House on Fire Lighting Strikes Gas Pipe Sydney
When lightning struck their cottage in Galloway street, Parramatta, late last night, Thomas Dwyer and his family thought their home had been…
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515 stories in Riverina's papers · page 6 of 26
Early Morning Fire Call
The Wagga Fire Brigade received a call to the rear of the premises of Messrs. Slattery's cash and carry store, Baylis-street, Wagga, at about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Severely Burnt Clothes Catch Fire Sydney
Mrs. Agnes Price, aged 71 years, of Lane Cove, was terribly burnt to-day when her dress caught fire while she was placing a kettle over an open fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Raging in Victoria School and Homes Threatened MELBOURNE
Bush fires are raging in many parts of Victoria and many properties are menaced. There were four separate blazes at Erica yesterday afternoon:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Raging in Victoria School. and Homes Threatened Melbourne
Bush fires are raging in many parts of Victoria and many properties are menaced.' There are four separate blazes' at Erica this afternoon;' three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gun Fire Re-opens in Tokio Force Used Against Rebels Bluejackets Landed to Quell Rebellious Army Fight to Resist Establishment of Military Dictatorship Tokio
The shadow of military dictatorship under the Minister for War, General Araki, looms nearer. The situation is com plicated by the presence of Naval forces, which may resent the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dwelling Destroyed by Fire
The dwelling of Mr. Leslie Gordon M'Kee, of tent town, was destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon. Mr. M'Kee was in the town at the time,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Fire Four Persons Die Trapped by Flames London
Four people, including a husband and wife, were incinerated, and several others were seriously injured in a fire which broke out in the West End…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Griffith Fire a Correction
In our issue of Friday, February 14, appeared a report of the Coronial Inquiry at Griffith concerning a fire which destroyed the dwelling of Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Farm Melbourne
When a farm hand on the property of C. W. Tout, Mt. Hope, filled a lamp with petrol instead of kerosene last night, in explosion occurred, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Items of News Fire at Barmedman
A large weatherboard house in Deboos street, Barmedman, owned and occupied by Richard B. Moore, together with the contents, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Italian Reports Abyssinlans Crumple Under Machine Gun Fire Rome
The Italians claim to have completed the chain of victories in the north of Abyssinia by defeating the armies of Ras Imru, Haili Sellassie's cousin,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Raging Near Ballarat Melbourne
Bush fires in the mountains near Ballarat are threatening hundreds of acres of timbered country. Hundreds of men fought the flames last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Early Morning Blaze
In the early hours of Wednesday morning residents were aroused from their slumbers by the whistling of the engines in the railway yards. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fire Greets Dancers' Return SYDNEY
When Mr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Morgan entered their home at Bexley early this morning after attending a dance, they were almost enveloped in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →House in Flames Fire Smouldering for Hours Sydney
When Mr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Morgan returned from a dance early this morning and opened the door of their home in Verdun street, Bexley,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£50,000 Fire Sweet Bros. in Newtown Sydney
The big emporium of Sweet Brothers, in King Street, Newtown, was gutted by fire this afternoon; the damage is estimated at £50 000…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Newtown Fire Girls Slide Down Poles to to Safety Sydney
When an employee of a radio shop was cleaning a phonograph spring in petrol in King Street, Newtown, last night, a fire occurred and spread so…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big City Fire Seven Persons Injured Spectators Hurt When Roof Collapses Sydney
Four onlookers and three firemen were injured this afternoon in a fire which swept through Sweet Bros.' store in King street, Newtown. Eighty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Fire Ardlethan
A fire which began on Saturday night destroyed two cottages. It began in a six-roomed weatherboard cottage owned by Mrs. R. Davis and…
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