Second Canadian Fire in 48 Hours
WINNIPEG, Wednesday.-- A disastrous fire, the second in Canada in two days, swept through Cabano (Quebec)…
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2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 131
Smoker's lapse may have led to fatal fire
A fire at Manly on April 10, which caused the death of a man and his two children, was probably caused by the man falling asleep with a lighted cigarette in his hand…
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JUMP. Every Thursday firemen from various stations have fire drill at headquarters. From 45 feet up, a probationary fireman leaps into a jumping sheet while 35 men hold it steady…
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HERE are new winter de[?] for the older woman with a [?] figure. If your figure is not so [?] member that darker colors are more [?] fuller…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Crew Escapes When Dakota Crashes Fire Destroys R.A.AF. Plane At Doonside
An R.A.A.F. Dakota crashed-landed at Doonside, near Parramatta today and burst into flames seconds after its crew of three had scrambled unhurt to safety. The plane cut a path more than 100 yards long through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crew Escapes When Dakota Crashes Fire Destroys R.A.A.F. Plane At Doonside
An R.A.A.F. Dakota crashed in a paddock near Doonside today and burst into, flames seconds after ifs crew of three had scrambled unhurt to safety. The plane cut a path more than 100 yards long through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crew Escapes When Dakota Crashes Fire Destroys R.A.A.F. Plane At Doonside
An R.A.A.F. Dakota crash-landed at Doonside, near Parramatta today and burst into flames seconds after its crew of three had scrambled unhurt to safety. The plane cut a path more than 100 yards long through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crew Escapes Wren Dakota Crashes Fire Destroys R.A.A.F. Plane At Doonside
An R.A.A.F. Dakota crash-landed at Doonside, near Parramatta, today and burst into flames seconds after its crew of three had scrambled unhurt to safety. The plane cut a path more than 100 yards long through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crew Escapes When Dakota Crashes Fire Destroys R.A.A.F. Plane At Deonside
An R.A.A.F. Dakota crash-landed at Doonside, near Parramatta, today and burst into flames seconds after its crew of three had scrambled unhurt to safety. The plane cut a path more than 200 yards long through…
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QUEBEC, May 10.—Three thousand residents of Cabano, mill town in Quebec, fled yesterday when an eight-hour…
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A young Bait woman suffered burns to her head and ' arms- when a fire almost destroyed a five-room, weatherboard cottage…
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A 28-year-old Bait woman was severely burned about the face and hands today, when her weatherboard home at Brooklyn was gutted by fire. She is Mrs. Hafa Makulek…
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AKRON (Ohio).-- A "Fire King" municipal fire hose, 12 to 15 per cent lighter and 50 per cent stronger than the standard…
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AKRON (Ohio).-- A 'Tire King" municipal fire hose, 12 to 15 per cent lighter and ad per cent stronger than the standard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Endangers The Future Of Our Great Rural Industries
PRESENT-DAY farmers arc widely realising that fire is one of the greatest enemies of the soil. Continuous use of fire on the surface of the land will rapidly destroy it. Although it had to be used extensively in the pioneering stages in rural…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Ship on Fire Off Japan
TOKIO, Saturday.--The Norwegian ship Talisman (6700 tons) is on fire 70 miles west of Shimoda, on the east…
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This new fire engine was put into service at Fire Headquarters in Sydney yesterday. The engine can pump 750 gallons of water a minute, and has a speed of 70 m.p.h. Designed so that the 12 firemen sit inside, it is one of the most modern engines in the British Empire. The two-way radio aerial is seen mounted on the front…
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A European migrant was burned on the face and hands yesterday while rescuing one of her children from a blazing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GIRL, 3, Fatally Burnt Heater Bailees Fire in Heme
A three-years-old girl was burnt to death this afternoon when an immersion heater set fire to a bed in her home at 34 King St., Canley Vale…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GIRL, 3, Fatally Burnt Heater Causes Fire In Home
A three-years-old girl was burnt to death this afternoon when an immersion heater set fire to a bed in her home at 34 king St., Canley Vale…
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