Child's Death. Clothes Catch Fire
With two other little girls who lived nearby, Lorraine Parsons was playing in a lane at the rear of her home, at King-street, Newtown yesterday. Having built up a pile of…
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Man Burned. Bedding Catches Fire
Harry Gorman, aged 32, a labourer, was severely burned, last night, when a spark from a cigarette which he was smoking while in bed at his home at Burton-street, Glebe, set fire to…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A Recent Fire at Kempsey
When the flood at Kempsey was recently at its height Mr. J. W…
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A fire which started in a Stable at the rear of W. P. Moran's, Ltd., Barr St., Camperdown, last night threatened destruction to the building…
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TWENTY-TWO men are believed to have perished in a fire which broke out in an American-owned copper mine near Textutian. A volunteer rescue party…
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The residence and furniture of Arthur Lorrard, Birrell-street, Waverley, was considerably damaged by a fire which broke out last night, when the family was absent. When the…
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Thieves who ransacked the residence of Arthur Louard, Birrell-steet, Waverict, last night, set fire to a back bedroom. The flames were quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Theft and Fire Householder's Shock
After stealing gold brooches and gold bangles' at the home of Arthur Lonard, of Birrell street, Waverley late last night, burglars sot fire to…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fire at Kyle Bay
Fire destroyed the five-roomed house occupied by Mr. G. R. Harris, at the corner of Merriman Street and Kyle Parade, Kyle Bay, early last Sunday…
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A jolly good game of bowls was witnessed at Victoria Park in the local championship competition. It was Charlie Thorpe v Jim Keene, and at…
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Mr. G. W. Townley, who resides in Stanbrook-street, Smithfield, has his property almost surrounded by thick scrub, and he wants the owners of the scrub…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman's Throat Cut After Fire at Home Brisbane
FOLLOWING a fire at her home at Pimpana yesterday. Mrs. Burow was found in a paddock with her throat and wrist cut. She is in a serious condition…
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Durage estimated at Union was caused when fine barns, used for flue curing, and a ton of tobacco caught fire at the farm of H. W. Phillips…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It Worked Boys and Patent Lighter Big Melbourne Blaze Women Climb Along Parapet to Safety Melbourne
Two small boys playing with a patent cigarette-lighter, which exploded, are believed to have been the cause of a fire which did several thousands of pounds' worth of damage to the old portion of the London Stores, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Only One Chance in a Thousand Aerodrome lights Blaze all Night to an Empty Sky Trans-atlantic Flight Halifax
Lights were kept burning on the aviation fields until dawn, though officials realised that there was not one chance in a thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girls Panic Stricken Melbourne Blaze Flight From Flames Melbourne
Vehicular traffic along Bourke-street was blocked for almost an hour this morning by thousands of people who thronged the roadway watching an…
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Two persons were burned, one of them seriously, when a quantity of fat which was being rendered down in a copper of the laundry at 16 Brisbane-street, city, ignited shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Melbourne Fire. Curious Origin. Employees' Narrow Escape MELBOURNE
A fire which threatened to assume serious proportions broke out in a building of four stories adjoining the large emporium of the London Stores on Saturday morning. Smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Surry Hills Fire Two Burned--Man in Serious Condition
Spirit vapor coming into contact with a naked light caused a fire in Brisbane Street, City, yesterday morning. A man and a woman were taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Dead in School Fire Woman's Heroism London
FIVE children, all under six years, were burned to death in a nursery school near Horley, Surrey. school, which is used chiefly by…
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