Girls Rescued Fire in Jam Factory
Eighty girls at H. Jones & Co, (Sydney) Pty. Ltd., Darlington, were rescued down a fire escape from a, roof where they were having their lunch when a fire broke…
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Great Fire At Cargelligo Rages for Several Hours
A fire which raged for several hours in the main street of Lake Cargelligo on Wednesday night destroyed three shops, a bank and a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Rubbish on Fire
Shortly after noon on Saturday the Wagga Fire Brigade received a call to the rear of Messrs. Kelly and Cunningham's premises, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East Sydney Fire Sydney
So great was heat from a fire in Aladdin House, at the corner of William and Riley-Strets, East Sydney, early yesterday morning that the water…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lockhart Shire Monthly Council Meeting Water Shortage Discussed Fire Brigade's Position
The monthly meeting of the Lockhart Shire Council was held on Monday. Present: Councillors J. J. Nolan (president). J. Gooden, A. Rutherford…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on River Bank
Periodically a fire breaks out on the river bank near the rear of Mr. Ivan Jack's premises in Fitzmaurice-street. Yesterday afternoon the smouldering…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Rear of Shop
A fire broke out among some packing cases at the rear of Hunter Bros. shop in Fitzmaurice-street at about 11.30 a.m. yesterday. The fire brigade,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Church Destroyed Devastating Fire at Colac £10,000 Damage Melbourne
The fine Catholic Church, St. Brendan's, at Colac, was destroyed by fire to-day. Everything in the church was burned and the loss is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Easter Holiday Fires Cottage Burnt to Ground
A cottage on a two-acre farm off Palm Avenue, was destroyed by fire in the early hours of Saturday morning, and though the alarm was sent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Melb. Express on Fire
Finding the rack and part of the roof of a corridor compartment of the Melbourne express on fire on Thursday morning, a passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Pagan Weddings "Sacred" Fire Altar
Although i[?] is difficult to estimate the numbers of the Neo-Pagans, their influence are importance in Nazi Germany are greater than their numerical…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on Melbourne Express COOTAMUNDRA
Passengers in the Sydney bound Melbourne express were alarmed about 2.30 a.m. to-day when a part of the carriage caught fire. One man…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on Express Traveller Stops Train Passenger Injured Cootamundra
When a passenger on the Melbourne express found a luggage rack and the roof of a compartment on fire at 3 o'clock this morning, he pulled the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rifle Range Safe for Machine Gun Fire Reports Military Inspector
FOLLOWING on the request of the Leeton Progress Association for a "safe" rifle range, the military authorities sent along…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Carriage On Fire Three Men Arrested
While the express train from Melbourne to Sydney was travelling at 50 miles an hour, about five miles from Cootamundra at 3 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wagga Bacon Factory Fire Fine Save by Brigade
Splendid work by the Wagga Fire Brigade at about 5 o'clock yesterday morning saved a very serious conflagration at the Wagga Bacon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Fire Bacon Factory Damaged Smoking Section Almost Gutted Brigade's Fine Save
Serious damage resulted from a fire which almost completely destroyed the entire "smoking" section of P. F. Reidell and Sons' bacon factory on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Train Two Seamen on £100 Bail Put Cigarette in Towel Rack Sydney
Three seamen, Murdo Smith, aged 45 years, Sinclair Pottinger, aged 45 years, and Louis Kaho, aged 66 years, appeared at the Central Court to-day on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Express Traveller Stops Train Passenger Injured
When a passenger on the Melbourne express found a luggage rack and the roof of a compartment on fire on Thursday morning last at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disaster Td Wedding Party Two Bridesmaids Die From Burns Dresses Catch Fire London
While a bridal party were being photographed in a studio at Coventry yesterday a bridesmaid's dress caught fire from an electric radiator. The…
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