Grass Fire in Junee
The Junee fire brigade was called out yesterday afternoon to a grass fire near the premises of Wright Heaton and Co. This is the third grass fire in…
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College Fire Death Roll of Forty Quebec
The death roll as the result of a fire in Sacred Heart College is now placed at 46. Twenty bodies are still in the ruins and it may be…
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Fire destroyed the iron and steel foundry of Davies and Baird, Brunswick, this morning and gutted the adjoining premises occupied by W. J…
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Relieved to have been the work of an incendiarist, the eleventh fire in 11 weeks occurred at Redcliffe early this morning, when the eight-roomed home…
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Forty-six are now known to be dead as the result of the fire in the Sacred Workers are seeking 20 bodies still…
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So terrific were the bushfire flames that swept up and incinerated an old man living alone in his but, that a sheep dog kennelled 50 yards from the…
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There were 1015 fewer fire calls in Sydney and suburbs last year than in 1936, but of the total of 3971 calls made, 1102 were false alarms. This…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Questionable Circumstances Surround Blaze in Butchery Brigade Douses Fire in Quick Time Door Open; Window Forced in Wade Avenue Shop
REMARKABLE and extremely suspicious circumstances surrounding an early morning fire which occurred yesterday at Bourke and…
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Whilst driving along the Lockhart Urana road a practically new Buick coupe, owned by Mr. J. Baillie, of Junee, caught fire. The fire started…
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About 11.30 a.m. on Sunday, Mr. John Baillie, of Cosy Corner, Junee, accompanied by Mr. J. W. Lally, of Lockhart, was motoring along…
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A motor car, the property of Mr. John Baillie, of Broadway, Junee, caught fire five miles from Lockhart yesterday. Damage totalling about £60…
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WHEN the strong wind and dust storm swept over the Area from the east shortly after 5 o'clock on Saturday…
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At the Central Court to-day, Elizabeth Mary Carter, aged 34 years, domestic duties, was charged with having yesterday maliciously set fire to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Red Cliffs Fire Reported Threat by Unemployed Melbourne
The police at Red Cliffs consider that the fire which destroyed the home of Mr. Allnutt, M.L.A., yesterday, was deliberately started. Mr. Allnutt said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush fires Facts For Everyone (Conlributed)
Has it ever occurred to you that sufficient growing timber to have built numerous homes is destroyed every year by bush fires? -- Lo ad…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer Attacked Submarine Fires Torpedo Malta
A submarine, without warning, attacked the British steamer Lake Geneva, in the Western Mediterranean, firing a torpedo at 400yds. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Facts
Has it ever occurred to readers that sufficient growing timber to have built numerous homes is destroyed every year by bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Residence on Narandera Road Destroyed by Fire
On Sunday evening last a fire occurred at the residence of Mr. A. L. Watts, of Wexford, about three miles along the Leeton road from…
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On Wednesday night Sydney was a blaze of glory and thousands of people roamed the streets. Hyde Park became a fairyland of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Junee Shop
The Junee Fire Brigade was called out to a fire at 1.15 a.m. the other day. The fire was in the plumber's and electrical goods shop of Mr. G…
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