Bush Fire Control and Prevention in Hume Shire
When a notice of motion by Cr. J. E. Jelbart that branches of the F. and S. Association, Agricultural Bureaux, and Progress Associations be…
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Man’s Three Funerals Shade Fire Sequel Family Gets Bill for £18 Wellington (N.z.)
The family of Patrick Henry Shine, aged 54, has been presented with a bill for £18 in respect of his third and last funeral…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Old Fire Station To Be Acquired By Council
The Deniliquin Council last night decided to take advantage of the district surveyor’s offer to acquire the old fire station building in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Annuities for Widows; Husbands Died in Fires Melbourne
Twenty-[?] widows [?] hands work [?] [?] 25 [?] will re[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Wagga School Extension Damage Caused Estimate of £3000
Damage estimated at £300 was caused at the girls department of the public school in Garwood st, Wagga, yesterday by a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hotel, Scene of Double Murder, Destroyed by Fire Destroyed by Fire Dunolly
The Windsor Castle Hotel at Dunolly, where Charles Bunney and Robert Gray were murdered last October, was completely destroyed by fire early…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Hospital Extensive damage Done Patients Removed to Safety Queenstown (Tas.)
Fire early to-day gutted the main ward and destroyed a large amount of equipment in the Lyell District Hospital, caning several thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floor Collapse in Blaze
Collapse of the floor of a classroom in a biasing school on Friday hurled Captain Phillips and Fireman Barret, of the Wagga fire brigade into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Suspected Man’s Body in Fire a Woman’s Discovery Melbourne
Apparently the victim of a murder, the charred remains of an unidentified man were found in the midst of what had been a fierce…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bombay Goes “Dry” Roaring Trade on Last Night Police Fire on Muslims Bombay, July 31
Bombay went “dry” at midnight, but thousands were top drunk to worry about that. The city’s 850 bars, liquor shops and hotels did a roaring trade…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Interesting point Regarding Service of Fire Brigade
Although many people are under the impression that a fire on their premises involves them in expense, when the Fire Brigade is called out to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Paddock Fire Tragedy Dead Han Was Worried Committed Suicide Is Belief Melbourne
Statements by relatives and friends that James Barnes, aged 64, victim of the Blackburn fire tragedy on Monday, had been very depressed and had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fire at Sea. British Ship Sinking. New York
A British freighter, reported to be the Dunkwa, is on fire at sea and is expected to sink within an hour, states a message from Jacksonville…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Freighter on Fire in Mid- Atlantic—Crew Take To The Boats JACKSONVILLE (Florida), Aug. 3
An unidentified vessel, believed to be the British freighter Dunkwa, is on fire in the middle of the Atlantic. An SOS message, which was picked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tientsin Talks Hanging Fire Japan and Europe Policy to be Decided Anti-british Demonstrations Continue United States Protests Again LONDON, August 3
While it seems that the Tientsin negotiations between Britain and Japan are hanging Are, a, meeting of the Japanese Inner Cabinet to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Butchering Shop Fire Owner's Son for Trial Coronial Inquiry Held Evidence of Strong Drink
At the conclusion of an inqulry Into a fire which occurred at the butchering shop of William Sch[?]fer in Parkinson st., Albury, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An Inextinguishable Fire
The pit fire which has been raging for 70 years at Wyoming, and which is at last being conquered, recalls to the Manchester “Guardian” the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Does £3000 Damage in Milk Bar Sydney
A fire which is believed to have originated in a milk bar caused damage estimated at £3000 to the Manly ferry wharf this morning. At the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →More Ways of Lighting a Fire Than With a Match Professor Shows Judge and Jury Sydney
At Quarter Sessions to-day Paul Oleinikoff, aged 34, chiropodist, was charged with having on April 17 made a cardboard cylinder containing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Rolls Into Fire
While sleeping beside a fire in the open air at The Rock on Monday night, Robert Lewis Carter, a laborer, rolled into the fire and severely…
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