Near Tragedy in Zenana Wife Fires Pistol at Maharajah Taken to Mental Home Calcutta
Alleged to be a drug addict, the Maharanee of Mymensingb, an exceedingly handsome middle-aged woman,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1933
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Damage by Bush Fires Electricity Poles
As a result of the bush fires on Wednesday January 11, 26 of the Newcastle City Council's electric light poles were either damaged or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six-roomed House Destroyed Fire at Aberdare
A six-roomed weatherboard cotage, owned and occupied by Thomas Maloney, at 56 Congewalstreet, Aberdare, was completely…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fire Control City Council Discussion Conference Authorised
Newcastle City Council decided last night that the Mayor (Ald. W. M. Shedden) should call a conference of district bodies to deal with proposals for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grappling with Bush Fire Menage City Council Move a Conference to Be Called District Patrols
At the instigation of Aid. O'Neill, the Newcastle City Council decided last night to call a conference…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Busy Week-end Lismore Fire Brigade LISMORE
Lismore Fire Brigade had a busy week-end, during which it was called to two fires, involving eight shops and business premises…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grant Received For Bush Fire Victims
Lake Macquarie Shire Council to-day received the £150 grant from the Government for the relief of bush fire victims in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire in Shop Burglars Were Offenders SYDNEY
Returning a verdict to the effect that a fire, which occurred in a shop at Auburn on December 18, had been caused by, burglars, either maliciously or…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Leave It Burn" Evidence at Fire Inquiry Man Committed for Trial Lismore
"I said to Harris: I think she is in fire again. In the glass panel above the hall door I could see a reflection of fire. I told Harris, and he caught hold of my…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Hamilton
A fire in a combined shop and dwelling at 3 Denison-street, Hamilton, caused severe damage to a bedroom, and damage through heat and smoke to other rooms,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires Relief Fund
Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., states that all applications for assistance out of the vote of £150 to Lake Macquarie Shire Council for the relief of sufferers by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extensive Damage Melbourne Fire Quelled Birds and Animals Escape Melbourne
Five broke out among wickerwork in a shop inside the Eastern Market, Russell-street, at 10 o'clock to-night. The fire brigade arrived five minutes later, when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Switchboard Fire
Due to a wire fusing at the Empire Palais Royale, about 6.15 p.m. on Saturday, severe damage was done to the switchboard. The outbreak was quelled…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£20,000 DAMAGE Big Melbourne Blaze Two Firemen Hurt Melbourne
A fire which broke out in Varey's furniture factory at Collingwood last night caused damage running into about £20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stockton Cottage Damaged Early Morning Fire
A six-roomed weatherboard cotage in Dunbar-street, Stockton was badly damaged by fire in the early hours of this morning. The house…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Sanitarium Nine Women Burned to Death Incendiarists Suspected Cleveland (Ohio), February 3
Nine women psychopathic patients were burned to death in a fire that destroyed a dormitory in the Ridgecliff Sanitarium in the suburb of Nickliffe early on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Combating Bush Fire Menace Mayor Calls a Conference
The Mayor of Newcastle (Aid. Shedden) announced this afternoon that the proposed conference of councils to discuss means…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early Morning Fire
Early yesterday morning a fire started in an old two-storey building in Dunbar-street. Stockton. The building was well alight, the flames shooting up to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Midnight Fire at Wallsend
At midnight last night, Wallsend Fire Brigade was summoned to the rear of the business premises of A. H. Roberts, butcher, in Nelson-street, Wallsend, where…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Fire Bug" Blamed Destruction of French Liner Country Stirred London
The firs which reduced the great French liner, L'Atlantique, to a gutted shell, was due to malevolence, says the report of…
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