Patients in Danger. Bush Fire in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Fanned by a strong westerly wind, the bush fires which broke out at Paradise, two miles south of Sassafras, spread rapidly, and got completely out of…
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Fires in Queensland. Block of Buildings Destroyed
BRISBANE, Sunday.--At the Savoy Picture Theatre, Clayfield, on Saturday night, near the end of the performance an electric wire fused in the operating room. and a number of films…
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Mr. Frank Grimley Writes:- Sir.—Mr. Gates' criticism, under the above heading to Monday's "Herald," of the decision of the City Council to effect its own fire insurances appears to…
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A report has been received by the Navigation Department that a fire occurred among the large of te coastal steamer Our Jack. She was on a voyage…
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Mrs. Lucy O'Donnell, of Trafalgar street, Annandale, was badly burned ; about the chest, legs, and body early this morning, and was taken to…
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David Foster. 23, a laborer, and Alexander Stanley, 18, a laborer, were at the Central Police Court this morning committed for trial on charges of breaking…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.--Wireless messages received at Townsville from the lightship Karumhah report that the coastal cargo boat Caroo, owned by Messrs. Broadfoot and Sons…
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A fire occurred shortly after 10 o'clock last night at Goyder's cornerm opposits the railway station. The Outbreak commenced in…
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Wood is made virtually fireproof by a now English method, which fills the pores with a crystalline deposit of fire-resistant chemicals…
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When the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Our Jack was passing Point Plummer, while on a voyage to the Nambu[?]a River from Sydney, Captain…
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A report has been received by the Navigation Department that a fire occurred among the cargo of the coastal steamer Our Jack. She was on a…
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C. B. Williams's box factory, Brown-street, Camperdown, was destroyed by fire shortly after 10 o'clock this morning…
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A fire which broke out at about half-past 10 this morning, did considerable damage to a box factory in Brown-street. Camperdown, occupied by C.B…
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A fire broke out in Church-street early this morning Four shops were gutted before the work of the fire brigade was effective in quelling the outbreak…
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A disastrous explosion occurred during thE early hours of Saturday morning on board the steamer Caroo when in the vicinity of Dunk Island. As a result the mate, Hans Golsc[?]ott,…
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A fire occurred in the box factory of Albert Henry Williams, off Brown-street, Camperdown, about 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The Newtown branch of the Fire Brigade…
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A lighted torch placed on a bench at the Leichhardt Glass Bottle Works in Wharf street, Leichhardt, last night caused a fire. Arthur Harrington, of…
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A fire occurred in the jeweller's shop occupied by Theo Mureau last night. It quickly spread to the small corner office occupied by' Goyder Bros., and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fighting Forest Fires From The Skies. The time is coming when the aeroplane will be an essential of our forest service
THE annual loss by fire in our forests is enormous, despite the precautions taken to discover the fires as soon as they start and put them out before they can get under headway. Patrols are constantly…
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Damage estimated at about £1500 was done by a fire over the Australian Picture Theatre, in Liverpool-street, City this afternoon…
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