Suspicious Country Fires
CULCAIRN, Friday.--On Monday, Mr. D. R. Mott, Deputy Coroner, held n inquiry into the circumstances surrounding a fire at Kirndeen subdivision, by which a number of bags…
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A Good Fire
The late Sir George. Douglas Clerk must have had a keen appreciation, of the blessings that come in disguise. Some fifteen years ago he found himself under the necessity of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Scrub Fire at Granville
On Thursday afternoon a fire broke out at Duck Creek, and spread rapidly through the scrub. At one time about six acres of scrub land were ablaze, but fort[?]ately the wind…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Fire on the Allinga
After Captain Irvine's report of the fire on board the Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Allinga was read at the last meeting of the Marine…
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A fire which ia believed to have been caused by a man camping on Duck Creek, spread with alarming rapidity on Thursday morning, and was threatening several…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Progress in the Metropolitan Area. Fire Rates for 1912
The Board of Fire Commissioners have adopted the ostimates of expenditure for the current year for the Sydney fire district; the amount hah been fixed at £60,300. The amount…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Hero of Eight. Puts Out Fire and Carries Sisters From the House Os His Back
"Although you are only a little chap, you acted very bravely, and, undoubtedly, if it bad not been for you, your two little sisters might have been 'burnt to death. I shall have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lovers. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter I. in Which a Man of God and a Man of War Lament the Times and Stand Fire
The road flung itself out naked and free, mile after rolling mile, along the moor. It climbed the hills, fell into the valleys, crossed the rivers by bridges or fords, climbed again,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires in the Suburbs
A number of outbreaks of fire occurred in the scrub and grass yesterday at La Perouse, Willoughby, Sans Souci, and Kogarah. At La Perouse an area of 25 acres was swept by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Week's Miscelany Compilation of the News of the World Remains of Woman Found in Fire—husband Arrested
William Ball, who had previously been in Australia, returned to New South Wales recently, accompanied by his young wife, to whom he had been married during his slay in England. The husband worked his passage…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Scrub Fires. Blaze at La Perouse
The fire brigads were kept busy on Saturday extinguishing many bush fires which occurred on the outskirts of Sydney. The biggest blaze happened at La Perouse,…
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A fire broke out at about 11 o'clock last night in a shed at the rear of the residence of Mr. William James Tribe, Milton and Dougan streets, Ashfield…
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The motor waggon owned by the Public Works Department caught fire on Sunday evening, owing to a light coming in contact with the petrol fumes. The vehicle was standing…
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Two fires occurred at the new Princess Theatre, Launceston, on Saturday night, where pictures were being shown. A film caught fire soon after the performance…
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IPSWICH, Sunday.--A burning fatality occurred at Redbank Plains on Saturday. Miss Violet Yarrow (19), was at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Brennan, preparing the midday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Breezes From the Bushland a Glimpse of Australian From Within Chapter Viii. the Great Fires
"No one would ever think," said Moffit the next afternoon, as he hauled out from a box some faded newspaper cuttings, "that all the country around here, and for a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Fire on the Suevic. Vessel Not Seriously Damaged. Melbourne
The [?] connected with the fire on the steamer Suevic on January 18 on her voyage from Sydney to Melbourne, were considered at a meeting of the Marine Board on Friday. A report from the senior…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Damage by Bush Fire. Launceston
A serious bush fire swept over the western end of Flinders Island last week, and one of the halfcaste settlers lost £100 worth of buildings and crops. Messrs. W. W. Dell and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Undertaker Burnt Out
FORBES, Monday.--Early on Sunday morning a large shed at the roar of Mr. Arthur Merlin's residence, North Hill, was totally destroyed by fire. It contined Twist's undertaker's…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Midnight Blaze
HENTY, Tuesday.—At midnight residents here were awakened by the ringing of the fire bell. An outbreak was discovered at a four-roomed cottage, owned by Mr. Chas, Terlich…
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