Woman Fires Asylum; 10 Die Helsingfors, Jan. 28
A lunatic woman, in a fit of anger, set fire to a wing of an asylum, and watched six men and four women inmates being burned to death…
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Motor Cycle on Fire Striker Rear Car; Rider Burnt Melbourne, Sunday
Ridden by Leonard Gray, 26, of Scoreby road, Bayswater, a motor cycle burst into flames on Saturday night, when it struck the rear of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rescued Daughter by Pulling Her Through a Window House Destroyed by Fire at Wagga
Awakening at 4 o’clock yesterday morning Francis Jackson, of Shaw street, Wagga, found his weatherboard cottage ablaze. He rescued his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nine Die in Colliery Fire Suffocated by Fumes Man Ran Back Into Certain Death LONDON, Jan. 30
When a Are broke out a mile from the bottom of the Dumbreck Colliery, Kilsyth, to-day, nine miners were trapped and suffocated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires; Outbreaks Reported Melbourne
Seven bush fires were reported today to the Forests Commission by an R.A.A.F. patrol ’plane. None of the outbreaks, was extensive, and general…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Officers at Demonstration
Took a keen interest in proceedings at the Yarrawonga Fire Brigade demonstration on Monday.—Captain Hocking (left), who judged the events, with the chief of the North-Eastern Fire Brigades, Chief Officer McPherson…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Solution of Gaol Fire Parramatta
The Coroner (Mr. G. R. Williams), who inquired into a fire which destroyed the tailor's shop in Parramatta Gaol has made a report to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Crackers on Fire £10,000 Damage in Store
When a box of crackers in the toy department of Nock and Kirby Ltd., George-street, Sydney, caught fire, damage estimated at £10,000 was done…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A Hot Day in Victoria. Causes Many Outbreaks of Fire. MELBOURNE
Fierce bush fires destroyed thousands of acres of rich forests in the Kalorama district in the Dandenong. Ranges yesterday. No lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Elderly Woman Dies Burnt in Bedroom Fire Heroic Rescue Attempt Adelaide
When her bed caught Are early this morning of a city guest house, Mrs. Elizabeth Daniels. 82, was so badly burned that she died later. An heroic…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Destructive Fire. Council's Depot Damaged. SYDNEY
Damage estimated at about £2000 was caused by a fire at the Petersham Council's head depot, opposite the local railway station. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Burnt at Fire Husband Threw Bottle at Her Divorce Court Evidence Sydney
Declaring that her husband had an uncontrollable temper, and that she was terrified of him, Rita Bertha Harding asked Acting—Justice Edwards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Sydney Fire £10,000 Damage Done to Dalgety’s 22 Cars Damaged Sydney
A fire broke out this morning Dalgety’s service station, Woolloomooloo, and threatened a bond store adjoining. Mom than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Prevention
For a number of years patient efforts have been made to combat the menace of bush fires, and the Government recently appointed a Bush Fires…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Upper Murray Shire Meeting of Council Re-forming Bush Fire Brigades
The monthly meeting of the Upper Murray Shire Council was held on Monday. Present: Crs. P. Daly (President), K. J. MacKinnon, C…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narandera Fire Large Store Damaged
The most destructive fire in Narandera for many years occurred on Saturday afternoon in the cellars of S. Richards and Co.'s store, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Fires to One Side And Lions to the Other Explorers’ Experience Nairobi. Feb. 11
Cherry Kearlon, a well-known explorer, his wife and two companions, had narrow escapes when they were almost trapped by a bush fire in Hell’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire After Collision Car and Cycle Hit Head-on Two Men Hadly Hurt Sydney
Two men were seriously hurt and and their eyesight endangered in a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle in Western road, Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£8000 Fire Damage in Badon Factory Christchurch (N.z.) Tues
A fire in a bacon factory of Green and Company in Addington last night caused damage estimated at [?] small stream running alongside the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Police Paddock
A dense column of smoke rising in the direction of Howlong yesterday caused many Albury residents to believe that a fierce fire was raging in the…
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