Forest Fire 60 Reported Dead Burned in There Beds Melbourne
Forty children and 20 adults are reported to be [?] the result of a forest fire which swept the village of [?] The fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
474 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 24
Blaze at Warialda Store and Other Premises Destroyed Last Night's Conflagration
A disastrous fire occurred at Warialda railway siding (Kelly's Gully) last night when three business premises and a private dwelling were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bones in Fire Murder Trial at Surat Gruesome Story Alleged Brisbane
The case is proceeding at Surat Police Court in which Edward Michael McNamee is charged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion-fire at Hospital 91 DEAD, 100 Injured Pile of Dead and Dying Pedestrains Gassed
Clevland (Ohio), Wed., Three explosions wrecked the Cleveland Clinic Hospital after which a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scores Perish In Explosion and Fire at Hospital Attempt to Burn Church Hole In Floor Caretaker's Timely Apperance Auckland
An attempt to burn the Presbyterian Church at Cambridge was frustrated by the caretaker, who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blaze at Warialda Store and Other Premises Destroyed Last Night's Conflagation
A disastrous fire occurred at Warilda railway siding (Kelley's Gully) last night when three business premises and a private dwelling were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Casualty Room Like Buttlefield After City Fire the Vice Regal Party Arriving To-morrow Public Welcome on Arrival
A formal public welcome will be accorded Their Excellencies, Lord and Lady Stonehaven…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Most Remarkable Fire in History 40 Firemen Overcome by Smoke and Fumes. Victims "Fighting Mad" Wine Cellar Outbreak Casualty Room Like Hospital on Battlefields SYDNEY
Over forty firemen were overcome by smoke and fumes in one of the most remarkable [?] in the city's history, which occurred in the wine cellars of Lindemans Ltd., Queen Victoria Buiklings, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Beacon Fires
In these days, when it is possible to chat over the telephone with a person hundreds of miles away, we have no use for beacon fires, but in the old…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Redfern Fire. Sydney
A fire was discovered late last night on the premises at Redfern occupied by the Oxford Tailoring Co. The flames were soo[?] subdued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Judging Shell-fire by Music
How a keen musical ear became useful to the Austrian army is told by a violinist whose ear detected the difference in sound made by a shell that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Fire at Warialda Railway. Three Buildings Destroyed
On Tuesday night a fire occurred at Warialda Railway, in which two business places and a dwelling were demolished. The fire started in Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Picture Show. 4000 Feet of Film Burnt
Manilla, Wednesday.—When the picture, The Big Killing, was being screened at the Manilla pictures Tuesday night, the machine jambed,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Timber Workers a Suspicious Fire. Is The Strike Lost? MELBOURNE
Damage to the extent of £60,000 or £70,000 was caused by a fire at Portas' timber yard at Fairfield on Saturday. Shortly before the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suspicious Fire Destroys Melbourne Timber Yard Moir and Owen May Be in Timor No Definite News. SYDNEY
No information has been received of the landing of the airmen, Moir and Owen at Darwin. Grave fears are felt for their safety. It is thought…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →250-Year-0ld Fires
Fires lit 258 years ago are still burning in a pottery at the corner of New King's road and Burlington Road, Fulham, London. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Timber Fire. Incendiarism Alleged
Melbourne.—Damage to the extent of between £60,000 and £70,000 was caused by a fire at Portas timber mill at Fairfield on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fire Fiend Enormous Damage SYDNEY
At the annual meeting in Sydney of the Insurance Institute, the President referred to the enormous damage' done by fire. Huge sums, he said,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Tailor's Shop. Petrol-Soaked Rags Found
A fire was discovered late last night on premises at Redforn occupied by the Oxford Tailoring Co. The flames were soon subdued. The police found…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Station Destroyed. Big Blaze at Alstonville. Newspaper Office Also Ra[?]ed
Alstonville fire station was destroyed by fire, together with a joinery works and the office of the Alstonville "Advocate." The firemen…
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