Big Grass Fire
NARROMINE, Tuesday. -- A fire, caused by lightning, broke out on W. C. Berrell's property on the Fairview estate. A large area of grass was destroyed, and also a large quantity…
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Fire on a Team Car
A tram caught alight lost night at the corner of Pitt and Hunter streets. The cables in the controller fused, and volumes of smoke and flame arose. Unsuccessful effort were…
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Jane Nightingale appeared on remand in the Central Police Couit to-day charged with having murdered Connie Denzuer, Emily Holburn, and Christina Marzol, at Taringa, on…
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About 7 o'clock yesterday a fire broke out in a planing mill situated at the corner of Wickham and Brookes streets, Valley, occupied by C. Durrough. When the brigade…
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WELLINGTON, Tuesday. -- The main portion of the Paten Freezing Works was destroyed by fire. The Insurances were £6000, and the damage £10,000…
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The adjourned inquiry concerning [?] which occurred at premises occupied by [?], a furniture manufacturer and [?]…
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The City Coroner (Mr. Hawkins) yesterday afternoon continued the inquiry into the fire which broke out in Reuben Markow Simblist's furniture factory, 167 Commonwealth-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Surry-hills' Fire. Simblist's Furniture Factory. the Coroner's Verdict
The inquiry into the fire at Simbilst's furniture factory at Surry-hills was continued before the City Coroner (Mr. H. S. Hawkins, P.M.) yesterday. Mr. Bathgate appeared for the…
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BATHURST, Wednesday.--A bush fire broke out at the Rock Forest on Tuesday, about a mile from Mr. A. Sullivan's residence. Between three and four hundred acres of grass and…
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A disquteting statement was made at the British Beard of Trade Volturno inquiry recently by Mr. Acland, K.C. He said that since 1911 there had been an enormous increase in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Christmas Fire
The Fuel Supplement to "The Times," a gigantic and severely business affair dealing with the many aspects of our great coal industry, is influenced by the time spirit, for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Verdict of Arson. Fires at Araluen. Braidwood
The Coroner, Mr. Higgins, yesterday held an inquiry into the destruction by fire of a house and store at Araluen. The places were about a mile apart, and both were owned…
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The damage in the dock fire at Buenos Ayres is estimated at £35,000. Oils, spirits, and other merchandise were fuel for the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Medal for a Dog. Raised Alarm of Fire. London, Thursday Morning
The National Canine Defence League in France has awarded a medal to a Pomeranian dog that recently gave warning of a fire, and thus saved a whole household…
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There has been a renewal of mysterious bush fires in the Taralga district. On Monday a fire in Mr. W. Charteris's paddocks was fought for hours. Previous outbreaks…
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The rear portlou of tho top floor of a four- storied building, No. 33 York-slrcot, occupied by tlie Lawrence and Hanson Electrical Co., Ltd., was dumnged by fire lust nlgbt. The…
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One of the aldermen at Tuesday evening's mooting of the Newtown Council passed severe striclures upon tho Education Department, alleging that in the public schools there was no…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →New Jersey Fire. Plucky Cinematographers
The recent disastrous conflagration at Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.A., when several huge factories and a hundred workmen's cottages were destroyed, afforded splendid…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire in Planing Mill. Brisbane
On Monday evening a fire broke out in a planing mill situated at the corner of Wickham and Brookes streets, Valley, occupied by C. Dorrough. When the brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Jay's Fire. Beimful of Suspicion. Epstein Disappears. Melbourne
The Inquiry into the fire which took place at Jay's Draper Stores, 190 Bridge-road, Richmond, on December 19, 1913, was continued by the coroner (Dr. R. H. Cole), at the…
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