangar Fire
NEW YORK, Friday (A.A.P.).--A Pan-American Airways clipper was damaged when a wing caught fire after an explosion of gasolene fumes in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Firemen Wear Masks at Fire
Thirty firemen in gas masks worked in relays yesterday for over two hours to quell a sulphur fire at the works of Elliott's and Australian Drug Pty.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Sulphur. Gas Masks Used
Twenty firemen under District Officer Eastlake had to use gas masks and smoke helmets to fight a fire which broke out in about 50 tons of sulphur at the works…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Keep the Home Fires Burning Butterscotch To Bring Joy To Boys Abroad
"THE stuff to give the troops -- butter scotch!" That is the verdict of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Night Raiders Start Fires London
Raiders last night dropped high-explosive bombs on the residential area of a north-east coastal town, wrecking several houses and killing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FLIER O.K. Shop on Fire London
An R.A.F. pilot landed by parachute after his plane had collided with a balloon-wire in the London area last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Manly
Fire broke out in the Manly Literary Institute in Wentworth Street, Manly, early this morning. Fire brigades from Manly, Harbord, and Crow's Nest found the building…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Sweeps Through Ungarie
Early this morning a fire was sweeping through Ungarie. It was reported that a hotel and several other buildings were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →P.M. UNDER U.S. Fire Melbourne
Nine of the visiting American newspaper men flew from Sydney to Canberra today and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bombs Shower on German Bases R.A.F. Strikes Docks. Dromes, Oil-plants Giant Fires Mark Path of Ruin Enemy A.R.P. Cannot Meet Challenge LONDON
Shattering blows were struck by the Royal Air Force last night at German docks, military airports, oil plants, power-houses, and rail and river traffic arteries. Bomb flashes lit up the clouds over five miles of the French…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire —And False Alarm
On August 12, a six-roomed cottage in Canlcy Vale Road, Canley Vale, was totally destroyed by fire. The building waunoccupied, and the cause of the fire as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Camp-fire Concert at Wallerawang
[?] scene during the camp-fire concert attended by men of the 2/ 13th Battalion at Wallerawang [?] Tuesday night. The entertainment was held on Mr. J. L. W. Barton's station property, and will be provided each night until all units have passed through…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ungarie's Worst Fire. Ungarie
ln the most disastrous fire in the history of Ungarie, the Ungarie Hotel was yutted. Members of the stall discovered the fire in their quarters on the the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Getting in Early Preventing Bust Fires Shire Council's Campaign
THE age-old adage, "Prevention is better than cure," has a new-found significance with the Blue Mountains Shire Council at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Books Saved From Fire. Manly Institute. Far West Children Watch
With salvage sheets, firemen saved about 20,000 books from destruction in a fire which severely damaged the Manly Literary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest United States Military Aircraft — Lockheed Corporation Factory — Troops at Camp-fire Concert
These pictures of some of the latest Amsrican military aircralt were secured in the United Stales by the "Herald" aviation conespondenl, who made the return Pacific crossing by flying-boats. Top: The Douglas Model 8A attack bomber, which, it is believed, could be supplied to Australia. Lower: The external eight-bomb rack of…
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