Cigarette Fire Asphyxiates Woman
SYDNEY, Saturday.— A 70 year old woman, Mrs. Catherine Cummings was asphyxiated in her bed at Rose Bay last night…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
271 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 14
Near Tragedy at Woy Woy Skilful Handling of Boat Saves Fire Lives After Vessel Capsized SYDNEY
Only skilful handling of a motor launch prevented five persons from drowning near Woy Woy yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ANOTHER U.S. Fire Disaster Hotel at Ohio Gutted in Early Morning Many Lose Lives in General Panic Dubuque (Ohio)
Like the fire at Chicago's Hotel La Salle, tragedy and panic contributed to the death roll in Dubuque's greatest tragedy, in which at least 15 persons lost their lives in a fire in the Canfield Hotel yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early Morning Fire At ARMIDALE Extinguished by Brigade
Armidale Fire Brigade was called out at 4.28 o'clock this morning to a fire in a private dwelling at 158 Brown-street, occupied by Mr. Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Insurance Municipal Council's Business Question of Allocation
The Glen Innes Municipal Council recently decided not to renew its fire insurance policies with the State…
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A small fire was caused on the back verandah of Tattersall's Hotel at about 1.30 this afternoon by painters burning off…
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A fire at the Metropolitan Ice and Cold Storage works, Pyrmont, to-day ruined a large quantity of frozen meat ready for export…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Sydney Fire Detroys Expert Food SYDNEY
Fire at the Metropolitar Ice and Cold storage works, [?] today rained a large mantity of frozen meat ready for export. Damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Old Times Delungro Fire Glen Innes-lnverell Railway
The Glen Innes "Examiner" repro-[?] following items from issues of 1914:— DESTRUCTIVE FIRE…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A.L.T.A. Under Fire Refusal to Allow Brown to Play in U.S. LONDON
Of 381 cablegrams to Geoff Brown from Australia, only one was not congratulatory, says the "Daily Mail's" sports writer. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council's Fire Insurance Decision to Patronise Government Office
The Municipal Council at its fortnightly meeting on Tuesday, decided to place its fire insurance with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Panics When Clothes Catch Fire
AUCKLAND, Saturday.--With his clothing blazing Perocely, Robert Caldwell (24) dived through the main glass…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires Destroys Chickens
A disastrous tire destroyed 200 chickens on the property of Mr. Godfrey Doolan. Gostwyck Road, Uralla. The thickens were in a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Church Street Fire
Shortly after 10 O'clock on Sunday morning the Glen Innes Fire Brigade received a call to fight a fire which had broken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Glen Innes Council's Fire Cover
[?] to notice, Ald. Watson moved at Tuesday night's meeting of the Glen Innes Municipal Council that a resolution…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Institute Has Narrow Escape Fire Discovered in Evan's Office
On Saturday night last it was noticed that the billiard room was filling with smoke. The President (Mr. H. H…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chimney on Fire
Shortly after 10 o'clock this morning the fire siren sounded the- alarm. A chimney in Evans Street near the Ritz had caught alight but before the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →EXPLOSION Fire Threatens Petrol Tanks SYDNEY
Believed to have been caused by gas escaping from a gas ring, a violent explosion wrecked a hamburger stall in Railway Square,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Town Hall Fire Thieves Believed Responsible SYDNEY
Thieves are believed to have started a fire which caused more than £2000 worth of damage to Rydalmere Town Hall yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thieves Cause Fire £2,000 Damage SYDNEY
A fire started by thieves caused more, than £2000 of Rydaimere Town Hall yesterday. Amongst the debris in the front…
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