Alarm Out of Order Wagga Blaze Old Woman's Close Call Wagga
An elderly woman, Mrs. McFarlane, had a narrow escape from death at midnight hist night, when she was awakened in her home in Elizabeth…
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Women's World Blaze of Flowers at Town Hall Reception Miss Maude Royden Guest of Honor
Every corner of the reception rooms of the wife of the Chief Commissioner at Sydney. Town Hall was ablaze with flowers…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Painters' Page Fireproof Paint Makes Fire Impossible
A most impressive and unique series of demonstrations of the fire-resisting properties of "Colardo" Universal Fireproof Paint and Impregnating Medium was witnessed on…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Dangers in Small Mines Fire at "Sunbeam" Star[?]ling Revelations by Inspector Newcastle
Some startling revelations regarding the lack of supervision of small coalmines of "potholes," in the northern district, were revealed by the report of chees inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fireman Hurt in Melb. Blaze Melbourne
DURING the lunchson hour to-day, a fire broke out on the top floor of a three-stroy building in Elizabeth-street, occupied by Motor Accessories, Ltd. The…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire at Kempsey. Kempsey
A spectacular blaze at Kempsey early this morning destroyed the two-story wooden business premises of Richard Bond, shirt manufacturer, and tuckpointing works. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Country News & Personal Notes Early Morning Blaze Narrow Escape of a Family
KEMPSEY, Wednesday. -- A two-storied wooden building, owned by Mr. A. E Crossman, and occupied by Mr. Richard Bond as a shirt factory and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fox, Tree, and a Fire Was "Kill" Act of Sportsmen? Smoked Out of Refuge
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The secretary of the Society for the Protection of Animals (Mr. Latham), a brother of the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cigarette Fires Problem in America Also
Next to sparks from railway engines, matches and cigarettes are considered to be one of the most prolific causes of bush fires in Australia, and they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Hurstville
About 10 p.m. last night a fire broke out, during the absence of the residents, in a weatherboard cottage in Gloucester Road, Hurstville, occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fireman in Peril Melbourne Blaze Employees Slide to Safety Melbourne
Spreading with great rapidity, a fire in Accessories Pty.. Ltd.'s three-storied building in Elizabeth Street caused much damage to motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Causes Fire Commissioners to Pay Farmer's Loss
Damage to grass, standing wheat crop, bagged wheat, his house, and other property estimated at £4885, formed the basis of a claim by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Balls of Flame Petrol Dump Explosions Felt Mile Away Two Fires After Midnight Toowoomba
About 1 a.m. yesterday residents of Dalby were awakened by violent explosions. A petrol pump at the rear of the residence of Mr. H. Loverington,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Balls of Fire Petrol Dump Ablaze Countryside Shaken Toowoomba
ABOUT 1 a.m. residents of Dalby township were awakened by a number of explosion, which it was found were due to a fire in a large…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"Terribly Wicked" What Was the Motive? Cottage Wilfully Set on Fire
Another has been added to the list of mysterious fires. A four-roomed weatherboard cottage in Berwick-street, Guildford, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycles on Fire. After a Collision. Riders' Badly Burnt. Melbourne
Two motor cyclists were severely burned when their machines collided and burst into flames at the corner of High-street and Orrong-road, Armadale, this morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →S. Brisbane Fire 13 Shops Threatened Brisbane
A BLOCK of 13 shops in Fish-lane, off Grey-street. south Brisbane, was threatened by fire last night, but a boy noticed the blaze when it was in its early…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Camp Fires on the Bush Trail
IF by any chance you are enthusiastic enough to wander off the motor roads for a little solitude among the gum trees, don't be startled if you see a band of girls scrambling through the undergrowth as if they…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Big Petrol Fire in India CALCUTTA
While a steamer was discharging Soviet kerosene into the Standard Oil tanks at Sewri, near Bombay, a tank holding 600,000 gallons burst into flames and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FIRES. City Building Damaged
A fire occurred on Saturday afternoon in premises occupied by John Neville Hill, master carrier and tyre merchant, in Dalley-street, city. The basement and ground floor were…
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