Spark Is Fire Three Courts Say So Woman's £5000 Claim Melbourne
It took three Courts to prove to the Victorian Hallways Commissioners that a spark is fire. More than twelve months ago a…
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River on Fire
A BURNING river and a buried forest were the unexpected rewards of men digging for springs in the interest of the water supply of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shot Dead Notorious Melb. "Crook" Police Had to Fire Early Morning Chase at Manly
William Henry Wilks, 52, an engineer, who was shot dead by Constable Burns during an exchange of shots in an exciting back-yards chase at Rolf-street, Manly, yesterday morning, was probably the most desperate gunman in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Women Fire-fighters [?] Build their own Station EQUIVALENTS Butcher and 'Phone Where are Boiled Puddings?
SIX of one, half a dozen of the other. George Elliott has said, "All life…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →England in a Blaze of Royal Glory Guests of a Nation Afghanistan's King and Lovely Queen to Live in Lap of Luxury London Hotel Becomes Fairy Palace London
When King Ammanullah of Afghanistan and his Queen reach London on Tuesday, the magnificence of the reception will rival any ever accorded a ruling monarch by the British nation. The whole kingdom will be thrown open to them. Destroyers will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Kyle Bay
Fire destroyed the five-room house occupied by Mr. G, R. Harris, at the corner of Merrlman-stroct and Kyle Bay-parade, Kyle Bay, at 5.34 a.m. yesterday. The house was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Revolver Duel. Criminal Shot Dead. Constable Fires in Selfdefence
William Henry Wilks. 54, international safe-breaker and burgiar, a degenerate who had been convicted of many daring and indecent crimes, was shot dead by Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire After Smash Melbourne Red Roll Melbourne
The week-end toll of motor accidents was greater than for a long time past. Four people were killed and 11 were injured. The most disastrous of the smashes was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Amir in Sub. Will Fire Torpedoes London
The "Sunday Observer" says that King Ammanullah of Afghanistan will be granted one of the dearest wishes of his life during his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burglar Shot Dead Constable Fires in Self-Defence at Notorious Safe-breaker Manly Sensation
A notorious safe-breaker was shot dead by Constable Burns in Rolfe Street, North Steyne, early on Saturday morning, after a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Hop Kiln. Man Fatally Burned. Melbourne
One of the most disastrous fires that has occurred in the Ovens Valley broke out to-day in the hop kiln of Panlock Bros. Co., Ltd., of Rosetrevor, Eurobin, near Bright. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Finance Increasing Costs New Burdens Insurance Companies Hit
Fire prevention and extinction are going to cost a lot more this year than last. Estimates of outlay by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Killed in Head-on Collision Cars Destroyed by Fire
MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- John Fraser Firth and Wallace Hyde, both of St. Kilda, were killed, and four other men seriously injured, when the car in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burned to Death in Tent Fire Causes £25,000 Damage in Hop Yard
MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- About 2 40 a.m. to-day the hop-drying kiln at Panlook Bros.' gardens, Eurobin, near Bright, was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Economic Counter-revolution" Breaks Out in Russia German Engineers Arrested for Mine Sabotage Explosions and Fires Attributed to Conspiracy in British and Polish Circles "State Property Mismanagement" London
Messages received in Berlin from Moscow state that a number of German engineers have been arrested in the Donetz (Ukraine) coal region for alleged acts of sabotage in the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Shops Destroyed by Fire. Mullumbimby
Fire destroyed Kerschler's fruit and confectionery business in Burringbar-street this morning, and spreading caught a vacant shop next door, it, too, being destroyed it was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Three Killed Factory Wrecked Explosion and Fire London
WITH a deafening roar, the Distillers' Company's four-storey distillery at Alexandra Dock, Kingslynn, blew up and then caught…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"The Salt of Life" Hinkler Reviews Trip Dreary Desert Flying Jungle Fires: Ocean Storms (Continued From page 5)
"NOW that the job it done I can bring to mind the high lights of the trip—what appeared to me to be the big things," said Bert Hinlder to-day when making a phonograph record…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Our Brisbane Letter. Fire-fighters on Strike Promotion Exams Callous Rent Lord
(From Our Special Correspondent.) On Thursday night. March 8. Brisbane property was left at the mercy of the fire [?]nd when the rank and the members of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Post Office
Considerable excitement was caused to-day when a quantity of waste at the roof of the post office at Central Square fought slight. Several fire scribes were…
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