Oil Fires
Two Danish inventors have found a way to put out oil fires by applying carbonic acid that is foaming violently. The foam is produced by a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1913
171 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 9
Our Fire Brigade
As a result of frequent importuning the Municipal authorities have been successful in getting the Board of Fire Commissioners to erect a B.H…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on a Steamer. Sydney
Yesterday a fire occurred on board the steamer Matunga at Port Moresby. The mails were destroyed, and the cargo also damaged by water…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a Steamer. Sydney
A fire occurred in the mail room of the steamer Matunga at Port Moresby yesterday, and the mails were destroyed, while damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires to Order. £800,000 Damage Yearly. Faulty Insurance
Astounding allegations as to the widespread, ramifications of the "fire bugs" are contained in a report on 'Incendiarism," just submitted by Mr Joseph…
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An inquiry into the recent fire in Upper Clarinda street by which a shop and residence belonging to Mr. R. Pearson and occupied by C. A. Smiles…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fire at Camp Hill. Supposed Incendiarism. Strong Smell of Kerosene
On Tuesday evening Mr and Mrs G. Schotner were having tea at their redence, Camp Hill, when Mrs Schotner said she thought she saw a fire on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Bugs
In America, incendiarists are known as fire bugs. How the term came to be applied in the first instance we do not know, but it sounds an expressive…
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Mr Thomas Gorman, one of the divisional officers of the Board of Fire Commissioners, paid a visit to Forbes on Saturday. During the afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another City Fire
A destructive fire entailing a loss of over £1000 occurred early on Wednesday morning in Mannington Chambers, Liverpool-street, Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Fire in Clarinda Street
A five-roomed cottage in lower Clarinda-street, adjoining the Grand Hotel, was destroyed by fire at on early hour on Sunday morning. It was…
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The fire fiend has been playing such havoc during the past week that the roar of the blaze and the sound of the alarm bell are still bearing on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Suffragettes. Fire a Boatshed, causing Heavy Loss. London
Suffragettes celebrated Whit Monday by burning the headquarters of the Nottingham Boat Clab on the banks of the Trent, which contained many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A New Zealand Fire. Auckland
As a result of a fire in a house at Auckland (N.Z.), damage estimated at between £25,000 and £30,000 resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trail of Fire
A "trial by ordeal" in the old Saxon way resulted in a young Galician woman being burned to death at Winnipeg on Friday. Steve Zabrynuk, a…
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Senior-Constable Kammell, of Forbes, was on night duty on Wednesday, when he noticed a lurid reflection in the sky up near, the cemetery. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Fire Sydney
The Imperial Skating Rink at Fairfield near Liverpool, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated at £3000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in American. Remarkable Figures
About £50,000,000 of property is annually burnt up in the United States (writes Sydney Brooks in the "Daily Mail"). That is anywhere from eight to thirteen times the per…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Sulky on Fire
Last Tuesday Mr. Giffen, clerk of Mr A Crook, Molong's auctioneer, had a rather warm time of it. He had driven in from Manildra, and when…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →A Fire Alarm
The firebell rang out its alarm shortly before eight o'clock on Wednesday evening and the brigade turned out, but fortunately their…
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