Factory Fire Over 70 Cars Burnt £25,000 DAMAGE
S. Wright's coach factory, in Harris Street Pyrmont, was gutted by fire late yesterday afternoon. Over 70 motor- cars were destroyed,…
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500 Killed in Japan's 'Quake Worse Than 1925 Villages Destroyed Fires Amid Ruins Tokio
CONSERVATIVE reports to-day put the number of dead at a result of the earthquake at 500. The number of injured cannot yet be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese 'Quake Death Roll Exceeds 2000 in Snow Homeless Crowds Tourists Hurt Tidal Wave and Fires
Official reports give the death roll in the Japanese earthquake at 2000, while many hundreds were injured. The total casualties were 4774. Thousands of people are homeless, and have had to spend…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Bug? Temora's Two Calls While Brigade Was Busy Temora
Two calls within one hour was the Tomora fire brigade's record last night. Neither proved very serious, though the second shows indication of the work of a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Fire Couldn't Use Hose Mad Baker's Temper London, Tuesday Night
"Firemen should be allowed to assist the police by using hoses in such cases," was the jury's rider at the inquiry into the death of Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bush Fires Inquiry
The Royal Commission which is to inquire into the cause and prevention of bush fires has decided to commence its sittings on Monday next, in one of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Summer Hill Blaze
A fire broke out in a building occupied by Walter Stanley Grice, in Carlton Crescent, Summer Hill, last night, and destroyed the office. The premises…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Country News. Country Fires. Temora
The fire brigade received two calls in quick succession last night. The first was to extinguish a blaze in a heap of rubbish at the rear of Dr. Parry's residence. The firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →College Fire Bishop Calls Brigade
Marsden Ladies College at Kelso, near Bathurst, caught fire yesterday morning. The Bathurst fire Brigade attended and extinguished the fire with…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Earthquake in Japan Nearly 1700 Killed Fires Follow Tokio
An earthquake in Japan has caused nearly 5000 casualties--1699 being killed in the Kyoto district. The earthquake centred about 20…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Burned Fire in City Hotel
In a fire at the Carlton Club Hotel, Young Street, city, early yesterday, William Norman Beaumont (54), a well-known city business man, was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rural Interests AGRICULTURE Western Bureau Fires in Crops (From Our Special Representative.) Dubbo
The Central Western district branches of the Agricultural Bureau to-day entered on the concluding sessions of the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Petrol Pump Fire. Harbour Trust Men Killed. Coroner Orders Alterations to Plant
The City Coronar (Mr. Fletcher) held an Inquiry yesterday into the death ot two Harbour Trust employeesâJames Thomas Cahill, 33, storeman, and Charles Henry Smith, 50…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the Land. Bubeau Conference. Bushfire Control
DUBBO, Wednesday.—During the afternoon session of the central-western distriet conference of the Agricultural Burean yesterday grave attention was given to the paper…
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The Royal Commission on Bush Fires is to hold its sittings at No. 3 Industrial Arbitration Court, Queen's Square, in lieu of at Parliament House,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fire Prevention. Evidence for the Commission
Sittings of the Bush Fire Commission will be held in Sydney on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of next week and the following week…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Destructive Fires. Outbreak at Cowra
A fire occurred in P. Doo[?] grocery store in the basement of Fagan's buildings at Cowra (N.S.W.) on Sunday evening but the prompt news of the fire brigade [?] a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Kogarah Fire
The City Coroner (Mr. Fletcher) last Monday committed for trial James Edison [?]kia, of Matraville, on a charge of having maliciously set fire to a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inquiry Into Fire. Singleton
The District Coroner held an inquiry yesterday afternoon into the cause of a [?] which broke out in premises at 143 Johnstreet, occupied as a drapery shop by Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Trucks Derailed. Fire Workmen Injured
When two railway tracks were dera[?] near the Boomoodeeria Bridge, in the Casino (N.S.W.) district, on Wednesday, five railway employers…
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