[?] on Fire; Passengers Taken Off Madrid, December 31
The liner Cabot San Antonio caught afire on Friday, 500 miles south of Tenerife. British, French and Portuguese warships which answered the…
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Priceless Tapestries Ruined by Fire Rome, January 1
A fire broke out shortly before midnight in the Apostolic Chancellery and famous adjacent Church of San Lorenzo. The cupola of the Chancel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prevent Bush Fires
The following points are worthy of careful consideration by the various committees controlling bush fire brigade operations in order that such…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Fire at Ringwood Property
At 2.30 on Monday afternoon, the second fire within a week broke out in a crop paddock on Mr. W. Keenan’s property, “Broadmendows,” Ring…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Weatherboard Home Destroyed by Fire as Tallangatta
Fire destroyed the weatherboard home of Mr. E. E. Wheeler, opposite the trucking yards at Tallangatta on Monday night. Mr. Wheeler and his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dutch Fire on Planes the Hague January 2
It is officially announced that antiaircraft guns fired on unidentified aeroplanes over Friesland and the northern Islands last evening. The planes made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bomb Thrown in Fire Station London, January 2
A bomb was thrown through a window of the Londonderry fire station last night. It wrecked the ceiling of a fire engine shed and damaged the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Wheat Crop 25 Acres And 80 Bags Of Wheat Lost
Believed to have been caused by a spark from the exhaust of a tractor used in the stripping of a crop a fire an Saturday afternoon last in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cigarette Starts Bushfire
A cigarette butt, thrown from a passing motor car, is believed to have been responsible for starting a bushfire on Mr. J. Hardey’s property at Old Junee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Church Destroyed by Fire. Ararat
A fire in the grounds of the Ararat Anglican Church to-day resulted in the destruction of the church building, which was set alight by sparks from a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Crop Outbreak at Shelton Park
The first serious outbreak of fire in this district this season occurred on Saturday morning last at Shelton Park, South Coree, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →100 Men Fight Serious Fire In Wagga District
Over 100 men fought a fire which broke out on the boundaries of “Borambola,” the property of F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., and “Old Berambola,” the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Lives Were Lost on Ship Which Was Destroyed by Fire Seville, January 3
It is now revealed that the first of fleer, two stewardesses and a girl were burnt to death in the fire which destroyed the liner Cabo San Antonio. 500…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Near Wodonga Large Area Swept by Flames Volunteers Required To-day
A bush fire raged in the bill country beyond Wodonga yesterday and swept over a large area of land. Although an army of 100 men which had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Raging Western Division Outbreak
On Monday afternoon a fire broke out in the vicinity of Roto siding and has burned a large area of country along the line and to the north and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nuns Fight Fire BENDIGO
When a grass fire broke out at the rear of Genazzano, the country residence of the Bishop of Sandhurst (Dr. J. McCarthy), to-day, several Sisters…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ringwood Fires Same Property Burned Twice Excellent Work by Brigades
For the second time within a week, fire broke out on the property of Mr. Wm. Keenan "Broad-meadows," Ringwood, on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Revival of Wagga Fire Speedily Stopped
The bush fire which broke out on Borambola station, near Wagga, on Wednesday afternoon and was subdued late in the night, broke out again…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Engine Goes The Wrong Way
The file brigade and the hundred citizens who usually follow the engine to the scene of a fire were taken on a “wild goose chase” this morning, about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Signal Box Train Services Disorganised MELBOURNE
Serious delays to suburban and country [?] traffic were caused today; following the destruction by fire shortly after 4 a.m. of the…
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