Fire at Rockdale
On Monday evening last a fire broke out in the drapery store of Edgar Edward Levey, at Rockdale, the premises being severely damaged and a large…
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Lidcombe's Quota For Fire Board
"Our contribution will amount to £458," said Town Clerk Wayland at Lidcombe Council on Tuesday night, when a statement was forwarded by the Board of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bonnyrigg Fire Cottage Totally Destroyed
About 2 o'clock on Sunday morning Mr. Carl John Larsen, who resided in Mulgoa-road, Bonnyrigg, was awakened by the noise of fire at his home…
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Granville has been free from the visitations of the fire demon for some time, but this run of good luck was broken in the early hours of Thursday morning,…
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At Temora Police Court yesterday Jerome and Edward Campey were fined £5 for having ignited a fire within 20 jards of grass, thereby causing a disastrous bush-fire. Mr. T. J…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Nurse Burnt to Death Ether Set on Fire Brisbane
As the result of burns at St. Martin's Hospital. Brisbane. Nurse [?] Watson. 21. died late last night. Nurse Watson wan pouring ether…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Set Girl on Fire. Youth on Capital Charge Formal Death Sentence Gaol for Two Years
YOUR action seems to me to have been a stupid one. why you should have attempted to net fire to your girl is beyond my…
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The Royal Commission on bush fires will resume the taking of evidence on Monday morning next at 10 a.m., at No. 3 Arbitration Court Chambets, Queen's-square, Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bush Fires Raging Near Junee Terrific Heat Hottest March Ever Junee F riday
Fanned by the strong wind,a fire started on the north-east side of Marrar and is now coming towards and Junee. Owing to the was…
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The whole of the countryside around Junee is threatened by a large bush fire. This is the worst day ever…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Timber Burnt Blaze in Brisbane Brisbane
Between 80,000 and 100,000 superficial feet of New Zealand white pine stacked at the Oregon Timbers, Ltd., mill at Colmslie, Brisbane, were destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires in Junee District. Junee
At about noon to-day a fire started on the north-east side of Marrar, 15 miles from Junee, and is now raging towards Junee. Owing to the almost gale force of the wind…
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As the result of a fire which occurred In a business block, Bathurst Street, in January last. Edwin Montague Loscelies Laffin, 35, appeared at…
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YANKEE chemists, in a feverish search to find a drink to please the palate of prohibition-soaked America, have hit upon a cocktail that should bring…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sentence of Death Young Man Who Set Fire to His Sweetheart in Bed. Fires of Adrian Jones' Love
WHETHER Adrian Jones crept stealthily by night into his sweetheart's home and set fire to her hair with the aid of petrol or whether the girl, piqued at their differences and his conduct, performed the incendiary feat herself, were…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →At All Fires Miss Webster of Ballina Helping Brigade Lismore
Probably there are few women in the State who have the same record of achievement to their credit as Miss Webster, of Balllna, who is reputed not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fires Hay, Grass and Fences Go Houses Just Saved Junee
A disastrous bush fire started from a burning stump on property owned by Jim Smith on the western side of Junes, near Old Junee, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Army and Navy will Fire Ninety-Nine Guns Before the Duke Steps Ashore
The arrival of the Duke and Duchess will be characterised by the firing of 00 guns, the biggest number to echo and re-echo around the harbor since the Prince of Wales was here. The first salute will be fired by the military. About half-past nine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Old Sydney The Sydney That Never Dies. (Continued from Last Week.) Life in the Australian Bush as Seen Eighty Odd Yean Ago—Mutton and Damper Three Times a Day—The Beverage of the bush, sea: [?]: Tea!!! — Killin[?] the Cat—A Forest Fire
"I NOW began to be a little disgusted and astonished at the dirty and uncomfortable way in which the settlers lived. They seemed quite at the mercy…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Bush Fires. Junee District. Settlers' Losses. JUNEE
Yesterday, about lunch time, a fire started on Mr. J. Smith's property, about ten miles from Junee, and caused considerable damage to properties owned by Messrs. J. Hardy, A. J…
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