Caught in a Bush Fire a Wood-splitter's Terrible Experience
A shocking burning accident happened at Beech Forest (Vic.) on Friday afternoon to a young man named Walter Jackson, about 24 years of age. Jackson…
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Cable News. Terrible Factory Fire. Many Workers Boasted. London
A terrible fire has occurred at Brackton, Massachusetts. Old boilers, which wore used while new boilers were being repaired, exploded and set fire to the shoe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Fatalities a Dreadful Fire. 140 Lives Lost. London, March 21
A disastrous fire occurred yesterday at Brockton, in Massachussetts, one of the chief manufacturing towns in the United States.s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Putting Out a Big Fire. An Evening Trip With the Brigade
Imagine yourself in a barrack-like building with many rooms and a great courtyard in the rear. Engines with funnels of polished brass, their woodwork…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Protection Against Bush Fires. Pastoral Association Action
A meeting of the bush files protection sub-committee, appointed at the monthly meeting of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Prevention. Action by the M. P. and A[?] Association
The sub-committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association, to which the question of the best means of preventing bush fires…
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The whole of the money in the hands of the Bush Fires Relief Fund committee has been exhausted. A few claims are still arriving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note
The Editor of THE WORKER invites literary contributions, in prose and verse, for publication in The Worker's Camp Fire column. Unaccepted MSS. will be returned if postage is…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Dreadful Fire. 140 Lives Lost. London, March 21
A disastrous fire occurred on Monday at Brockton, in Massachusetts, one of the chief manufacturing towns in the United States. At Grover's shoe factory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prevention of Bush Fires. WAGGA
The sub-committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association appointed to consider the best means of preventing bush fires, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire In Melbourne. SYDNEY
During a fire in a factory in Melbourne, a number of girls employed therein jumped from the windows. Many had narrow escapes, while…
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About to quarter to 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon there was a big blaze at the rear of the chemist's shop occupied by Mr. F. E. Medd, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General News. Fire in Fitzmaurice-street
The sharp tingling of the fire bell and the curling clouds of smoke set a crowd of people astir in Fitzmaurice-street yesterday afternoon. Fortunately the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at North Wagga. House Burnt to the Ground
About ten o'clock on Tuesday evening, a fire broke out at the residence of Mr. John Dunn, North Wagga, with the result that the family were burnt out of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at North Wagga. MR. J. Dunn's Residence Destroyed
An extensive and serious fire broke out at North Wagga on Tuesday night, the residence of Mr. John Dunn, being completely destroyed. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Fire in Melbourne. Work Girls' Narrow Escape Daring Leaps Foe Safety
On Monday evening, shortly before 6 o'clock, a sudden and fierce outbreak of fire occurred at Flinders-lane, Melbourne in a three storey building occupied on the…
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On Monday evening, shortly before 6 o'clock, a sudden and fierce outbreak of fire occurred at Flinders-lane in a three-story building occupied on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minimising Bust Fires. Some Important Suggestion
AN important discussion on the subject of protection against bush fires took place at the annual meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers' and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tumut Fire Brigade
A meeting of members of the above brigade was held on Monday evening last, Captain Dye in the chair, and Mr. F. W. Weeden attended to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Concession to Burnt-out Settlers
When the late bush fires inflicted heavy losses upon many settlers, the Minister for Lends granted permission to those who were in destitute…
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