The soda-jerker set fire to a sundae
A man seated at the soft drink counter of a big Broadway drugstore looked up from his coffee and said timidly to the waitress: "The hat. What's the hat for?"…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fires & bushfires, 1950
2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 131
"Your House Is On Fire, Too" They Were Told
MELBOURNE, Saturday. — Members of the Fahey family were watching a fire in a neighbour's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Sweeps Camp Tents
Campers were left without clothes when five tents were burned down at Bundeena camping area near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fierce Fires in West Flying Doctor Gives Aid
A member of the Flying Doctor Service yesterday used his plane to reconnoitre a big bush and grass fire in north-western New South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Loss In Camp Fire
Many campers escaped in night attire at Bonnie Vale camping area, near Cronulla, early this morning when fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pole Fire Causes Big Blackout
MELBOURNE, Sun.--Thousands of homes, hundreds of streets, and five picture theatres were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Restraint on woman in camp fire peril
A 63-year-old woman was forcibly prevented from endangering her life to-rescue her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage of £300,000 in Wool Blaze
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--In one of Melbourne's biggest and most spectacular fires for many years, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool, Tallow Destroyed In £225,000 Blaze
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Thousands of bales of wool and barrels of tallow were destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires In West Put Out
High temperatures continued for most of yesterday throughout the far north-west of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£300,000 Wool Fire
Firemen fighting a fire in a wool store at Brooklyn, six miles from Melbourne, last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →1,000 Campers Help To Fight Fire
Nearly 1,000 campers, including many children, helped to fight a fire which broke out in the Bonnie Vale camping…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Destroys Wool Store £300,000 damage
MELBOURNE, Mon.--One of the most spectacular fires in Melbourne's history to-night destroyed a wool store…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Firefighters beat bushfires
Firefighters early yesterday controlled two grass fires which were burning near White Cliffs in north-west New South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Morrison Fires First Shots Staff Correspondent
LONDON, Jan. 17.— The Labour Party's campaign manager, Mr. Herbert Morrison, opened the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Board Contribution
Reporting on a letter from the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W., the town clerk of Holroyd, Mr. P. A. Arnett stated that council's contribution for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Watchman Fires at Burglar Theft From Milk Bar at Campsie
A NIGHTWATCHMAN fired a shot over the head of a fleeing burglar in a back lane at Campsie about 3 a.m. today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Valuation Rise Will Benefit Fire Board
Recent substantial increases in the Holroyd valuations will raise the contribution payable by Holroyd Council in 1950 to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Sun" short story Fight That Fire
THAT night the heat even there in the mountains was unbearable, and through the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Rain Missed Fire But Not Fighters
Rain yesterday held up firefighters who were going to a fire near White Cliffs in north-west New South Wales. About 80 men came…
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