Careless Use of Fire
Arthur Alfred Turner was charged with having on December 3 caused a grass fire at Borambola in which 250 acres of grass lands were destroyed,…
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Arthur Alfred Turner was charged with having on December 3 caused a grass fire at Borambola in which 250 acres of grass lands were destroyed,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Emma Hooper, 35, domestic servant, was cleaning an from bedstead with methylated spirits at Surry Hills, to-day, when her dress caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The coroner opened an inquiry to-day into the fire at the shop at No. 29A Broadway, Glebe, on July 29 last. Phillip Tahmindjis was present in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortly after the mail train for Sydney left Wagga last night a grass fire occurred in North Wagga in Messrs Pulver Bros' paddock. Fortunately only about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The bell rung during the night, between ,1 and 2 o'clock The scene of the fire was the stables at the rear. of the Royal Hotel, of which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred in the operating box of a picture theatre at Queenscliffe last night. A chemical extinguisher was used, and panic obviated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Barwon Inn Hotel, three miles from Walgett, was totally destroyed by fire. The cause of the outbreak is a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The damage by fire at Hazeldine's factory. Redfern was estimated at £15,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A confectionery shop at Parramatta was found to be on fire at an early hour this morning. Constable Winchester, who happened to be passing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A thrilling story of the heroism of a laborer named M'Geevy is reported from Belfast where a mother, father, and five children were trapped on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two fires in two nights is extraordinary. And each at about the same early hour of the morning. The Royal Hotel stables went up in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A spectacular blaze broke out in a two-storied building at the corner of Grafton and Morgato-streets, Darlington, about 9.30 to-night. When the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred at Jerilderie yesterday, when the engineshed was completely destroyed in balf an hour. It is supposed that the fire was caused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortly after lunch time on Saturday the house the late Paddy' Crick, M.L.A., used to put up at at Kangaroo Mount, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A weatherboard cottage at Matong, occupied by Mr. Hugh Doherty, was. with all its contents, completely destroyed by fire on Tuesday night. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following ia contained in the report presented by Alderman Cullen to the Wagga Municipal Council on Thursday night in connection with the work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ten shops at Wairoa were destroyed by fire yesterday. The damage is estimated at £25,000. As the town was without a water…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shortly after lunch time on Saturday the house where the late "Paddy' Crick, M.L.A., used to put up at Kangaroo Mount, was destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ten shops at Wairon were destroyed by fire yesterday. The damage is estimated at £25,000. As the town was without a water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This is what the townspeople are saying to one another to-day. Lost week Cootamundra bad two tires in two night last there were…
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