Fire in Woollen Mill
BRISBANE, Sunday. -- Two large spinning mills, with shafting and belling were destroyed by fire at the Ipswich Woollen Mills to-night…
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The packing-shed at W. W. Moad's orchard at Millthorpe was completely destroyed by fire in the early hours of the morning, together with its…
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Yesterday afternoon, a child, aged 4 years set fire to a quantity of sisal hemp used in a fibre factory, of which his father, Charles Barber, is one of the proprietors. About £300…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire and Collision Red Ships in Trouble Passengers Abandoned London
The Riga correspondent of "The Times" says that the Soviet has arrested 24 men, including the whole crew, for trial in connection with a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cigarette Addict Aged Three Threw Down Match, Started Fire MONTREAL
A cigarette addict, aged three, started a fire, which burned down his father's house. Mrs. Adeline Lemarche, mother of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shops Damaged Petersham Blaze
TWO chore in Norton-street. Leichhardt, occupied by William Rofe, as a mixed business, and William Denfort, a boot repairer, were considerably…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Destroys Mill Brisbane
A fire last night destroyed [?]sporting and machinery portions [?]the large Ipswich Woollen Mills [?] fire brigade was hampered by the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Liquid Fire Thrill at Lithgow Lithgow
AS the result of a collision at the Lithgow steel works, a truck ladle, containing 24 tons of molten steel, was telescoped. and liquid fire ran in all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Early Morning Outbreaks Fire Near Hospital Causes Alarm
Firemen had a particularly busy time early this morning, brigades being called to four different outbreaks around Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Thrill Nurses' Frantic Escape Cottages Ablaze Morning Alarm at Hospital
About twenty nurses tumbled out of bed and grasping such of their belongings as they could, dashed into the night when four of the weatherboard cottages which serve as nurses' quarters at the Royal North Shore…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Nurses' Peril in Early Morn Blaze at Hospital in Night Attire Escape From Flames Nth. Shore Sensation Frantic Rush for Safety
MANY nurses at the Royal North Shore Hospital had narrow escapes from death early to-day, when portion of their quarters was destroyed by fire. They were compelled to make their escape in night attire,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Streams of Liquid Fire Trucks Collide With Molten Metal at Lithgow Narrow Escapes
LITHGOW, Monday. -- Streams of liquid fire presented, a remarkable spectacle at the Lithgow Steel Works, last night, when a set of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Suburban Fires. Exciting Escape From Building
Awakened by the crackling of flames early yesterday morning, Mr. Thomas Rofe, of 356 Norton-street, Leichhardt, discovered that his shop and dwelling were on fire. He made a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Savings Bank Fire
The fusing of an electric wire in the switch-room on the fifth floor of the new Government Savings Bank building in course of erection in Castlerengh-street, caused an…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Sacred Fire Rajah Cremated His White Widow London
THE remains of the Rajah of Pudukota were cremated with full Hindu rites at Golden Green this afternoon, the principal mourners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Auckland. Damage £10,000. Auckland (N.z.)
A fire at the biscuit factory of C. G. Laurie, Limited, to-night, caused damage estimated at £10,000. The fire was confined to a section, leaving the office block, with stocks, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Set Dog on Fire: Fined Maimed Men Waiting for Jobs Dept. Criticised
CRITICISM of the Repatriation Department in relation to the employment of men a hose physical powers were impaired by war…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. Wiseacre Discourses. on Fires
"Mr. Wiseacre," said Megsie, "come and look at our new fire. It is so pretty." "All fire is pretty, Megsie; even though it be destructive, we cannot help admiring…
Continued on Trove, page 49 →Fire at Savings Bank
In regard to the fire at the new Government Savings Bank of New South Wales, Messrs. H. E. Ross and Rowe, architects, state that its origin was not due in any way to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fiendish Cruelty. Dog Set on Fire. Forbes
"This is the most fiendish and cruel example I have ever had to deal with, It seems almost an inhuman act," said Mr. E. A. Arnott in the Forbes Police Court, in convicting…
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