FIRE! will only a human tragedy stir authority?
Recent above-century temperatures in New South Wales have brought not only serious fire outbreaks in the countryside but have highlighted the inadequate protection…
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Death Bridge Catches Fire Causing Delay to Trains
The "bridge of death" over Canley-Vale railway line lost week burst into flames following a serious electrical failure. Volunteer Firemen from Cabramatta and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Modern France Arts and to Extinguish Large Fires Caused by Hydrocarbons
T fire engine. The new engine is a diesel Berliet truck, the first of a series which will be used to protect a methane gas liquefaction plant, and…
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LAST week's tragic death of seven children in a fire at an unlicensed Victorian nursery has stirred our…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Grave Fire Hazard Fairfield in danger
Business leaders last week said they were concerned at the lack of fire prevention equipment in the Fairfield municipality. A spokesman for the Fairfield…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →De Gaulle's cannon fire diplomacy
PROGRESSIVE French papers bitterly criticise De Gaulle for suppressing by force of arms a revolt in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Residents Are Cautioned on Fire Dangers
Residents of Fairfield and Cabramatta should check the location of fire hydrants servicing their properties, it was warned last week…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners will be asked to inspect and report on a fire hazard caused by pollution of Stimson's Creek. This action was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigades Down On 1957 Strength
SYDNEY: The Metropolitan Fire Brigade today is 201 men short of the strength required to maintain the same…
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JASA may ease its prohibition on voting rights at annual elections to clubs whose representatives had not attended all the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Nurses' Home Fire
Although two wings of the nurses home at Liverpool Hospital was badly damaged by fire last week no alternative staff accommodation was needed. Fireman, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alarm at concealed fire hydrants
Bungling caused by lack of hydrant markers and a closed-off water main were contributing causes of serious damage by fire to two Fairfield buildings this month…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire destroys toy stockpile Workmen flee from Guildford workshop
Thousands of toys being stockpiled for Christmas were destroyed in a recent fire at a Guildford factory. Damage caused by the fire was estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →tharuka bedtime tales The Fire
The ground—glow of night faded into the sky glow of early day. He tried, as usual, to wipe his spectacles and as usual…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Preacher under fire for licence support
A lay preacher from Merrylands who supported an application for a liquor licence by Parramatta Rugby Union Club, has come under fire. He is Mr. Geoff…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Zionist Hq Raided Flag on Fire in Argentine Riot
Jewish Chronicle News Service Buenos Aires.—A violent mob of young nationalists1 last week burned an Israeli flag in the centre of Buenos Aires and raided the office of the Zionist Federation. The mob held up traffic in the heart of the city, on busy Sarmiento Street, on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Playford's low-wage Policies under fire
ADELAIDE: Following recent successes by workers on the wharf and in the Electricity Trust against the Playford Government's low-wage policies, other sections of Government workers are demanding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Classified danger area Holroyd fire problems are under control
The Holroyd Civil Defence Organisation is looking for areas to carry out controlled burning off. The Holroyd Engineer, Mr. A. Al-…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thousands of pounds spent following fire
Following a fire which gutted part of a Yennora factory, thousands of pounds are being spent on large extensions that will make Melosi Smallgoods a bigger and more efficient unit…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Policy Under Fire
Fairfield's policy for residential and industrial development come under fire of last week's meeting of Holroyd Council. Ald. G. Cullis said that Fairfield Council was to…
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