Beer as Fire Extinguisher
When an inquiry was held in the Magisterial Inquiry Court, Brisbane, into the cause of a fire which destroyed a motor car on the Sandgate…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
474 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 24
Explosion Follows Fire. Many Narrow Escapes From Death. Sydney
Following a fire at Langdale Dairy, Leichhardt, to-day. an amonia container burst. Many people had narrow escapes from death when pieces of Iron…
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Three [?] with the [?] and [?]…
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At about 3.30 on Tuesday morning the Strand Picture Theatre, Peelstreet, Tamworth, caught fire. Half-an-hour later the interior had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Peculiar Fire Attributed to Thieves SYDNEY
A fire which occurred last night in the home of Ernest Joyce, of Punchbowl, is believed to have been caused by thieves. When the tenant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Extinguishing Fires by Sawdust
As an extinguisher of small fires of oil or grease, which are liable to occur in or about a colliery, sawdust is considered to be much superior to…
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When an inquiry was held in the Magisterial Inquiry Court, Brisbane, into the cause of fire which destroyed a motor car on the Sandgate…
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An siderly coupls J. Gallagher and high wife were seriously injured at their home in Christchurch when the fire place in front of which…
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In the majority of outbreaks of fire all evidence as to the cause disappears with the building. In the case of a fire which started in the…
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Musical Instruments valued at £350 were destroyed when a fire broke out at the International, Hotel at Bondi. The flames, however, were soon…
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The local fire brigade spor[?] an alarm as about 8.30 this afternoon to burn out for a [?] in [?]…
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When, last night, the fire bell rang, for the third time in two days, the suspicion arose that a fire fiend was at work…
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A fire occurred at the residence of Mr. Col. Budden, onFriday night last as the result of which damage estimated at over 20 was occasioned…
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A fire gutted the floor of the premises in Castlereagh Street, used by J. C. Williamson as a storeroom for theatrical properties…
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The damage caused by the fire which gutted the premises of Story Bros., engineers, at Glebe this morning, is estimated at £15,000…
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The premises of Story Bros., engineers, at Glebe, were practically gutted by fire at an early hour this morning. The damage is estimated at…
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Many thousand of pounds worth of damage was done, early this morning by a tire which gutted the premises of Storey Bros., Engineers, at Glebe…
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A conflagration broke out under the flooring of the Central billiard saloon. Byron Street, in the early hours of Sunday morning, necessitating the…
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A fire destroyed .12 business premises at Ballina yesterday morning, the damage being esitmated at £30,000. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£30,000 Damage in Ballina Blaze. Farmer Shot Late Employee Charged "I Did It." PERTH
Lional Morgan (20), laborer, was committed for trial on a charge of having unlawfully wounded Robert Stewart (62) a pig farmer…
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