Henty Bush Fire Brigade Purchase of New Equipment
A meeting of those interested in the Henty Bush Fire Brigade was held on Monday evening, but from the poor attendance apparently not many…
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Fire in Benalla Shop Crown's Allegations Fail
At the Wangaratta (Vic.) General Sessions on Tuesday before Judge Magennis, Edward D. Bartrouney was charged with setting fire to a shop at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£15,000 Fire Business Block Gutted at Dunedoo
Doing damage estimated at £15,000, the most disastrous fire in the history, of Dunedoo occurred early Saturday, morning, when Waters' Royal Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Communal Strike in India Troops Again Forced to Fire Calcutta, July 22
Further rioting occurred among Moslems in Lahore yesterday. The Moslems, who are objecting to the demolition by Sikhs of a disused mosque…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Ship on Fire? But No Trace of Vessel Search Is Made Adelaide
Following a report that a ship had been seen on fire off Port Broughton in Spencer’s Gulf the steamer Muscana made a search, but could not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigade Called Chimney Blaze Causes Alarm
When the chimney at the home of Mr. T. Best caught are on Monday afternoon last the brigade was called to quell the blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fire Munition Dumps Threatened Turkish Secrecy Instanbul, July 26
A destructive [?] attended by explosions is threatening munition dumps in the military zone of the [?] naval base. Firemen and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Disastrous Fire Textile Mill Destroyed Damage Estimated at £38,000 BALLARAT
Schempp’s textile mill in Trench street was completely ruined by fire which broke out at 5 a.m. today. The damage is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tragic Weekend Many Violent Deaths Mother and Babes Perish in Fire Two Brothers Drowned Toll of the Road
This week-end was one of the most tragic for years, and the toll of violent deaths reached an alarming total. In Italy (as reported elsewhere in this issue) 55 persons-mostly girls—lost their lives in an. explosion in a munitions factory, whilst nearer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →100 Hands Idle Unemployment Caused by Fire BALLARAT
The costly lire at Schempp’s textile mills, North Ballarat, early on Sunday morning, has thrown about 100 employes out of work. The loss was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Melbourne. Board of Works Building MELBOURNE. Tuesday Noon
A fire to-day, completely demolished the workshop, plan room, testing room and garages of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Their Home on Fire Couple’s Narrow Escape Sydney
An elderly couple. Henry Whittle his wife, escaped in their night [?] from a blazing home at Pennant Hills early this morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Film Fire Fatality Caustic Soda Treatment Condemned by Inspector. Melbourne
Evidence that film cleaning by means of caustic soda and hot water would inevitably result in a fire was given by a senior inspector of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Store and Garage Fire Considerable Damage Board of Works Loss Melbourne
When a stove and garage in [?] street South Melbourne, was gutted fry fire to-day, the Board of Works suffered [?] to thousands of pounds The cause of the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Machine Guns For British Army FIRES 550 Rounds a Minute London, July 30
It was announced in the House of Commons to-day by Mr. D. Hacking, Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Office, that the British Army’s…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Horse’s Agony Blanket Covering it On Fire a Strange Affair Sydney
A horse was extensively burned in a paddock at Lidcombe last night in a strange manner. The animal was wearing a large blanket, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sabotage in Germany Fires and Explosions Discontent Among Workers London, July 28
The German secret police are inquiring into a series of fires and explosions, which indicate that the discontent of German workers, leading to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Delayed Fires in Trains Exposure of Anarchist Method a Spanish Sensation Madrid, July 31
Mysterious fires in trains recently, Similar to the outbreaks in March, have been explained by the Minister for the Interior. He states that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Walking the Fire" Terror Britisher's Triumph in Hindu Custom
AN Englishman, who claims to Tie one of tie only two white men ever to go through the ordeal of "walking the fire" in South Africa,…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A Newcastle Paradox Snow and Bush Fires Newscastle
Snow fell at Barrington Tops yesterday, while Newcastle experienced a [?] cold wind. bush fires raged around [?] and Wallsend…
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