Cigarette Butts As Cause of Fires
THE Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) said today that some people were under the impression that lighted cigar or cigarette butts would not…
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Gas Producer Fire Danger
ENGINEERS of the N.R.M.A. warn gas producer operators that if the hopper is filled from a bag of charcoal inserted into the top of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Compensation for Fire-fighters
Compensation for volunteer bushfire fighters was urged by Mr. W. Sheahan (Lab., Yass) during the debate on the Supply Bill in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Children Flee As Fire Sweeps Home
FOUR children had to flee for their lives when fire broke out in their home in King-street, Newtown, last night. The children, Esma, 9, and…
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The Goon gun, a new weapon which looks like a stove-pipe, and packs a light artillery punch, is now being used on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fine for Leaving Fire Unattended
CARL MARLIN, Brown Street, Austral, was fined £10 by Mr. Collins, S.M., at Liverpool Court today for leaving a lighted fire unattended…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Follows Search for Penny
While children were looking for a penny under the staircase of a shop and dwelling occuphd by Mrs. E[?] Weekes and Mrs. Wells, in King Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →U.s. Legislator As Fire Victim
NEW YORK, Monday.--Senator Aubrey Weaver, of the Virginian State House, and Mrs. Jane Price, wife of a former Governor of…
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NEW YORK, Monday.--Senator Aubrey Weaver, of the Virginian State House, and Mrs. Jane Price, wife of a former Governor of…
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NEW YORK, Monday.--Senator Aubrey Weaver, of the Virginian State Legislature, and Mrs. Jane Price, wife of a former Governor of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wood-wool Fire
LAUNCESTON, Tuesday.--A wood-wool factory, valued at £15,000, and 1350 bales of sheep's wool in an adjoining store, valued…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Allied Fire Beachhead Guns
LONDON, March 13 (A.A.P.). —Allied artillery fire was heavy in the beachhead south of Rome yesterday, says to-day's Allied…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nurses Aid Fire Fight At Hospital
Staff and patients at Liverpool District Hospital turned out yesterday to fight a large bushfire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Roof Lifted to Get at Seat of Fire
FIREMEN had "to remove portion of a galvanised iron roof to quell a fire which broke out in a two storey house in Marlborough Street…
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Thirty firemen and about 300 soldiers fought a bushfire which blackened a large area, from the State Hospital at Liverpool to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Fined £10 for Starting Bushfire
Carl Marlin, fitter's laborer, of Brown's Road, Austral, was fined £10 at Liverpool Court yesterday for having left a fire burning near the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Serious Fire Hazard"
A serious fire hazard had been created by the unchecked growths in Crown and Railway Streets, Baulkham Hills, Mr. E. H. Tanner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deadly Fire Found Japs
STILL SMOKING from the blast of a flamethrower that seared their lives away, these Japanese soldiers huddled in death, are discovered by U.S. Marines on the beach in the Eniwetok Atoll. The Japs had to be literally burned out of their foxholes by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Raid on London
LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Germans made another attempt to set London on fire last night, but were driven off…
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LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Germans made another attempt to set London on fire last night, but were driven off…
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