Fire on Migrant [?] LONDON
A fire that broke but in the engineroom of the P and O liner Ranchi, at Southampton, was under control in 90 minutes. The outbreak was confined…
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Hitherto Friendly Papers Attack Govt. Economic Crisis Plans Under Fire LONDON
Both the Manchester “Guardian” and the “Daily Mirror,” which have almost invariably supported the Government since it entered office, attack its proposals to meet the economic crisis…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Damage Estimated at £30,000 Blaze at Cellulose Factory Adelaide
A disastrous fire which started in a cellulose factory near Millicent this afternoon, was still blazing fiercely at a late hour tonight. Damage [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Shot, Collapses In Fire Station SYDNEY
With a gunshot wound in the stomach, a man staggered into Waterloo fire station tonight and collapsed on the floor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dutch Report Another Breach of “Cease Fire” (A.A.P.-Reuter) BATAVIA
A Dutch communique reported today that Dutch troops at Pamekasan, one of the principal towns on Madura Island, at the east end of Java,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aged Woman Dies in Fire in 100 Year Old House Melbourne
Fire which destroyed a 100-year-old house in Francis st, Collingwood, at 2.45 a.m. today caused the death of Miss Annie Thompson, aged 84,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Challenge to Bush Fire Brigades SYDNEY
President of Burrangong Shire (near Young), Cr R. H. Thackeray, today issued a challenge to volunteer bush fire brigades throughout the State to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Store Destroyed by Fire Tamworth
General store of Messrs Seymour and Caisley at Wallangarra was destroyed by fire early this morning. Contents of the store were only lightly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huge Petrol Fire Sabotage Suspected Batavia, T[?]
Sabotage is suspected as being [?] cause of one of the biggest [?] history of Batavia which was [?] this afternoon among [?] drums [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire That Caused Half Million Pounds Damage Still Unquelled MELBOURNE
A fire which broke out at Angliss and Co.’s meatworks at Footscray in the early hours of this morning has already caused damage estimated at half a million pounds, and is expected to burn for at least another day before being completely extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broke Arm—ribs Jumping From Fire Sydney
A man broke his arm and several ribs early this morning when he jumped from the first floor of a Drummoyne hotel to escape a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigades For Henty & Cul
The Fire Brigade Board is to be asked to have the Fire Brigade Act applied to the urban areas of Henty and Culcairn The effect of this will be the establishment of fire brigades at these towns…
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Dean st was the scene of an unusual trick of misfortune this week. Encumbered with a heavy box which he was taking into a store, a city business…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →G0cmbargana Bush Fire Brigade
The annual meeting of the Goombargana Bush Fire Brigade was held at “Cragdurrock.” the home of Mr Fred Howard and a very representative…
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The annual meeting of the Goombargana Bush Fire Brigade was held at "Cragdurrock," the home of Mr. Fred Howard, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →2G Deaths in Train Fire London
Two of the injured in the fire board a carriage of a Berlin suburban train have died, making the deathroll 26. The police have arrested a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Causes Serious Damage At Sugar Mill GRAFTON
A fire caused serious damage at the Harwood sugar mill today. Three large sheds were destroyed during the afternoon. A boisterous westerly wind…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] Waterfront Fire [?] Albert (B.c.)
[?] the waterfront last night and [?] dollar Government as[?] and warehouse. The freighter [?] owned by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lost Everything in Fire Wodonga Family Helped Money and Furniture Donated
On July 6 Mr and Mrs Harold Hall, of Wodonga, the parents of six young children, lost nearly all their possessions in a fire that destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Family’s Close Call; House on Fire SYDNEY
A whole family had a narrow escape from death this morning when their weatherboard house collapsed in flames as they escaped. One of the…
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