Mass Burial Victims of Church Fire BUDAPEST, April 21
The bodies of the 110 people who were burned to death in a church at Kosti on Good Friday were buried to-day in 40 separate trenches. As far as was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1930
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Prison Fire Over 300 Convicts Dead Started by Escapees Tragic Scenes at Ohio Gaol (Australian Press Association.) COLUMBUS (Ohio), April 21
A fire, believed to have been started by a number of prisoners of the Ohio Penitentiary in an attempt to escape, resulted in the deaths of hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Convict Heroes Ohio Penitentiary Fire Trapped Like Rats Prison Badly Overcrowded (Australian Press Association.) Columbus (Ohio), April 22
Those known to have perished in the fire which destroyed part of Ohio State Penitentiary here last night, now total 319, and 150 other convicts have been so badly…
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Pugh's garage situated on the Warner's Bay-road, Charlestown, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. Several people who were sleeping at the…
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Newcastle Headquarters Fire Brigade received a call at 1.30 o'clock this morning to an outbreak of fire, in a four-roomed weatherboard cottage in Robey-street,…
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Awakened at 11.30 last night by smoke pouring into his bedroom, Samuel J. Fesley, of Fairfield, jumped out of bed, and found that the back…
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A fire was discovered at 11.30 a.m. on Saturday in a weatherboard structure at the rear of Messrs. A. S. Mehan and Co.'s furniture warehouse in High-street, West…
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A considerable quantity of made-up furniture, together with machinery and other stock, was destroyed in a fire which gutted the Alliance Cabinet Works in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FINED £50 False Evidence at Inquiry Tanker Fire Statements About the Outbreak SYDNEY
A fine of £50, with £2 6s costs, was imposed by Mr. Perry, S.M. to-day, when John Edward Francis Burn, chief engineer of the motor tanker, British Honour, appeared in the Summons Court…
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The City and Suburban Cricket Association has sent along its donation towards Mrs. Blackall's appeal on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Musgrave…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →False Answers British Honour Fire Engineer Fined £50 SYDNEY
John Francis Burn, chief engineer of the oil tanker British Honour, was fined £50 at the Central Summons Court today for giving false answers at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ohio Prison Fire Unruly Inmates Shot Murderers at Large Columbus (Ohio)
Open mutiny broke out so badly in the Ohio Penitentiary that the Prison Guards fired on a mob of unruly…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners has informed the Kearsley Shire Council that a new fire station for Bellbird had been listed on the board's construction…
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Donations are still being sent to Mrs. Blackall in response to her appeal on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Musgrave. Those anxious to assist with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oil Tanker Fire Anxiety in Wickham Council Discussion
Wickham Council is still seeking information as to the position which has arisen as the result of the fire on the oil-tanker British Honour. Reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Convicts Shot Ohio Penitentiary Mutiny Sequel to Fire Disaster Columbus (Ohio), April 29
The Ohio State Penitentiary where 322 convicts were burned to death last Tuesday, was the scene of new violence to-day, when warders with sawn-off…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Petrol Blaze Terrified Mothers Noise Heard for Miles LONDON
Nearly one hundred families dashed from their homes, clad only in their night attire, when a fire broke out at a Walthamstow factory…
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Burglars ransacked and set fire to the seven-roomed home of Stephen Earle. Secretary of the Amalgamated Collieries, Ltd., at Mount Lawley last night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Conference Failure Disappointment on Coalfields Miners Now Alone Hire and Fire Clause Stumbling Block SYDNEY
Decisive action on the part of the owners will in all probability be the result of a meeting of the Northern Colliery Owners' Association next Tuesday. "When we decide to resume, we will have enough men to…
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Thick smoke was choking Mrs. James Champion when she was awakened at 3 a.m. to-day' by. the sound of falling shelves…
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