Child Falls Into Fire Fatality at Temora
Severely burned when she fell into an open fire, a four-year-old Beckom girl died in Temora Hospital…
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Fire in Cootamundra Home
“Another ten minutes might have made a different story”, MR. Les Winter said this when commenting in a fire which broke out in his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tragic Death of Beckom Girl Fell Into Fire in Dining Room
Frances Elizabeth O’Reilly, 4 years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Bill O’Reilly, of Beckom died, in Temora Hospital on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Melb. Blaze Huge Damage
MELBOURNE, Monday:—The worst fire ever to occur at Brighton swept through the shopping centre last night and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Melbourne Blaze Causes £200,000 Damage
MELBOURNE, Sunday: The worst fire ever to occur at Brighton swept through the shopping centre tonight and caused damage estimated at £200,000. POLICE had to be rushed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Fire" Was Only the Stew
SYDNEY, Sunday: Firemen with engines from two stations raced to a Selwyn Street home in Paddington late yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Bush Fire Brigades Meet Methods of Radio Unit Discussed
At a meeting held in Jindalce Shire Chambers yesterday afternoon, the use of a radio unit in conjunction with the bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fierce Blaze When Train Hits Petrol Waggon Three Killed in Frightful Smash
Two men were incinerated and another fatally burned when a steam train crashed/into a petrol waggon and caught fire at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reward for Hero of Train Blaze
SYDNEY, Thursday: The heroism of William Thompson in yesterday's level-crossing smash, In which three people…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Rifle Club Fires From 900 yds
Members of the Wagga Rifle Club fired over the 900 yards range last Sunday for the first time during the club's post-war activities. A fairly strong headwind, varying from about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Semi-trailer Destroyed by Fire Driver Escapes Through Window
A semi-trailer motor lorry loaded with empty paint tins, overturned near Conroy's Gap. Bowning, burst into flames, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Semi-trailer Destroyed by Fire Driver Escapes Through Window
A semi trailer motor lorry loaded with empty paint tins, overturned near Conroy’s Gap, Bowning, burst into flames, and became a total…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big City Fire Lucky Escapes
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Hundreds of office workers had a narrow escape from injury when fire swept through the upper…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: A fire gutted the two top floors of Rawson Chambers, City, shortly before 9 a.m. today, forcing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Over £20,000 Damage in Sydney Fire
THIS VIEW FROM THE CLOCK TOWER, Central Railway Station, shows the scene in Rawson Place, Sydney, on Tuesday morning when a fire swept through the two top floors of Rawson Chambers, causing damage estimated at more than £20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Home at Jackalass Destroyed by Fire Family's Bad Luck
On Thursday night last. the home of Mr and Mrs Lach Murdock, of Jackalass, South Gundagai, was completely destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Delays Hearing of Trams Dispute
SYDNEY, Thursday: Damage to records during the fire which gutted part of Rawson Chambers, Sydney, last Tuesday, today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Theatre Fire Believed Deliberate
SYDNEY, Sunday: Police investigating a mysterious fire at the Royal Theatre, West Ryde, early this morning believe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Theatre Fire May Have Been Deliberate
SYDNEY, Monday—police Investigating a mysterious fire at the Royal Theatre, West Ryde, early on Sunday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General Badges for Local Bush Fire Fighters?
The Bush Fires Advisory Committee is to be told what it can do with "suitably designed metal badges for captains and…
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