Fire and Scare Burning Petrol Broadcast Two in Hospital Melbourne
When James McKendry, a storekeeper of Yaram, was pouring petrol from a tin, the fumes ignited and enveloped him in flames…
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Fires & bushfires, 1927
484 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 25
Birmingham Fire
A tragic ordeal marred the inquest into the Birmingham fire on Tuesday, when Charles Pedley, exercising the utmost self-control, identified the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chimney on Fire
Adamstown Fire Brigade turned out at 8.56 p.m. yesterday for an alarm in Union-street, Adamstown. The brigade found that a chimney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Melbourne Fires Incendiaries at Work Week-end Outbreaks Melbourne
Extensive fires, believed to be the work of a criminal incendiary, occurred in Melbourne during the week-end, causing the total…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Responsibility? Fires Caused by Engines SYDNEY
Sir Thomas Henley (Nationalist) drew the Premier's attention, in the Assembly to-day, to the report that one bush fire, which had resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Contributions "Out of All Proportion" Councils' Protests
In reply to a question from Hamilton Council, which has circularised all the councils in the district, in respect to the increase in the contributions…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Permanent Men Wanted Adamstown Fire Brigade Council's Request
Adamstown fire brigade informed the local council last night that Firemen T. Johns, T. Lester and P. Fraser had been made members of the Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Because They Cost More Increased Fire Charges Conference Called
"The increase in the estimate of expenditure for 1927, for the Newcastle fire district, chiefly due to the variation, of the Fire Brigade Employees'…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Bugs
Melbourne has been cursed with a series of fires which have caused a great deal of damage to property. Starting as they did in congested areas, the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Heroic Deeds Lives Saved from Fire Blind Rescuer Young Girl's Gallantry
The bravery of a blind man and a girl of 13 saved the lives of two families during a fire in a London suburb…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Peat Fires for Furnaces
A peat fire is a familiar sight in Scottish and Irish households, but though it is suitable as a domestic fuel, there are several drawbacks that have, until…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Narrow Escape Watchmen Taken by Surprise Fire on Cooma Cairns
Asleep aboard the stranded steamer Cooma, which was a raging inferno, the three watchmen had a narrow escape…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Station for Cardiff
Cardiff is without a fire station, and the Progress Association thinks that there should be one. The Board of Fire Commissioners is to be asked for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"I'll Riddle You" Man Fires Point Blank at Police Used Pea Rifle Patrolmen Overpower Their Assailant MELBOURNE
"I'll riddle, you." Raising a pea-rifle to his shoulder, a man hurled this threat at several policemen as they endeavored to enter his home in Rathmines-street, Fairfield, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Explosion at Chatswood Caused by Fire Seven Hurt ; Much Damage Done. Sydney
Widespread damage was caused, and seven persons were hurt, three badly, when two explosions occurred in a shed at the rear of A. J. Benjamin's general store…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires. Victoria and N.S.W. Heavy Damage Many Narrow Escapes MELBOURNE
Many bushfires were reported throughout Victoria yesterday and but for the timely change of the wind last night, it is possible that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blaze Near Wagga Front of Several Miles WAGGA
A disastrous fire broke out yesterday at the Government telephone construction camp at Bendobo on Tom Smith's property…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Fire and Sinking in Ocean— —How the Ayrshire Went Down
OUTLET NEEDLE VALVES to regulate the discharge from the upper outlets at Cordeaux Dam. The official opening was yesterday. BRITISH STEAMER'S BLAZING END.—The Ayrshire, with a cargo of wool and tallow from Australia, on fire off Ceylon. H. M. Sloop Lupin played water on her and took her in tow, but could not save her…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Contributions Hamilton Conference
Recently Hamilton Council declared that tho proposed increase in the contributions of councils was not in keeping with the services given by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fall of Oporto Terrible Gun Fire 100 KILLED Inhabitants Trapped
After a bombardment of 16 hours, the Oporto arsenal, containing the rebel troops, surrendered. One hundred people were killed,…
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