Fire Destroys Factory; an Arrest Made
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), January 19. —After a spectacular fire had destroyed the furniture.factory of A. and J. Watts, at Dunedin, a man was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1935
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Fire Destroys Factory; an Arrest Made Wellington (N.z.), January 19
After a spectacular fire had destroyed the furniture factory of A. and J. Watts, at Dunedin, a man was arrested on a charge of arson. It…
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A fire which started a week ago on Hook Island, Barrier Beef, is still blazing, and has already destroyed 2600 acres of vegetation. The island…
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The condition of Mr. stanley Warner, of Penola, who was severely burnt in a fire which swept a large area of valuable property yesterday…
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Three persons were burned following an explosion at the tannery of Howe and Co., High-street, Preston. Flames l[?]ed more than 60ft. into…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The first serious bushfire this summer is raging in the forests between Strathbogie and Dry Creek, in the…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), January 23.— Peat fires are still causing great damage in North Island. S[?]ong winds are fanning the fires in the Waikato…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Two men suffered burns when petrol exploded during a circus performance held by Fox Brothers on a vacant allotment…
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LONDON, January 23.—A message received to-day by the Glasgow owners of the British oil tanker Valverda, on fire in the Atlantic Ocean, stated…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A motor lorry collided, with a train at a crossing near Temora. The petrol from the tank of the wrecked lorry caught fire…
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The most dramatic feature of Saturday's snowstorm was the desperate fight by firemen to check the flames at a…
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MOUNT BARKER, Tuesday.—A fire which broke out on the first floor of the Mount Barker Rest Home destroyed a room, situated above the…
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A nightmare experience was endured by Solomon Rabin, his wife, and 13-year-old daughter, when they, were…
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COLAC (Victoria), Wednesday.— Frank Spratt, farmer, of Ondit, was carrying a lighted lamp in a passage in his house when he trod on a brown…
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PERTH, Friday. — Damage estimated at £8100 was caused by a fire which broke out at T. J. F. Stevenson's furniture factory, West Perth…
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PENOLA, Monday.—That the bush fire which caused the death from burns of Mr. James Warner (36), a farmer, destroyed about 1000 acres…
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Excavations on the Albert [?]bankment site, London, for the foundations of what it is expected will be the finest fire…
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Seven persons, including a 8-yearold girl, perished, and four were critically burnt by a fire in a shop in the village of Vayalpad, near Madras,…
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Seven persons, including a 8-yearold girl, perished, and four were critically burnt by a fire in a shop in the village of Vayalpad, near Madras,…
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ONE of the most disastrous fires in the history of Broken Hill, when thousands of pounds worth of damage was done in a few hours, occurred on…
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