£500 Damage in Fire at Bakery
Fire last night gutted a double-storied bakehouse in Mons Ave., West Ryde, destroying £500 worth of machinery…
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£500 Damage in Fire at Bakery
Fire last night gutted a double-storied bakehouse in Mons Ave., West Ryde, destroying £500 worth of machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Workmates Save Men ln Blaze
Workmates had to break down a wall to rescue two men who were trapped in a fire following a chemical explosion at the…
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Workmates had to break down a wall to rescue two men who were trapped in a fire following a chemical explosion at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Workmates Save Men In Blaze
Workmates had to break down a wall to rescue two men who were trapped in a fire following a chemical explosion at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sutherland Fire Brigade. The Cost of Maintenance
In regard to the establishment of a permanent fire brigade in Sutherland Shire, a letter was received from the Board of Fire Commissioners at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Severe Official Action to Follow Haifa Fire
After receiving news of the Haifa fire, the High Commissioner is reported to have convoked the Advisory Council and military chiefs for an urgent consultation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Flat Burns Furniture
Firemen broke down a door last night to reach a fire in Mrs. Keith Watt's flat, Chatsbury Flats, Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arson Suspected In Post Office Fire
Police believe a fire which last night burnt out Belrose Post Office, French's Forest, was started deliberately. The fire also destroyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cigarette Believed to Have Caused Flat Fire
A burning cigarette is believed to have started a fire in flats at Elizabeth Bay last night. The fire slightly damaged furniture in a ground-floor flat at Chatsbury Flats, Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bruxner Will Fire First Shot in Election Fight
LEADER of the Country Party (Col. Bruxner) will fire the first shot in the State election campaign with his policy speech, which will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burwood Methodist Ladies' College Fire
The most extensive and disastrous fire that has occurred in any of our Church properties broke out in the centre block of the Methodist Ladies' College, Burwood, in the early morning of Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Brisbane Wool Blaze
BRISBANE, Saturday.—In a spectacular blaze a large section of Belmont wool-scouring works owned by Redbank Meatworks Pty. Ltd. was…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →40 Firemen Fight Clothing Blaze
Watched by hundreds of people 40 firemen fought a blaze on the first floor of the Capitol Clothing Stores. George-street, about 9.30…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eight-month-old Fire Panics Wool Men
A broadcast description of a fire which, last August, burned out a £350,000 Sydney wool store, last night panicked executives of two wool firms. They thought the store was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Old fire, re-broadcast, proved only false alarm
Re-broadcast last night of a recording made during a big fire last May caused many listeners to inquire from newspapers and the station the the locality of the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cafe Patrons Eat As Fire Blazes Thousands Of Boots Are Destroyed In City Store
While fire blazed in the Capitol Clothing Store, Haymarket, last night, customers in a restaurant next door continued their meals and watched firemen lay hoses between the tables. Before the fire was brought…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Fighting a Bushfire, at Woy Woy
MY friends and I were coming home from school one day, when we saw smoke billowing up from the bush near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Fire
A fire which broke out in the Capitol Stores. George Street, late on Saturday night caused considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Quench Smouldering Fire Of War"—Truman
WASHINGTON, April 6 (A.A.P.).—President Truman last night warned the United States that it "must act in time—ahead of time—to stamp out the smouldering beginnings of war that may threaten to spread over the…
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