Adelaide Fire Petrol Tanks Menaced Adelaide
A fire which broke out early to-day, on the premises of the Premier Varnish and Paint Company's works, at Torrensville, caused several thousands pounds' worth…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
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Disastrous Fire 1200 Houses Destroyed Tokio
A conflagration at Funatsu, in the Japanese Alps Practically obliterated the town. Twelve hundred houses were destroyed. Several deaths are reported…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Death Cleveland Clinic Fire CLEVELAND (Ohio)
Dr. George Belcher, a specialist in diseases of the bladder, is the seventh physician to be a victim of the nitsojer-dioxide gas from the burning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock Inquiry Early Morning Fire
Mr. J. T. Richards, coalfields' coroner, will hold an inquiry at Cess-ock Court-house, commencing at 10 a.m. on Monday, into circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on Stage Outbreak in Theatre Brisbane
A fire occurred on the stage at the Theatre Royal last night during the performance of "Smilin' Through" by the Nellie Bramley Company…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£200,000 Fire Vancouver (B.c.)
Fire which broke out in Seattle, U.S.A., destroyed a whole business block, doing damage estimated at £200,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Fire Midnight Outbreak Building Destroyed Damage Over £40,000 Likely Sydney
The four-storeyed offices and warehouse of the United Distributors, Ltd., wireless dealers, of 72 Clarence-street, were completely destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Midnight! Wild Rush for Safety Sydney Fire Hotel Boarders in Pyjamas. SYDNEY
Women tn their night attire and men in pyjamas rushed into the bleak-midnight air last night coughing and wiping from their…
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"Where there's smoke, there's five," is a well-known saying, and when a man standing in the street on Saturday night saw clouds of black smoke belching out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electric Sign on Fire
A big automatic electric sign, on a building in Pitt-street, Sydney, attracted an unusual amount of attention on Saturday night. A short circuit set the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waratah Fire Grocery Shop Gutted Heavy Damage
A fire occurred at an early hour yesterday morning in the business promises, in Platt-street. Waratah, owned and occupied by Mr. J. A. Youngberry,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Early Morning Fire Inquest at Cessnock Open Verdict
The Coalfields Coroner (Mr. J. T. Richards) held an Inquiry at Cessnock Court House to-day into an early morning fire, which damaged…
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A social was tendered to Mr. J. P. Conn by the Boolaroo Fire Brigade members, at the fire station, on Friday evening last…
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An Inquiry was conducted by Mr. J. T. Richards, Coroner, at the Cessnock Court-house yesterday, into the cause of the outbreak of fire which badly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brake Van On Fire
The break van of a goods train caught alight at 7 o'clock last night, and was wholly destroyed during shunting operations at Wingham…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Havoc Devastation in Siberia Many Dead Kobe
Much devastation has been caused by the widespread outbreak of forest fires in Japanese Fagharen, the Island off the east…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Oil Tank on Fire Laborer Badly Burned SYDNEY
Every available fireman was despatched to the yards of the Commonwealth Oil Refineries, Ltd., in Berry Bay, when a tank containing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electric Sign Blaze Excitement at Theatre Sydney
There was excitement at the Grand Opera House to-night, when a fire started in an electric sign over the building. The city brigades turned out, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Maitland
Beyond the burning of a small quantity of straw, no damage was done when a fire broke out at the rear of King's handsome shop, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oil Store Fire Big Tanks Threatened Workman Burned Sydney
A tank containing 13,000 gallons of oil was threatened by the flames in a fire at the yards of Commonwealth Oil Refineries, Ltd., at Berry's Bay to-day. The…
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