TRAPPED! 47 Perish in Gold Mine Fire Big Oil Explosion Vancouver
Forty-seven men were trapped by fire in Hollinger Gold Mine, in Ontario. All are believed to be dead, and so far two bodies have been recovered…
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Trapped by Fire Forty-seven Believed Dead Explosion Kills Ten Sudbury (Ontario)
Forty-seven men are trapped by fire in the Hollinger gold mine. They are believed to be dead. Two bodies have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eight Killed In British Mystery Ship Explosion Fire Fiend Men's Great Fight Rain of Metal Capetown
A terrible petrol explosion occurred on board the British steamer Homeford in Buffalo Harbor, East London, to-day. Eight men were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rail Station Is Destroyed Colo Vale Blaze Arson Suspected
Incendiarism is suspected by police investigating the destruction by prelate on Saturday night, of Colo Vale Railway Station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suspicious Fire. At Colo Vale. Railway Station Burnt
The railway station buildings at Colo Vale, near Mittagong, were destroyed by fire late on Saturday night. According to the police, the fire occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gutted by Fire Colo Vale Railway Station Destroyed
Shortly before midnight on Saturday Colo Vale railway station was completely destroyed by fire, and, with the exception of a few official papers,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrests Likely Colo Vale Stn. Fire Second Time Alight
Detective-Sergeant comans and Detective Gilbert returned last night from Colo Vale and Mittagong, where they made…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tram Driver Killed Many Smashes "Hell-fire Jack's" End [?]
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Continued on Trove, page 6 →J. Crawford Proves His Class Convincingly Defeats Borotra in Straight Sets France Pulls Doubles Out of Fire
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Splendid tennis was the order of the day at Kooyong yesterday, when Australia won two rubbers out of three against the Frenchmen. Crawford showed wonderful form to inflict on Borotra…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Bush Fire. In Western Australia. PERTH
Only the fact that houses, which lay in its, course, were protected by fire breaks prevented a big bush fire, which swept the full length of a guily skirting Gooseberry…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire-swept Auckland's Woes Heavy Damage Auckland
The continual drought is resulting in disastrous fires throughout the province. The conflagration which threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →General Insurance. Increase in Fire Rates. Losses on Workers' Compensation
New South Wales has quite an unenviable reputation among fire insurance underwriters, and the year 1927 did not improve that reputation. Disastrous fires were even more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fiery Death Woman's Awful Suicide Paraffin Blaze Quarrelled with Husband London
The terrible story of how a woman, named May Elizabeth West, aged 49, threatened to commit suicide and then burned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mysterious City Fire Police to Investigate
Five metropolitan fire brigades were called out early this morning to attend an outbreak at 754-6 George Street, opposite the Haymarket…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mystery Fire. Begins on Unoccupied Floor. Damage to Stock
A fire, which was discovered about 11.30 last night in a building of three floors situated at 754-6 George-street, opposite the Haymarket Theatre, was extinguished by the fire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Two Years Lidcombe Razor-slashing Case "Eyes Like Fire" Husband's Story of Unhappy Married Life
A story of domestic unhappiness that nearly ended in tragedy was told at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions to-day, when Edmund James Hallett, aged 31, electrician, was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Baffle Brigade Ryde Tip Fires
THE health inspector reported to Ryde Council last night that the old metal quarry in Ryde-road, now used as a tip, had been causing…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire at Adelong. Adelong
While a gale was raging here a fire occurred at Mr. E. C. Corbett's Clear Hill station at Yaven Creek, Billapalap. A large bayshed and its contents were destroyed. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire at Woy Woy. Four Shops Destroyed. Woy Woy
Four weatherboard shop premises in the Boulevarde were totally destroyed. The estimated damage was £2000. The fire broke out in one of two shops used by A. C…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Rescued From Fire Stupefied by Smoke Boarders in Peril Barellan
A big Are broke out shortly after midnight in H. Smith's old business premises, in which are situated the "Leader" newspaper office, McCarron's…
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