An "Incident" Czech Fires on Sudeten Assailants Prague
During an altercation in a cafe at the border town of Eger, a Czech non-commissioned officer, whom 35 Sudetens threatened, drew a revolver and fired…
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Ships Bet on Fire Barcelona
Government "planes bombed Palma Harbor, setting fire to three enemy ships…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Japanese Boys Burnt to Death in Canada Fire Maliciously Started? Vancouver
A[?]-Japanese sentiment is thought to be responsible for the deaths of three Japanese boys who were trapped by a fire in a Japanese tenement,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne Fire Melbourne
When firemen rushed to an outbreak at Selby House, Filnders Lane, early this morning, occupied by Irose, Pty, Ltd., wholesale drapers it is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rice Harvesting Danger of Fire
The [?] dry [?] on the [?] in the [?] where the ground had driad [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coolamon Electrical Installations Efficiency Questioned by Fire Underwriters’ Association
Representations have been made to the Coolamon Shire Council by the Fire and accident Underwriters Association [?] New South Wales to [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£2000 Damages Fire in Produce Company's Store Sydney
Approximately £2000 damage was done by fire to the New South Wales Produce Co.s store at Concord late this afternoon. Machinery and a large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Malicious" Fire Coroner's Finding at Junee
A finding that a weatherboard cottage, owned by Thomas Reynolds, had been maliciously destroyed by fire by a person or persons unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flinders Lane Fire Boxes Filled with Petrol Melbourne
When firemen rushed to afire at Selby House, Flinders Lane, early this morning it was alleged that they found wooden boxes filled with petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Trangie Store Trangie
£10,000 worth of damage was done this morning when the general store. owned by Western Stores and Edgleys Ltd was totally destrowed by fire…
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The Nationalist raid on Alicante set fire to the British steamer Maryad, fatally wounding an English non-intervention observer. An engineer (A. P…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loss of Trees by Fire More Than 1,000,000 in Three Months
More than 1,000,000 tress in England and Wales have been destroyed by heath and woodland fires already this year, states the "Daily Telegraph."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Trangie TRANGIE
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused here to-day when a fire destroyed a general store owned by the Western Stores and Edgley's Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£10,000 Fire at Trangie. Trangie
The general store owned by Western Stores and Edgleys Ltd. was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. Several adjoining buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Acquitted Charge of Setting Fire to Room Sydney
August Frank Ragusin, aged 35 years, quarryman. was acquitted at the Central Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having caused malicious damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in City Flats Blaze Quickly Extinguished Sydney
A fire broke out early this morning in "Tusculum Towers." King's Cross. containing to flats, nearly all of which are occupied. Firemen extinguished the…
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Reporting to the finance committee on a proposal to have a mobile fire extinguisher at the gas works the Wagga municipal engineer (Mr. H. J…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rice Harvesting Danger of Fire
The extraordinary dry season is reflected on the rice farms, in the Irrigation Areas, where the ground had dried out to such an extent on some…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Water to Fight Fire Drought Sequel
When a fire broke out early on Monday morning in the premises of Western stores and Edgeleys Ltd., Trangie townspeople stood by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Queensland Fire Tweed Heads
Fire swept through three shops in Griffith-street, Coolangatta, this afternoon, doing damage estimated at £5780. Two women narrowly escaped…
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