Fire on Steamer Cabins Alight Brisbane
Passengers on the steamer Ormiston had a scare on Tuesday night when a fire broke out in one of the cabins. Two cabins were damaged before the…
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Trapped In Fire Suffocated by Smoke Melbourne
James Wood, 58, was suffocated when trapped in a blazing building at Port Melbourne early this, morning. The scene of the fire was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Fire Seventy Firemen Out DAMAGE, £10,000 SYDNEY
More than seventy firemen, representing detachments from all the city stations, attended a serious outbreak at a building occupied chiefly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Shop Chinese Occupant Narrow Escape From Death Sydney
A Chinese storekeeper of North Sydney, Kum Tong Percy, had a narrow escape from death last night when the shop in which he lived caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Fatality Melbourne
James Wood, a single man, aged 58 years, was trapped in a burning building at Port Melbourne early on Saturday morning, and was suffocated by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big City Fire £10,000 Damage Sydney
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire which broke out yesterday in the building principally occupied by N. C. Berry and Co.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trade Pact Canada and Australia. Negotiations Hang Fire Ottawa
The trade pact between Canada and Australia, which was the subject of negotiations here at Christmas time, is not concluded even yet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Fatality Man Trapped in Building Choked by Smoke Melbourne
James Wood, a single man, aged 38 years, was trapped in a burning building at Port Melbourne easy yesterday morning, and was suffocated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Tumut Plains Mr. Reg Malone's Loss
A fire occurred at 'Avondale,' Tumut Plains, the property of Mr. Reg J. Majone, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday last, in a tobacco flue-curing barn in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rozelle Fire Family's Narrow Escape From Burning Cottage Sydney
James Thomas and his wife and two children has a very fortunate escape from death this morning, when a weatherboard cottage in which they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Circus Tent Top Alight Elephant's Warning Newcastle
During a circus performance at New Lamoton during the week-end the top of the large tent caught fire through the fusing of electric wires. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lorry Destroyed by Fire
A Wagga to Sydney transport lorry, owned by Messrs. Quodling Bros., of Sydney, together with a load of empty cases, the property of Messrs. Bruce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lorry Destroyed by Fire Wagga
A Wagga to Sydney transport lorry, owned by Messrs. Quodling Bros., of Sydney, together with a load of empty cases, the property of Messrs. Bruce…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Laboratory Explosion Fire Follows Manager's Narrow Escape Sydney
A series of terrific explosions wrecked the laboratory of the Metropolitan Chemical Company at Leichhardt to-day. The fire which followed caused…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Near Gundagai
On Tuesday night the home of Mr. Ernest Cooper, of Jackalas, and its contents, went up in smoke. Mr. Cooper was absent, but his wife and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canowindra Fire Damage Estimated at £7000
A spectacular fire broke out on Monday night at Canowindra in Robinson Street; when three shops were gutted and damage caused estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Girl Perishes Fire in Old Kindra Hotel Kiandra
Particulars of a fire, which resulted in the death of a girl, show that he victim was Ivy Bell, 21, who was on a visit to her brother's home…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Billiards Wagga Fire Brigade Tournament
The Wagga Fire Brigade is again organising a billiards tournament, and the proceeds this time will lie handed over to the Wagga District Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →House on Fire Occupants Escape Over Balcony Sydney
When a house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. James Soutter, at Epping, caught fire this morning, the inmates escaped by climbing over the balcony into a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Wall of Fire Two Women and Two Children Fight Their Way Out
Within a space of two months three fires have occurred about midnight, close to Gundagai, in which the occupants of the destroyed…
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