Three Men Killed. Charge That "Hung Fire."
MELBOURNE, Friday.--A fatality, resulting in the loss of three lives, occurred at Orbost to-day. Blasting operations were in progress on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fires & bushfires, 1914
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Country Fire. Store Burnt Down. Albury
A destructive free broke out in the general store of Mr. F. Trenells at Upepr Bethungrd. The building has of weatherboard, and the names quickly speed. It was found to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in City. Explosion in Film Depot. Nine Persons' Narrow Escape
An explosion, the cause of which is unaccounted for, in the rooms occupied by a film company, on the second floor of Young's Buildings, at the corner of Park and Pitt…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Crimes In N.S.W. No Enquiries, Or Absurd Ones
A lot of things has contributed to the alarming frequency of incendiary fires not the least of which is the really mock character…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Firebugs." a Libel on the Ways of the 'Ong Kong Fire Brigade
Mr. Briggs, of the "Ship Inn," to his wife:— "The idea of the 'Ong Kong Fire Brigade," they sez, "is to provide a decent livelihood for a number of 'onest working men without…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Punic at Fire. Fifty Excited Italians. Three Killed: Several Injured. Police Use Their Batons. Bridgeport [?]Onn Friday Evening
Scones of wild cac[?]ement were witnessed during a fire early this morning in an Italish rooming-house of this city. When the outcreak was discovered, there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss by Fire. Furniture Workers Helped
A number of fires which have occurred in South Australia recently have involved the loss of tools used by workers in the furniture trades. The New South Wales branch of the Federated…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Fire Epidemic Outbreak in Park-street
The premises used as chambers and offices, over Marshall Bros. (chemists), De Loca's. (fruiterers), and Millard's (mercers), shops in Park-street, were damaged by fire yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sensation at Fire. Escape Over Roofs. Nine People in Peril
The fire caused by an explosion in Young's Buildings, at the corner of Paik and Pitt streets, opposite the Criterion Theatre, yesterday afternoon, was full of incident .The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Through Three Revolutions Acrobats Under Fire. Troubles in South America
"Our first entry into an Australian port was in a rattling thunderstorm," said Mr. George Clark, leader of a company of aerialists' who have just come from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →How the Train Was Made Up Why There Was No Fire
It is understood that the arrangement of the doomed train was as follows :—Engine and tender, mail van, and five carriages. The two immediately behind the mail van were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Panic at a Fire Police Drive Excited Italians to Safety Bridgeport (Connecticut), Friday Night
When a fire broke out in an Italian boarding house wherein there were 50 occupants, a panic followed. The police were forced to use their clubs…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Woollahra Fire
Subsequ[?]st to the finding recorded by the [?] the fire at E[?]kin's him. led Queen-street. Woollahra which occurred un January [?] last, Mr. Matth[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires. Outbreak at Dungog. Dungog
A fire broke out last night in the drapery store of H. E. Corric. It was discovered before it got a good hold. Before an entrance coult be effected and a hose got to work the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at Cathedral. Serious Damage to Fire Structure. Berlin, Sunday Evening
The Cathedral at Neuss, in Prussia, on the Rhine, has been badly damaged by [?]. The tower collapsed, but the have has fortunately been saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Why There Was No Fire
A theory as to who the wrecked carriages did not cat are was given by a guard:— "You see. after leaving Mose Vale. where most of the passengers have a cup of les,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Country Fire. Dungog Stork Damaged
DUNGOG, Saturday.--A fire broke out in S. E. Corrie's general drapery store last night. Some time elapsed before entrance was gained, and the fire got a good hold. Willing hands…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motor on Fire at Enmore
Charles Glenross, of Rawson-street, Newtown was driving a 16 h.p. Clement Talbot motor car along Enmore-road, Enmore, this morning, when it backfired. A fire started, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →City Fires. Outbreak in Pitt-street. Escape Over Roofs
The neighbourhood of the Criterion Theatre was shrouded in great volumes of smoke early on Saturday afternoon. A fire had started in Young's-chambers, which extends from 256…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at Wilcannia. Three Buildings Destroyed
WILCANNIA. Saturday.--This morning a fir broke out in a shop occupied by J. Vernum, a painter. The structure was of wood, and the haines quickly spread to the adjoining premises…
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