House Threatened Housewives Fight Fire
Three Rydalmere housewives on Thursday afternoon gamely tackled a grass fire which threatened an unoccupied weatherboard house in Victoria Road. They are Mesdames…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires & bushfires, 1960
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Fire ban extended
Fairfield Council, has extended a fire ban to the whole municipality. Previously the ban…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →People demand fire inquiry
ADELAIDE: A meeting of 150 people in the Mansfield Park temporary homes area condemned the Playford Government for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dundas Valley Quiet 'Fire' Night
The Dundas-Ermington and Rydalmere area was free of fire outbreaks last week during Ermpire night celebrations…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hospital departments destroyed in fire
A fire, which almost completely destroyed five departments of Liverpool Hospital last Thursday, caused more than £80,000 damage. The five departments almost destroyed were the X-ray section, pathology, dispensary, physiotherapy and part of the casualty section…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letter to the Editor Fire tragedy
I was one of many people who, at Mansfield Park, Adelaide, on May 22, stood on the site of yet another State Housing Trust temporary home…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How to Escape From Fire
If you awoke tonight to find your house on fire how would you scape? If you can't answer that…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"A.j.t." Editorial Draws Fire From Lay Leader
The E.C.A.J. senior vice-president (Mr S. D. Einfeld) this week charged the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storing fact is hazard Fire Chief's Warning on Oven Fires
Rydalmere-Ermington residents are again warned against storing fat in electric ovens following several household fires in the district last week. Rydalmere Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seeing How It's Done Mayor fights fire
The Mayor of Parramatta (Ald. A. R. C. Thomas) last week tried his hand…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →White Mark on Bushfire Equipment
Castlereagh Bushfire Brigade at its last meeting adopted a colouring scheme to identify its equipment…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Chimney Fires Quelled
A number of chimney fires were reported in the Carlingford-Teiopea area last week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telopea 'Fire Trap' Near Shops
Residents claim that a wooded area behind Telopea shopping…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heater Blaze Burns Girl
An 11-year-old Merry lands girl was seriously burned when her dressing gown caught fire from a heater in her home…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Heater Blaze Burns Girl
An 11-year-old Merrylands girl was seriously burned when her dressing gown caught fire from a heater in her home…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Trapped in City Blaze
in Sydney was rescued after he collapsed in a burning room while fighting a huge city fire last week…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire Brigade's First "Demo" in 25 Years
For the first time in 25 years, Penrith Volunteer Fire Brigade will be represented at the N.S.W. Fire Brigade championships, to be held at Tweed Heads in October…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Children Fire Questions at Book Week Lecture
The 60 or more children at Penrith City Library for the Book Week lecture by noted author. Miss Kylie Tennant, were not as hesitant about asking questions as most aduft audiences…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire guts old house
Fire almost completely destroyed an old unoccupied weatherboard home in Woodville Rd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire free week for Rydalmere
In complete contrast to the record number of fire calls attended to this year, Rydalmere Volunteer Fire Brigade recently experienced its first…
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