Busy time for fire brigade
Four fires within 24 hours were attended by Rydalmere Volunteer Fire Brigade last week. The Fire Chief…
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Fire destroys Smithfield home
A Smithfield family was just settling down to watch "I Love Lucy" on television on Monday night last week when a fire broke out in the laundry and destroyed the house completely…
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PERTH: The disastrous bushfire which destroyed Dwellingup, Nanga Brook and Holyoake last week brought a great wave of sympathy and help for its victims from the people of Western Australia…
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Fire engines from Fairfield attended a fire at the Yennora Marshalling Yards at…
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MELBOURNE. — Another fire broke out at the Yeshivah building in East St. Kilda last Saturday destroying parts of the building left…
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Fire forced an elderly couple from their house and completely destroyed the interior…
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ADELAIDE: A 24-hour stoppage of all 2000 waterside workers at Port Adelaide last week was…
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Neighbours arriving on Sunday with a bed for the family of Mr. F. J. McHenry, Elliott St., Kingswood, whose home was destroyed by fire early that morning, The chimney, all that remains of the house, can be seen at…
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An outstanding response had been received to his appeal for a Kingswood family of 10 whose house had been burnt to the ground last Sunday morning, the Mayor of Penrith, Ald. L. J. Spies,…
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ADELAIDE: School fires in South Australia, with their attendant setback and shock to students,…
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Big improvements in Parramatta district fire-fighting facilities are now-being made by the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade…
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Damage estimated at more than £20,000 was caused as one of the district's most…
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A member of Baulkham Hills Shire Council last week attacked politicians and other official visitors for arriving late at council naturalization ceremonies. CLAIM BY COUNCILLOR…
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An important step in the preparation against fires on the Blue Mountains was made last Sunday by the opening of a building to house equipment of Biaxland Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade…
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Five seconds after Rydalmere's new fire engine arrived at a fire on Tuesday night…
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Fairfield Municipal Council will make representations to the Premier, Mr. Heffron, for a foot ramp over Fairfield station. This was moved by Ald…
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A display of fire fighting was given last week at the Fairfield factory of Merch,…
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ADELAIDE: Another child has died following the recent fire in a temporary Housing Trust home at…
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Mr. Morrissey and Mr. Rochford. of Fire Fighting Equipment Ltd., conducted a demonstration of modern fire fighting extinguishers at the factory of Merck, Sharpe and Dhame,…
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A fire broke out in an unoccupied shop in John Street, Cabramatta, last…
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