Fire Worship and Bonfires
A peculiarity of lire worship not unnaturally consists in that element being treated with the greatest respect, and any act which could in any way be considered…
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Fires & bushfires, 1911
24 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 1 of 2
Fire-proof Dresses
Children's dresses may be rendered well-night fire-proof if in the last rinsing water or in the starch in which they are stiffened [?] of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Curious Cause of Fire
Perhaps as strange a cause of fire as ever originated in the fertile imagination of a fictionist was one which was reported in February 1903, from Vienna. A military…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Facts & Fancies. Fire at Wedding Ceremonies
Fire is an essential in some wedding celebrations. In Persia the service is read in front of the fire. In Nicaragua the priest, taking the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Between Two Fires
An writer holidaying in Ireland and the following:— He was driving on an outside car, when suddenly the horse bolted, and seeing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Ball
The annual ball in connection with the Moss Vale Fire Brigade eventuated in Bennett's hall on Friday night last, and was very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Handy Fire Escape
A new fire escape has recently been invented which, when not in use, folds up into a sort of tube. When required for use it may be opened…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Alarm Handcuffs
For a person to be handcuffed every time an alarm of fire is sent in over the wires from a street box and for the person to receive it in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Metals That Give Off Fire
The famous inventor of the Welsbach gas mantle discovered that the metals of rare earths, of which incandescent mantles are composed,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A New Fire Appliance
One of the latest fire appliances is the water tower, an ingenious device for throwing water on a burning building from a high altitude…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Bundanoon
A five-roomed cottage at Bundanoon, the residence of Mr. Patrick Hayman, was destroyed by fire on Friday night last. Mr. and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at The Oaks
On Monday morning the startling news was circulated that Messrs Byrne and Devitt's store had been totally destroyed by fire at an early hour that morning. On…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Best Gas Fire
The beat gas fire is obtained by a large member of small jets so arranged that each jet will be fed with puts air, and that the burned gas from the one jet cannot…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Electric Tramway Fire. Ladies' Dresses Alight on a Burning Vehicle
An alarming accident, disclosing the possibility of danger from a hitherto unsuspected source, occurred on Saturday evening, July 9th, on the electric…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Escape
The feature of this rope fire escape is the novelty of the arrangement and construction of the parts. The carrying device is a loop…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fire Fiend in Country Houses
An export in the London and Lancashire Fire Insurance office writes in the London "Daily Mail":- We are becoming familiar with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Theatre Fire in Shakspeare's Time
The burning of the Globe Theatre, in which Shakspeare had a share, and on the stage of which he was constantly seen, is the subject of an interacting and valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bowral Fire Brigade
Divisional Officer G. H. Dadd paid his usual visit of inspection to the above brigade on Tuesday night last, and found the engine and appliances…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Near The Oaks. Mrs. Roberts Burnt Out
On Tuesday, near midnight, flames were seen leaping from the homestead at Mill Park, The Oaks, and this gave the alarm of a big fire that resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rapid Blaze
"Thim praties ire long iv bolin', Jimmie asthore; run in an' see if the foire is out or in," exclaimed a busy mother to her boy while she spread…
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