Shoe Factory Gutted £35,000 Damage Fire in Melbourne Suburb Melbourne
A fire at the factory of the Spicer Shoe Co., Clifton Hill, this morning, gutted the building, throwing 250 employees out of work and…
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Two-stroke Engines Causes of the Engine Refusing to Fire Carburation and Ignition
A number of owners of two-Stroke motor cycles have been complaining lately about their engines refusing to fire, notwithstanding tho fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Mount Morgan Fire Outbreak Confined
Mr. R. Thompson, secretary of the Mount Morgan Co., Ltd., advises that the latest information from the mine is that appearances in the open cut…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wireless and the Fire Brigade
During the last few months tests have been made at Amsterdam (Holland), with a view to adapting wireless telephony to the use of the city fire brigade. Experiments…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Ship Seized Strikers Stop Sailing Fires Drawn Owners Statement
the Oversea Shipping Representatives Association issued the following statement last night:-- "An urgent wire from Perth to this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tug on Fire Outbreak This Morning
The steam lighter "Tay," belonging to Captain Auland, Balmain, and moored to plies in Rozelle Bay, caught fire about 5 a.m. to-day. The cause…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Cessnock. Sawmills. Burnt. Cessnock
A fire occurred yesterday at Messrs. Gou[?] Brothers' sawmill, opposite the Cossnook railway station. When the alarm was given by a railway employee the fire had…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Mob Violence. Strikers Seize the Demodocus. Pickets Placed on Board. Fires Drawn; Officers Coerced
The Blue Funnel line steamer Demodocus, at Fremantle, has been seized by strikers, who have drawn the vessel's fires, removed the fire bars, and threatened the master and officers that if an attempt is made to take the vessel to sea the machinery will be damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Young Woman Burnt Dress Caught by Fire Moree
Mrs. F .H. Richards, of Carah, is in a critical condition as the result of a dramatic incident at her home late yesterday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Bad Year for Forest Fires in Canada: One of Over a Thousand This Year
Over a thousand forest fires have occurred in Canada this season, which has been almost as disastrous as that of 1922. In Vancouver Island, the loss is said to be the greatest in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Work at Kembla Mt. Morgan Fire Closes Electro. Works Port Kembla
The Industrial position at [?] is still [?] The Electroyic R[?] Company's works are practically closed down owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Causes Ship Damage
Damage estimated at £400 was caused by fire early yesterday morning in the engine room of the steam lighter, Tay, moored to piles in Rozelle Bay. Rozelle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Idioms (Continued). FEU (Fire, light, heat; etc.)
Feu sacre — Sacred fire; inspiration; genius. Donnez-moi du feu — Give me a light (for pipe or cigar). Feu de joie — Bonfire; rejoicing. Ca n'est qu'un feu de paille — It is merely a flash in the pan…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Manly Blaze Cottage Burnt Out
Owing to the absence of water the efforts of the firelighters were of little avail when an outbreak of fire occurred in a private residence in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Melbourne. Melbourne
Damage estimated at £7000 was caused by a fire which broke out in the premises occupied by Gilbert and Tony Pty., Ltd., grain merchants, Riverside-avenue, South…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Five Boys Perish Fire in Dormitory Vancouver, October 3
It is advised from Lewiston (Idaho) that five orphans perished when the boys' dormitory of the Catholic Mission, 25 miles from Lewiston, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suburban Fires. Waverley Shop Damaged
At an early hour yesterday morning a fire occured in a fancy goods shop at 225 Bondiroad, Waverley, occupied by Thomas Daniels. Before fireman from Waverley, Woollahra, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Thousands Up in Smoke Gunnedah Blaze Gunnedah
Damage to the extent of between £12,000 and £15,000 was caused by fire early this morning, when properties belonging to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Macquarie-street
A fire broke out this afternoon on the top floor of Morris, Middleton and Company's building, Macquarle-street, city. The floor is occupied by Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fairfield's Fire Fighters New Motor Fire Engine Personally Presented by Commissioners
In continuance of its "All for Fairfield" week, Fal[?]field Chamber of Commerce organised and carried out a function on Thursday night that reflected the utmost…
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