Poking Fires for a Living
The trades of London are many and some of them may seem to be very strange. One occupation by which a score of Britons are said to earn their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1912
64 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 4
"Stop, or I Fire." Fugitive Winged by Policeman. Narrabri
The story of an exciting chase is the theme of conversation in the district. Constable Anderson, of Bell[?], on Tuesday arrested a man named John Barns on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Science Notes and News. Test for Fire-damp
One of the simplest of the many suggested tests for firedamp in mines is that described the other day j by Henry Briggs to the Scottish…
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Samuel's clothing factory in Kent-street was completely gutted by fire last night. The damage is estimated at fully…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire Ordeal
A report has reached London of some Interesting experiments carried out not long since at Dacci by an Indian Yogi, Thakur Tarani Kanto…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Araluen
A FIRE broke out in the cottage residence of Mr. James Corrie in Araluen on Monday night last, destroying the building and the furniture and clothing and everything that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lighting of Fires
Some new bylaws made to pursuance of powers conferred by the Fire Brigades Act, 1909, have now been gazetted. One of these bylaws provides that any person who shall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Lane
At the Municipal Council on Monday night a report was presented by the Works Committee setting forth the best manner in the members' opinion in which to repair the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burned to Death. Fell Into the Fire. Adelong
Mrs. John Manton was terribly burned yesterday. She was at home alone. She is supposed to have fallen into the fire while in a fit. After having apparently lain in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Country Fire. Estimated Damage, £10,000. HENTY
A serious are occurred early yesterday morning, and resulted in the destruction of the big store kept by Messrs. Watkin Brothers, seed shop, occupied by Mr. Clark, and the promises of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Novel Fire Alarm
Most fire alarms have a glass front with instructions to break the same to give an alarm of fire. It is often difficult to find something with which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Damp. Colliery Explosion. Miners Terribly Mangled. Heavy Fatality List. London
The Clarence Coal Mine, Bethune Arras, was the scene of a fearful disaster yesterday. Owing to an explosion of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Great Fire. Disater at Los Angeles. Thrilling Incidents. Half a Million Damages
LOS ANGELES, Wednesday Evening.— A huge conflagration, which started in a defective flue in a cafe one the pleasure pier yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Morning's Chase. And a Tell-tale Explosion. Constable Fires a Shot. Adelaide
A policeman on duty in Gresham-street at about 3 o'clock this morning heard a loud explosion, as if dynamiters were at work, and at once called the police from other streets…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Jembaicumbene
A FIRE occurred at Jembaicumbene on Friday evening last in the cottage of Mr. Denis O'Neill, which resulted in the burning to the ground of the whole structure, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mad Youth's Freak. He Fires Flat Buildings
Late on the night of 9th November the New York police arrested a youth named Frank Morris who is accused of attempting to burn a large block of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Epidemic of Fires. Arson Confessed To. the Croydon Outbreaks. "For Pure Amusement."
Four young men stood in the dock of Croydon Police Court on 16th November, and their presence in it means the removal of a nightmare…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blaze at a Picture Show
About 10.15 on 2nd instant, the public, of Queanbeyan were jolted out of their usual Saturday night placidity by an alarm of fire. The scone of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at a Picture Show
AT the Queanbeyan Swastika Picture Co.'s entertainment in the Protestant Hall on Saturday night, some excitement was caused by two spools of films…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Poking Fires for a Living
The trades of London are many, and some of them may seem to you to be very strange. One occupation by which a score of Britons are…
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