Beauty Point Blaze
A house in Pearl Bay Avenue, Beauty Point, Mosman, caught fire early this morning, and, at 1.30 a.m. was blazing fiercely…
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Pipe Started Fire
NEW YORK.--A roaring prairie fire in Wyoming, which burned over several acres, all began when a sheep herder put his pipe in his coat. He…
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NEW YORK.--A roaring prairie fire in Wyoming, which burned over several acres, all began when a sheep herder put his pipe in his coat. He…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.--A 15-year-old boy is alleged to have admitted to detectives at Port Victoria during the weekend that he was "The Firebug," responsible for five fires in recent weeks…
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MOSCOW, Monday. -- Thousands of trained Russian Army dogs, many of them "German policedog" breed, have done yeoman front-line service. They have dragged hundreds…
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For Gallantry.--Detective-Sergeants George James Barnes and Norman Harold Milch, both of New South Wales. Distinguished Service.--Ryan. William…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bushfire Threatens Katoomba Outskirts
A bushfire is blazing on a six-miles front less than half a mile from the centre of Katoomba, and more than 200 residents are fighting to save homes on the outskirts of the town, many of which are almost surrounded by fire…
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Bushfires which have been burning in the Jamieson Valley for the past four days are spreading rapidly and were last reported to be raging on a three-mile front between Leura and Wentworth…
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Bushfires which have been burning in the Jamieson Valley for the past four days are spreading rapidly and were last reported to be raging on a three-mile front between Leura and Wentworth…
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A bushfire is blazing on a six-miles front less than half a mile from the centre of Katoomba, and more than 200 residents are fighting to save homes on the outskirts of the town, many of which are almost surrounded by fire…
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First claim under last month's Workers' Compensation (Bush Fire Fighters) Act has been received by the Compensation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Destroys Mountain Homes Suburban Houses Threatened By Blaze At Gordon
The worst fire in the district for 25 years yesterday destroyed seven homes at Leura. Another spectacular fire, at East Gordon, threatened more than 200 homes before it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charged With Paddock Fires
A man started five fires in a paddock at Bankstown yesterday, after a quarrel with the owner of the paddock…
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GEORGE HOGAN (25), laborer, Condell Park, via Bankstown, was remanded at Campsie Court today to January 11 on a charge of having…
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GEORGE HOGAN (25). laborer, Condell Park, via Baukstown, was remanded at Campsie Court today to January 11 on a charge of having…
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GEORGE HOGAN (25), laborer. Condell Park, via Bankstown. was remanded at Campsie Court today to January 11 on a charge of having…
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GEORGE HOGAN (25), laborer, Condell Park, via Bankstown, was remanded at Campsic Court today to January 11 on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fierce Fires Still Threat To Leura
Fierce bushfires are still raging in the Jamieson Valley on the Blue Mountains, and scores of firefighters and volunteers are standing by for any emergency…
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Top left: Mr. V. E. Butler, a former Deputy Postmaster-General, who was nearly trapped with his red setter dos as the flames raced up the cliffs from the Jamieson Valley, Leura, yesterday. Top right: The ruins of the home of Mrs. Y. E…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tank Gun Fires Across Farms in the Rhine Valley
GUN mounted on a U.S. tank shells German positions in the Rhine valley in eastern France…
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