Explosion at Mascot Followed by a Fire Residents Terror Stricken Sydney
A terrific explosion and fire occurred at the Mascot municipal electricity sub-station during the height of the storm, and considerable damage was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
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An Adelaide Hotel Damaged by Fire Men Tn Adjoining Building Escape by Means of Rope One Falls and Is Injured Adelaide
A fire at the Selborne Hotel Pirie-street, on Sunday night burnt through to Selborne Chambers next door, on the top floor of which the Toc H…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in a Prison 17 Deaths Reported (A.p.a. Message.) Junction City (Ohio), Oct. 8
Seventeen prisoners in the State penitentiary were burned to death when a fire destroyed a dormitory in which 270 prisoners were asleep…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in U.S.A. Prison Several Inmates Are Burnt to Death (A.p.a. Message.) Vancouver, October 3
A message from Junction City (Ohio) says that at least six prisoners in the State penitentiary were burnt to death when a fire destroyed a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires in Queensland Farmers' Heavy Losses Toowoomba
Serious bushfires are sweeping parts of the main Toowoomba Range. Last night the flames were burning fiercely. Thousands of acres of land have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on a Steamer Damage Not Serious Sydney
A fire broke out on the liner Benalla at Milson's Point yesterday, but the firemen extinguished it after a hard fight before serious damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at a Colliery Much Coal Destroyed Brisbane
In a blaze which lit up the countryside for miles, nearly 400 tons of coal and a huge chute in which it was stored, were destroyed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in State Coal Mine Only Slight Damage Done Lithgow
A fire broke out last night in a pile of wooden props in the main leading of the State coal mine. Only slight damage was done but a large number…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Portumna Lord Lascelles Opposed to Vindictive Action (A.p.a. Message.) London, October 10
Lord Lascelles has intimated to the Free State Government that Princess Mary and himself deeply regret even indirectly causing suffering to anyone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Farm Owner Loses His Life Brisbane
While trying to extinguish a grass fire on his property, Joseph Curtis, an elderly farmer, of Mount Nebo, was enveloped in flames. He was burnt to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Damaged by Fire
Reginald Barnsley, of 163 Williamslane, was driving a motor car along the Balacfava-road at about 4 p.m. on Saturday, and when about three miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boarder Found Dead Bedclothes on Fire Melbourne
William Gillespie (53) who resided at a boarding-house at Caulfield, was found dead in his room. The attention of other hoarders was called by smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Carr's Dairy
About 3.23 p.m. to-day the Fire Brigade was called to Carr's dairy on the Menindie-road. On arrival the brigade found that a four-roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer on Fire Another Standing by Vancouver, October 12
The British freight steamer Trojan Star. bound from Shields. England, to British Columbia ports, was reported to-day to be afire off the north…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires a District in Queensland a Scene of Desolation Rockhampton
Disastrous fires are raging in Dawson Valley at Dixalea, where many farmers have been burnt out, losing all the Rhodes, grass in their paddocks. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Petrol Pump
Considerable damage was done to a bowser oil pump in ront of Mr. Norman Woodman's shop by fire at about 9 o'clock last night. It is reported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cumberland Mills Fire Chief Fire Officer Denies That Calls Were Ignored Sydney
Chief Fire Officer F. Jackson, in a special report which was tabled in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, gave an emphatic denial to the allegations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Sea One Fireman Killed and 8 Others Injured (A.p.a. Message.) Vancouver, October 17
W. T. Tennison, a fireman on the Blue Star liner Trojan Star, was killed, six others were badly burned and two gassed as the result of oil…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Newcastle Produce Store Damaged Newcastle
Considerable damage was caused by a fire which broke out in the produce store of Lord and Fay last night The fire originated in a pile of hay…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in a Dwelling Man Charged in Sydney Sydney
In the Central Police Court to-day. Albert Thomson (28), laborer, was charged with having maliciously set fire to the dwelling of William…
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