Cafe Destroyed by Fire Proprietor Dies From Horns Perth
Menual Temclkos, proprietor of tho Willow Cafe, Hay street, Perth, died yesterday from burns received when trying to save the cafe, which was…
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Serious Fire in City Damage Estimated at Thousands of Pounds Sydney, Friday
A fire which broke out early this morning in a building in William st., occupied by Aladdin Industries Pty. Ltd., caused damage estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Use for Soda Water. Extingushed Car Blaze
When a car, passing Messrs Darby Bros’ cordial factory caught fire on Friday morning siphons of soda water were need to extinguish the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Fire Motor Bodies Damaged
Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused by a fire which broke out at the Aladdin Lamp Co., William-street, Darlinghurst. A large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire on Sydney Express Cigarette Blamed Cootamundra
A fire which was apparently caused through a cigarette damaged a compartment of the Sydney bound Melbourne express [?] near Cootamunda early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jam Factory Fire 90 Girls Rescued From Roof
Ninety girls were rescued by firemen from the roof, and damage amounting to several thousands of pounds was done, by a fire which broke out at the…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Fire on Express Train Three Passengers Arrested. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
A fire broke out in a carriage of the Sydney-Melbourne express early this morning, and a passenger, Reginald Boom, of Melbourne, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Allegedly Set Fire to Railway Carriage Three Men Remanded Moss Vale
Murdo Smith, Sinclair Pottinger and Louis Kaho, who were described as seamen, appeared before the local police court this afternoon charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allegedly Set Fire to Railway Carriage Two Seamen Remanded Sydney
Three seamen, Munro Smith. 35, Sinclair Pottinger, 45, and Louis Kabo 66, appeared at the central police court to-day on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Britain’s Serious Lag in Plane Production Critics “Open Fire” on the Government LONDON, April 22
According to the Australian Associated Press political correspondent, the failure of the Government to immediately replace words with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dog on Fire
Excitement was caused at the Shepparton Speed Coursing kennels, when a racing dog was severely burnt when its trainer 11t a cigarette. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →House Destroyed by Fire
Mr Thos. Mallon of Finley, received word from Bounce a few days ago that his 9-roomed house in the Western town had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Fire and Kill 32 Persons at Meeting 20,000 at Congress Rally Madras, April 20
Twenty-two persons were killed, and 48 were injured when the Mysore State police fired on a Congress meeting at [?], near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Disastrous Fire Employes Unaware of Blaze £50,000, Damages Melbourne
Unaware that the promises of Den[?]ton and Co. Pty. Ltd., clothing factory and warehouse, Flinders Lane. had been gutted by fire early this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigade Called to Rosehill Girls’ School
The fire brigade was called to Rosehill Girls’ School, Kiewa st., at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon to a fire [?]ng in a chimney. When smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Destroys Theatre
A fire, which broke out at night, destroyed the Melba Theatre at War-racknabeal (Vic), causing damage estimated at about £10,000. This…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fires at Khancoban Cold Weather Near the Mountains Khancoban
Dear Uncle,—It is a long time since I last wrote to the Page. I suppose you have almost forgotten me, but I promise to be more constant. We had…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Fire on Sydney Express Cigarette Blamed
A fire which was apparently caused through a cigarette damaged a compartment of the Sydney-bound Melbourne express near Cootamuhdra. A…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Wagga News Fire at Bacon Factory
Serious damage was caused by a fire which almost completely destroyed the smoking section of P. P. Riedell and Son's bacon factory…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Boys Rescued From Fire Father Suffers Burns
When rescuing his four sons from a burning house Mr. W. Marvel, head water master for the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, suffered…
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