Hints to Motorists. Risks of Fire
How many new motorists give a thought to the risk of their ears catching fire? And very few would know what to do if such a thing did happen…
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Charge of Arson West Kogarah Fire
The City Coroner (Mr. Fletcher), on Monday committed for trial James Edison Ikin, of Mat[?] on a charge of having maliciously set first to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in a School Bathurst
A are when broke out a Marriage (Church of England) College for girls. did damage to the exlent of between [?]300 and [?]100. The cause of the outbreak is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lorry on Fire Pig Roasted Alive. Youth's Narrow Escape
A motor-lorry conveying thirty pigs to the Ulmarra (N.S.W.) bacon factory overturned on the Copman-hurst road, thirteen miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Points in Parliament Mr. Mutch Hits Out Premier Under Fire
In the Assembly yesterday the Minister for Education stormed his way through what was, in some respects, a personal explanation. But it was much more. It was a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire. Albury
A bush fire broke out on the Woomargama estate owned by Mr. C. P. Fairbairn, it swept into the hill country of the estate. An army of men were soon on the spot and kept…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Fire in Tailor's Shop
Fire severely damaged the contents of a tailor's shop occupied by John Telphon, in the basement of the New South Wales Cricket Association's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in George-street
A fire broke out at Kelso's tailoring shop, 252 George-street, shortly after 9 o'clock last night. The fire brigades promptly brought it under control. Slight damage was done to…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →City Deluged Storm Wreaks Havoc Lightning Fires House
VIVID flashes of lightning and heavy thunder characterised a rain storm which deluged the city early last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Fire Tailor's Shop Damaged
Fire severely damaged the tailor's shop of John Jelphor, in George Street, City, at 9.10 p.m. yesterday. The flames were shooting from the window…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Lakemba. £1000 Damage to Store
About 3 o'clock on Thursday morning fire broke out in the grocery department of Mr. John Ryan's general store at Lakemba. Damage estimated at £1000 was done to the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Stream of Fire Sensational Explosion Two Burned Lamp on Front of Car Temora
A petrol pump spraying a blazing stream of petrol the ground alight with the fiery spirit, a boy. his clothes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires
The scene is a country town, away out on the Great Western Plains. Thick blue haze is hanging over the town, and among the distant hills. Rabbits are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fires Police Suspicious the Twelfth Mysteries in S. Aust. Adelaide
A fire destroyed St. Alban's Church of England and the parish hall at Gladstone early this morning. The damage is estimated at nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Fire's Grip Rescuers on Blazing Wall Five Caught Down to Safety on Fire - Ladder Melbourne
Gasping crowds in Collins - street today watched the dim figure of a man on a third floor window - ledge of a burning building, his form flattened against the wall, now aglow through a streak of flame, now obscured in an ugly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Held for Trial: Town's Fire Damage Adelaide
There has been an epidemic of fires at Gladstone, a northern town, and a week ago a man, on his own admission, was committed for trial for arson, having been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Burned Petrol on Fire Car at Pump Dramatic Explosion Temora
In a sensational petrol explosion at Millvale, Charles Wilson and his son Norman, aged 9.were seriously burned. Wilson, while getting the petrol tank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires What Causes Them? Inquiry Begins
Efforts to discover the causes of bush fires, and the means of combating them, arc being made by a Royal Commission, which opened an inquiry in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Protecting Lives Cause of Bush Fires Commission Inquires
THE Royal Commission appointed by the State Government to inquire into the causes of bush fires in the country districts of New…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Thrilling Fire Rescues Melbourne Blaze Women Trapped by Flames Melbourne
One of the most spectacular fires ever seen in Melbourne occurred in the heart of the city yesterday afternoon. A number of…
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