Camperdown Fire Glass Co. s Works SYDNEY
Considerable damage was caused by a fire which broke out late last night at the silverite Glass Coy's premises Parramatta road,…
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Factory Engulfed Gasworks Threatened Fire in Oxygen Works 12 Employees Injured Berlin
The bursting of an acetelyne container in a large oxygen factory in north Berlin started a serious explosion of oxygen holders…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Camperdown Fire Fireman Rescued Sydney
In the fire which broke out late last night at the po[?] the [?] Fe[?] Clark Co. at Camperdown the damage is estimated at many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Safeblowers Cause of a Fire Newcastle
Safeblowers are believed to been responsible for a fire which did considerable damage . at Ham[?] ton central steam laundry early this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Boardinghouse Portion Gutted Good Save Effected
One of Wagga's oldest landmarks, a cottage attached to the old Club House Hotel, in Kincaid street, was practically destroyed by fire yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Active Volcano Mountains on Fire Heclo (Hawaii)
The volcano Kilhuea became active at 6.30 this morning. There are four moutains of fire, two shooting flames 200 feet high…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car on Fire Women Crawl to Safety Sydney
When a motor far overturned in Flinders street, Moore Park to-day it immediately burst into flames. One of the four women occupants was thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goulburn Fire Lodgers Missing Goulburn
Following on the destruction of Mrs. Northam's boarding-house by fire early yesterday morning. the police have commenced an intensive…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Peril Men's Narrow Escape Sydney
Four men employed at Hoskin's Iron and Steel Works at Port Kembla had a narrow escape yesterday morning from being burned alive. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Theatre Lights Fuse Near Roof Sydney
The audience at the Haymarket theatre late yesterday afternoon, were not aware that the lights sear the roof had fused and that dense smoke was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Armed Convicts Set Fire to Prison Machine Gun Used Warder's Bravery New York
THE AUBURN State Prison, one of the largest in the States, was virtually destroyed by fire tonight. A wholesale attempt was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Armed Convicts Set Fire to Prison Well-Planned Coup Machine Gun Used Warder's Bravery New York
The Auburn State prison, one ot the largest in the States, was virtually destroyed by fire to-night. A wholesale attempt was made by prisoners to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Prison Fire 1700 Convicts Attempt Escape From Auburn Ten Hours’ Desperate Struggle for Mastery But Guards with Machine Guns Regain Control Auburn (N.y.), July 28
Auburn State prison, one of the largest in the State, was virtually destroyed by fire to-night. Accompanying it was an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Control Practical Suggestions Early Preparations Essential
Up to the present the conditions over a large part of flip south-western territory of New South Wales, have not favored a heavy growth of grass,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →City Fire Next Ambassador’s Ballroom Sydney
A fire which broke out shortly [?] [?] shoe store in Pile Street and badly damaged the Ambassadors’ ballroom…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big City Fire Shoe Store Gutted Ambassadors Threatened Dancer's Rush to Safety Sydney
A fire broke out shortly before midnight in M'Naught's shoe store in Pitt-street. Sergeant Conlin said that he could…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brisbane Fires £20,000 Damage Brisbane
Damage amounting to £20,000 was caused by two fires which occurred in Brisbane last night. One fire at a piano warehouse, owned by Wertheim Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Mine 24 KILLED; 12 Injured Berlin
A mining catastrophe at Waldenburg, Lower Silesia, killed 24 and it is feared that 12 others will not recover…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Devonshire Disaster Attributed to Hang-fire Cordite Charges Explode LONDON
The Admiralty anounces that it has been ascertained that the cause of the recent gun accident on the cruiser Devonshire, when 17 were killed, is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Twenty Craters Alarming Volcanic Activity in Pacific Islands Score of Craters Belching Fire and Lava Earth Tremors Sustained Over Several Weeks Sydney
Earth tremors spread [?] a period of several weeks, preceded the eruption, which wiped out. the town of Futu, in the Island of Niaufou, on…
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