Old Residence Destroyed by Fire. MELBOURNE
One of the oldest properties in the Barellan district, the homestead of Hichael Boyle, on Barellan estate, was destroyed by fire. Only a small…
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£100,000,000 Fire That Has Been Burning For 50 Years Strikers Set Coal Mine Alight With Blazing Oil
THE strangest fire in history, one that has been burning underground for 50 years, has already done damage amounting to £100,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Fire Destroys Car Flames Leap 30 Feet High
Returning from a trip to Sydney, when near Marulan, which is not far from Goulburn, Mr. W. Lawry, of Moama, had his car totally destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Communist Party Thr[?] [?]Ons. Echo of Reichstag Fire Trial. Moscow
The "Comintern International" publishes the Bulgarian Communist Party's decision to expel popoff and Taneg, two of the defendants in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Playing with Fire
Every day the agitation for reduced taxation increases in intensity, yet the Commonwealth Government persists in its attitude of no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga News Fire Brigade
The Wagga Fire Brigade received 34 calls in 1935. Seven of them were false alarms. In 1934 there were 29 calls, of which four were false alarms…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Fire Destroys Baeellan Homestead Damage Estimated at £15,000
The homestead on the Barollan Estate, one of the oldest and best known properties in the district, was destroyed by fire, with most of its…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →How Fire Alarm Was Sounded
A [?]re alarm in White [?]s road, near Wilkie Park, was set ringing by a peculiar accident on Thursday. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shop Damaged by Fire
The police believe that the leather goods shop of A. R. Hyland in Rozelle (Sydney), which was extensively damaged by fire was robbed and set alight…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Rescued From Fire—man Dies
George Macks, 33 years, died shortly after he was rescued from a burning building in Newtown, Sydney. The building, a residential, was well alight…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →£10,000 Timber Mill Fire
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire in a timber mill at Port Ahuriri, Napier (N.Z.) The plant, a large quantity of dressed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Ball Explodes Storemen Have Narrow Escape
Several men working in Ferguson's wool, hide and skin store, at the corner of Lyttleton-terrace and Mundy-street, Bendigo (Vic.), during a severe…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Fire Near Savernake
A fire broke out on a property in the vicinity of Savernake on Wednesday of last week, destroying about 66 acres of grass…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrow Escape Fire at Service Station While Tanker Filling Bowser Sydney
While Neville Albrecht. driver of a waggon containing 1000 gallons of motor spirit, was transferring it into a service station bowser at Flinders…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Petrol Station Fire
Great presence of mind and bravery were displayed by Ernest John M'Kenzie, of Darlinghurst, when a fire broke out in a petrol station in…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Fire at Echuca
A six-roomed weatherboard dwelling, the property of Mr James McLean in Sturt street, Echuca was completely destroyed by, fire on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fierce Fire in Sydney Building Destroyed
Fire broke out on the ground floor of premises occupied by A. Abrahams and Sons Pty. Ltd., sack and bag merchants, in Sussex Street, Sydney, and…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Big Fire at Mungindi. Ten Buildings Affected. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
A disastrous fire has taken place at Mungindi, on the New South Wales aud Queensland border. Eight snops and two houses were destroyed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girls Who Eat Fire Red-hot Embers Stuck in Their Ears
"IT'S at full moon they do it, and you must follow the drums. You'll hear them in the jungle, but if the fire people see you, you'll burn;…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Indian Magic Walking Bare-footed on Fire Disappearing in Thin Air
Fire—walking by faith, as it is called, is quite a common thing in India— far famed as the land of magic. It may be partly explained by the fact…
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