Huge Oil Fire. New York
A fire at the Sinclair Oil Company's refinery, at Wellsville, killed three spectators, and injured 50. when a blazing oil tank was hurtled into the…
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No Mobilisation German Advice to Czechs “Stop Playing with Fire” London .July 17
The Berlin correspondent of “The Times” says that the newspapers publish the Czecho-Slovakian denial of mobilisation…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Steamer on Fire After Air Raid Valencia. July 19
The British steamer Stanland caught fire to-day during a rebel air raid. There were no casualties, and all the cargo was J[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →500 Chinese Refugees Burnt to Death Theatre on Fire After Japanese Air Raid Much Aerial Activity Hankow, July.19
Twenty-raven Japanese bombing planes, flying high to avoid, antiaircraft aircraft gunfire, to-day carried out the biggest and worst raid in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires Race in America 600 Forest Blazes Drought Adds to Hazards San Francisco, July 19
Over 60 forest tires arc burning in three States on the Pac[?] coast of America, and weeks of drought in sonic sections has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forest Fires in Canada Sabotage Alleged. VANCOUVER
After forest fires had wiped out the summer resort of Forbes Landing, a third of the fire fighters were dismissed, and now face arrest,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →House on Fire Man Awakened, Injured SYDNEY
Mr. Lindsay Mallard, a resident of Manchester Avenue, Auburn, awoke early this morning to find himself almost choking and the room filled with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Auburn. Occupants Narrow Escape. SYDNEY
Mr. Lindsay Mallard, a resident of Manchester Avenue, Auburn, awoke early this morning to find himself almost choking, and in a room filled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six Tons of Tobacco Lost in Fire at Myrtleford
Fire at 3.30 on Sunday morning destroyed a two-roomed house and furnishings and a tobacco-bulking and grading shed and six tons of tobacco;…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Worst Fires Yet Vancouver Island Swept Summer Resort Wiped Out VANCOUVER, July 21
The worst [?] in the history of British Columbia are [?] Island, over [?] area [?] miles by 8. Forbes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Store Fire Leave of Appeal Granted
The Privy Council has granted leave to appeal in the case of Maurice v. Goldsbrough Mort. The case was a sequel to the fire in the wool store…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£750,000 Dock Fire Heroic Crews Save Vessels Vancouver, July 27
A fire at the Canadian Pacific docks caused damage amounting to 3,500,000 dollars ([?]). Heroic crews ran through the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Fire at Vancouver Heroic Crews and Blazing Docks VANCOUVER
A fire in the Canadian-Pacific docks caused £875,000 worth of damage. Heroic crews ran tugs through the flames, pulling three coastal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese Planes Kill Two British Officers Vessel is Bombed and Set on Fire Hankow, August 3
Captain J. G. C. Crawley, commander the Chinese Customs cruiser. Chiang, also the second engineer, and a boat boy were killed to-day when the cruiser…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Firemen Fight Fire in Gas Masks Thousands Watch Blaze Sydney
Thousands of sight-seers watched a fire In Hoffnung’s five storey bulk store, in Kent St., city, on Saturday night. Firemen fought the blaze from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Luxury German Liner on Fire Hamburg, August 7
Due to leave this afternoon on a world cruise with 400 passengers, a fire broke out on the Hamburg-Amerika liner Reliance, which visited Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade Inquiry
An officer from the Board of Fire Commissioners was in Corowa yesterday for the purpose of making an investigation into the matter of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Caterer’s Van Catches Fire
Malcolm’s van caught fire when going to Harden to cater for the wedding of Mrs. Knox Ross’ daughter. Four miles out of Jugiong the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boys and Girls Help to Keep School Fires Burning
So that they could keep warm while al school during this unusually cold winter children of Albury Infants’ School invaded the woodheaps at their own homes. Following upen the ex[?]austion of the small amount supplied by the Government, teachers appealed to the little the immediate need. The Mothers’ Club intends to come to the rescue by providing a load that will tide the school over the remainder of the winter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Liner. Berlin, August 7
The fire which broke out in the Hamburg-Amerika liner Reliance, as it was about to set out on a world cruise with 400 passengers, was…
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