"Hire-fire" Coalminers Score a Victory. Owners Concede Demand. Sydney
It was reported last night that an agreement had been reached between the owners and miners' leaders regarding the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1930
390 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 20
Chinese Burnt Fire Destroyed Shop BRISBANE
In a fire which destroyed a shop at East Ingham, North Queensland, an e[?]derly Chinese was burnt to death…
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When Miss Caroline Phillips (84), of Parramatta was awakened this morning by screams she was horrified to see that the bed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Earthquake Tidal Wave and Fire [?]00 People Perish CALCUTTA
Reports from Rangoon estimate that between 500 and 700 people are dead in Pegu[?]mah, as a result of an earthquake followed by fire and a tida…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hundreds Lost in Shocking Burma Disaster. Fire-water Tragedy in Burma. Between 500 and 700 Dead. Calcutta
Reports from Rangoon estimate that between 500 and 700, dead are in Pegu, Burma, as the result of an earthquake followed…
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Sometimes alarmist notions are circulated with regard to the danger of cars catching fire. Certainly, if a fire occurs in a closed car there is rather…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Riot in Bengal 5 Killed, 85 Injured Police Fire on Mobs Calcutta
Five were precariously wounded and 85 slightly injured in a riot at Mymensingh, in East Bengal…
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The peace and quiet usual in Glen Innes on a Sunday evening was disturbed last Sunday when at about 8.45 p.m. the fire-bell boomed out in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Mortlake Gasometers In Danger Brigades' Timely Save Sydney
When a fire broke out at Mortlake last night the local gasometers were threatened, but the brigades were early on the scene and quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miss Johnson May Not Resume Flight To-day. Hay Shed Burnt Fire at "Ascot" 80 Tons Hay Burnt
On Friday night last the hay-shed at Ascot, Mr. C. F. Turner's property, was destroyed by fire, eighty tons of hay being burnt, also a corn…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Indian Fire-walkers in Natal
Many religions have looked upon the mortification of the flesh as a sign of great piety and have devised terrible ordeals through which their most…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Grazier Drowned Tragic Car Fire MELBOURNE
The police at Cressy found the body of Archibald McInnes, 47, grazier, of Newtown, Geelong, who had been missing since Tuesday, in a dam…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tingha Fire (Continued from page 6).Wanted to Increase Insurance
Andrew John Dunshea, agent Tingha, agent for the Mercantile Insurance Co., deposed that the building was insured for [?]300. Accused asked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire and Water. Man's Tragic End. Burnt Body Found in Dam. Melbourne
Police at Cressy found the body of Archibald Mclnnes (47), a grazier, of Newtown, Geelong, who had been missing since Tuesday. The body was in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charge of Arson Recent Tingha Fire Quarter Sessions Hearing Sanderson Pleads Guilty Fazil Wahid Charged with Inciting
In the Inverell Quarter Sessions yesterday before Mr. Judge Mocatta, and a jury, the trial was commenced of Arthur Theodore Lorne Sanderson, on a charge of arson, and of Fazil Wahid, grazier, Bundarra, on a charge of inciting the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burglars Set Fire to Premises SYDNEY
Disappointed in their search for money, burglars, who broke into a grocery shop in East Sydney last night, set fire to a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shop on Fire. Set Alight by Burglars. Sydney
Burglars who broke into a combined grocery shop and residential in East Sydney last night, and disappointed in their search for money, deliberately…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sanderson and Wahid Acquitted Arson and Inciting Charges Sequel to Tingha Fire Judge's Comprehensive Summing Up. What Was the Motive ?
After a trial lasting two days, Fazil Wahid, grazier, Bundarra, was found not guilty in the Inverell Quar[?]er Sessions of Friday to a charge on inciting Arthur Theodore Lorne Sanderson…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Factory Fire Mt. Isa Mystery BRISBANE
The aerated water factory at Mt. Isa (Queensland), was totally destroyed by fire, following a mysterious explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Garage Fire Firemen Injured But Effect Gallant Save Sydney
Station Officer Fraser and three firemen, Buthergord, Roach and Croney, were badly burned in at tempting to subdue a fire which…
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