New South Wales Fire Destroys Home Forbes
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Barber was completely destroyed early yesterday when a baby kicked over a lighted lamp and set fire, to some curtains…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
552 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 28
Railway Station Fire
Portion of the railway station at Beulah, an important ma[?]ce town 210 milen north-west of Melbourne, was destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock yesterday…
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Portion of the railway station at Beulah, an important mallee town 240 miles north-west of Melbourne, was destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock yesterday…
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There were amusing incidents at a fire which almost destroyed a motor lorry in Liverpool-road, Enfield, on Monday night (says the "Sydney…
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Four passengers were slightly injured when a tram from Bondi to the city caught fire when a fusebox blew out. The fire caused a panic among…
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Four passengers were slightly injured when a tram from Bondi to the city caught fire when a fusebox blew out. The fire caused a panic among…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Winnipeg Five Dead, l2 Injured (A.p.a. Message.) Winnipeg, April 14
Five persons are dead, a dozen injured in hospital, and scores were overcome by smoke in a blaze at Casa Noina. a combined business and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires in New Zealand Fears Are Entertained for Safety of Families Wellington (N.Z.), April 17
It is feared that many families have been trapped by bush fires which have broken out in the King country after a prolonged dry spell. Further…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Safe Blowers Fail Start Fire in Office Adelaide
An attempt was made this morning to blow open a safe in the office of Daniel Clifford Theatres Limited in King William-street, but the attempt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured by Fire Engine Child Trips Over His Dog and Falls Under Vehicle Auckland (N.Z.), April 17
Tripping over his dog in his excitement at seeing a fire engine, John Smith (9) fell beneath the wheels of the engine. He was shockingly injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theatre at St. Kilda Destroyed by Fire £30,000 DAMAGE Melbourne
The Cairo Theatre at St. Kilda was completely destroyed by fire at a late hour last night. The damage is estimated at £30,000. The poor pressure…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Picture Theatre Fire Damage Set Down at £4500 Melbourne
It is now estimated that the loss as a result of the fire in the St. Kilda Picture Theatre is about £4500. One fireman had a narrow escape when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Victoria Women Trapped in Flames Jump Through Windows Melbourne
A fire destroyed five shops at Belgrave carly yesterday morning. Several women were trapped by the flames, but escaped by jumping…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italian Runs Amok Fires on Policeman Brisbane
The police are searching for Nunzio Cremello, an Italian, who it is allegad has run amok with a machine gun, An Italian cane cutter called on the police…
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The police are searching for Nunzio Cremello, an Italian, who it is alleged has run amok with a machine gun. 'An Italian cane cutter called on the police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in a Dwelling Adelaide
Great damage was caused when a fire broke out in a private house occupied hy J. L. Sandford, of Stanleystreet, North Adelaide, on Friday. lt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven Outbreaks of Fire at Cardboard Box Factory. Sydney
Seven distinct outbreaks of fire were found in the premises of Simpson and Lonsdale, cardboard box manufacturers, at Redfern, on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Fire in New Zealand Brother and Sister Victims Auckland (N.Z.), April 24
Francis O'Brien and his sister Freda, both single, and aged 68 and 59 years respectively, were burnt to death when their home at Waituna,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Hospital Lifeguards Assist to Rescue Patients London, April 24
All the available men of the Lifeguards and Footguards regiments of the Windsor garrison were mobilised when the King Edward VII. Hospital,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lunatic Causes Fire Goulburn
Declaring that God had told him to do it, a lunatic at the Kenmore mental hospital confessed to setting fire to portion of the building on Tuesday night…
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