Fire Destroys Valuable Timber Auckland (N.z.)
Over 50,000 acres of planted forest. many thousands of acres of native bush including much valuable millable timber in districts near R[?]rua and…
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Landing Scare Fire Engines and Ambulances Stand By SYDNEY
Five fire engines, four service ambulances arid several emergency breakdown trucks planned by more than 20 firemen and other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Meeting Called with Great Secrecy Lavington Bushfire Brigade
In a letter to Hume Shire Council on Friday, Mr R. G. Comans, Lavington, contended that a meeting to form a Lavington Bush Fire Brigade was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires in Auckland AUCKLAND
Bush fires are adding to the problems of men on the land in Auckland province, which is threatened with the worst drought in history…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →JINGELLIO Fire Brigade Meeting
The president (Mr C. Sheather) presided at a meeting of the Jingellia Bush Fire Brigade held last Saturday evening. Matters considered were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Watchmen Fire at Intruders SYDNEY
Watchmen in two suburbs fired at intruders during last night. One fired at a man whom he allegedly saw in a smallgoods shop at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Disturbances in Calcutta British Troops Open Fire on Rioting Natives LONDON
British troops called in by the Governor of Bengal (Mr R. G. Casey) to help quell serious disturbances in Calcutta this morning, opened fire on rioting crowds in Wellington Square, Central Calcutta Before noon troops and police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fined £5 For lighting Fire
When a resident near House Creek saw a fire burning in the creek bed on the evening of December 29 he called the Wodonga police, and as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thousands of Homes Gutted by Bangkok Fire BANGKOK
All available British troops and Gurkhas and Sikhs were called out to help fight a great fire which, after starting in the well-known Silverware…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£500,000 Damage in Bangkok Fire an Enquiry Ordered London
Reuter’s correspondent at Ba[?] says that at least 1000 people [?] homeless as a result of the fire [?] city’s famous silver market. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Homestead Destroyed by Fire SYDNEY
Homestead buildings worth and contents valued at a similar amount, were destroyed by fire at Gunning, on the southern tablelands,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Roof of Victoria Station LONDON
A walkie-talkie radio and searchlights were used to fight a fire which broke out on the roof of Victoria station tonight. The fire began…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragic Fire in Jamaica Mental Patients Incinerated
KINGSTON (Jamaica), Monday: Fifteen male inmates of the Kingston Mental Institution, were burned to death when a fire swept through a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Suspicious; Homestead Fire GOULBURN
Police consider suspicious circumstances marked the complete destruction by fire on Saturday of Mr. H. Hayney’s homestead. “Oaklands,” at Gunning causing damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Trains Set on Fire CALCUTTA
Crowds set fire to two trams between Dacca and Narayanganj. on the Bengal-Assam railway, after making most of the passengers alight. Armed police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Turmoil in Cairo British Troops Open Fire CAIRO
British troops at Kas Rel Nil barracks today opened fire on a huge crowd of demonstrators who were trying to force their way inside…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ratings of Royal Indian Navy Stage Mutiny at Bombay Seize Bombay Barracks Open Fire on British and Indian Troops Ships Bombard Dock Installations Bombay
Strike by Indian ratings of the Royal Indian Navy, who are demanding the release of ratings already placed under arrest, non-victimisation of strikers, equal travel facilities with Royal Navy ratings, and speedy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truck of Flax on Fire
An open railway truck containing flax consigned from Ballaral to Felt and Textiles Ltd, Sydney, suddenly burst into flames when it was standing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cargo Saved in Shipboard Fire MELBOURNE
Due primarily to the prompt action of the chief officer of the freighter Empire Splendour, in putting on a gas mask and entering the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rioters Set Fire to Gaol LONDON
Prisoners in the detention barracks at Aldershot, who rioted on Saturday, set fire to the gaol as a final act before their surrender inside…
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