Fire in Church Vestry Melbourne
Damage estimated at £200 was caused by a fire in the vestry at St. Augustine's Catholic Church, Creswick, early this morning. The church was saved…
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24 Killed and 10 Injured in Hotel Fire New York
At least 24 Were killed and 10 injured in a fire at Atlanta, Georgia, due to an explosion in the basement kitchen of a five- storey hotel…
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At least 24 persons were killed and 10 injured in a fire at Atalanta, Georgia, due to an explosion in the of a five-storey brick…
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A fire which occurred about 10.30on Tuesday morning resulted in the destruction of the kitchen and content, of dwelling north of the line in…
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A cigarette end, flicked on to a stack of crackers at the Pitt Street store of G. J. Coles and Co. Ltd, on Thursday afternoon, started…
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A fire which caused damage estimated at £100,000 destroyed one building add damaged another at Christchurch early this morning. A…
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About 5.45 o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in premises occupied by Mr. G. Broadfoot, carpenter and joiner; The building, of wood and…
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The home of Mr and Mrs T. Lewis Bridge Street was narrowly saved from destruction by fire about o'clock yesterday morning. Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remarkable Consequences of Dry Season Rice Could Easily Catch Fire
THE extraordinarily dry season is reflected on the rice farms, where the ground had dried out to such an extent on some…
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The 70-year-old clubhouse, erected in 1866, of the City Bowline Club, Flagstaff Gardens, the third oldest bowling club in Victoria, was severely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Husband Arrested Murder Charge Made Morundah Fire Case
William Thomas Gash, aged 37 years, road contractor, was arrested at Morundah on Tuesday on a charge of having murdered his wife, Jane…
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Believing his brother to be trapped in a blazing house at Balaclava yesterday, William Gough, 53, dashed into the flames. His clothing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suspicious Fire at Junee Magisterial Inquiry Held Blaze Maliciously Set
A fire recently occured in a weather board dwelling on the Junee Ivor road, near Junee, and many of the circumstances surrounding it…
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A fire recently occurred in a weatherboard dwelling on the Junee-Ivor road, and many of the circumstances surrounding it aroused so much…
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"The days are that dratted [?] now," complains old Dad Bush, "a man hardly gets a bit of a [?] on before It's time to knock off again it's dark…
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Mr. J. A. Herris, district coroner, on Thursday, held an inquiry into the circumstances attending the outbreak of fire which on the night of May 1…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Death and Terror in Canton 500 Killed in Japanese Raids Scenes of Confusion Refugees Rush to Foreign Settlement Houses Destroyed; Fires Raging CANTON
At least 600 fere killed and 900 wounded in two Japanese air raids on Canton to-day. The casualties included 40 rescuers killed and 50…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LINER'S [?] Burnt Out Brisbane
The airliner Ca[?]nina, on its inaugural flight from Sydney to Rabaul was delayed at Cairns for an hour to-day owing to a battery burning out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shipping Again Bombed British Vessel Struck French Steamer Ok Fire Madrid
Almost at the same time as the British House of Commons was protesting against the bombing of civilians, Nationalist "planes dropped more bombs…
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A motor ferry of 35 tons, which runs between Stockton and the Broken Hill Pty. steelworks, caught fire on the harbor this afternoon. The only…
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