Jack on Job Tram Car Catches Fire Seats Tossed Out
A tram caught fire in George street last night, but a party of American sailors happened to be handy. The first idea thai occurred to them…
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Disastrous Widespread Fires Follow European Heat Wave Ringed with Flames Thousands Fight to Save Villages Danish Seaport Gutted
Following a heal Wave, widespread forest fires are raging in Northern Germany, where thousands of troops, police and peasants are fighting a sea of flames. Many, villages are, ringed with,fire. Odense, an important Danish seaport, has suffered severely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Showers of Fire Clawing Fingers on the Face of the Night Fleet's Electric Stars The Moon Sulks at the Dazzling Artistry of Naval Mechanics
Our famed Harbor is at night entrancingly lovely, with its Milky Way of twinkling stars all round the horizon, and the paler stars above peering down. But last night the foreshores blazeed in colors, and flaring beacons ruddied the calm waters in honor of our American guests…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bakery Burnt Out. Thornleigh Fire
The bakehouse of James Narquar, Farleyroad, Thornleigh, took are shortly after 9 o'clock. last night, and so fierce was the blaze that by the time the fire brigade was…
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A four-roomed cottage in Jersey-road. Hurnsby, occupied by Eric William Colher, was severely damaged by fire to-day. The adjourning premises, occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Forest Fire Great German Blaze Hundreds Homeless London, July 24
The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Express" reports that a forest fire destroyed 40,000 acres of valuable timber land, and many farms and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thornleigh Blaze Bakehouse Destroyed
The bakehouse of dames Norquay, in Farley Road, Thornleigh, Was destroyed by fire last night. "When Hornshy and Beecroft brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Jackies" Help at Fire "Cleaned Up" Burning Tram
American sailors "cleaned up" a blazing tram thoroughly in George Street on Saturday night. A crowded tram suddenly caught…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Saved From Fire Woman in Divorce Case Kitty Joseph Cited
Esther Julia Henry (formerly Goldstein), of Onslow-avenue, Elizabeth Bay, petitioned the Judge in Divorce (Mr. Justice Owen) to-day to dissolve…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Vandals in a Church Building Set on Fire Priceless Archives Buried
The Norman church of Sutton, Cambridgeshire, was found recently with the vestry ablaze, candle grease smeared over nearly every pow, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Co-re. in Canberra Fire Her Discovery Married Man's Amor
"Some [?] ago an [?] was made to the [?] Judge [?] of the [?] on the woman charged in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fleet Man Stops Stampede in Movie Fire Calls to Crowd for Order Fearless of Flames
AN American sailor, with a few words of advice, averted what might have been a serious disaster, when a fire broke out on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Records Imperilled Fire at Institute of Science Early Morning Blaze Melbourne
Valuable statistical records were imperilled by a fire which occurred early this morning at a two-story brick building at 314 Albert-street, East…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Outbreak of Fire. Alstonville
A butcher's shop, owned by Mr. J. A. Daley Alstonville, and situated in the main street of the town, was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday morning. The premises were occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Saved From Fire Cited in Divorce
To be rescued front the burning steamer Canberra, and as a consequence of the resultant publicity to be served with paper in a divorce…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Valuable Documents Saved From Fire MELBOURNE
The director of the Science Institute, Sir George Knibbs, said to-day that he thought most of the valuable documents had been saved from the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ball of Fire Man Under Motor CUNDACAl
There were fireworks at Coolac, but not in honer of the Fleet. Fred. O' Crady's big motor lorry developed a leak in the petrol tank, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Picture Theatre Fire. Sailor Prevents Panic. Two Electricians Injured. Melbourne
The prompt action of a sailor from one of the visiting warships was probably responsible for preventing a panic among the 1500 to 2000 people who were in the Capital Picture…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Us. Sailors Calm Crowd Fire in Picture Theatre Melbourne Thrill Melbourne
When the screen of the Capitol' Picture Theatre, in Swanson Street, caught fire to-day, several American sailors in the audience stood,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Theatre Fire Panic Topped Sailor's Dramatic Speech Two Men Burnt Melbourne
TWO employees were badly burnt when a screen curtain at the Capitol Picture Theatre caught fire just as the matinee performance was…
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