Big Kurri Fire Damage at £2000 Shop Is Burnt Out Kurri Kurri
Fire totally destroyed a drapery shop and plane agency in Barton Street, Kurri Kurri, at 12.13 this morning. The damage, estimated at over £2000, is partially…
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Fire Damage £4000 Hunter St. Blaze Till Rifled by Thief Newcastle
A fire that broke out at the rear of R. Bryant's saddler's shop in Hunter Street on Saturday morning caused damage to the extent of £4000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Australian Rules Game -- Blaze at a Grain Shed
TAKING A MARK.--In the Australian Rules game, when Newtown beat Sydney by 72 points to 53. THE CLUTCHING HANDS.--J. Courtney…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →House Thief's Ordeal by Fire Wellington (N.z.)
A PAINFUL surprise awaited a made who was attempting to break into a house in a Christchurch suburb. A woman in the building heard a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ambulance Treatment Refused Car Smash and Fire in George Street West
After a motor smash in George Street West on Saturday night, a young man and woman emphatically declined ambulance treatment, though…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Law Report. No. 1 Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and Jury.) Grazier Burnt Out. Nev[?]nson v Piper
John Robert Nevinson, a farmer and grazier, of the Hillston district, sued Gilbert J. Piper, an adjoining settler, claiming £1000 compensation for the loss of pasturage and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Nine Months' Gaol Man Who Robbed Till During Fire Newcastle
Ernest Lahiff, a laborer, who calmly walked into the Oxford Hotel while a fire was in progress two doors away, on Saturday morning, and took…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Country News Fire Before Dawn Family's Narrow Escape Railway Worker's Loss Junee
A fire which broke out at 2.30 a.m. to-day practically demolished a large weatherboard house, occupied by Harold Fawcett…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →15 Years' Gaol Man in Girl's Bedroom Heavy Sentence Tried to Fire Loaded Gun
When Leslie Eugene Gosper, aged 35, poultry farmer, was charged at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day with having attempted to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Checked Blaze New Brigade's Save Blayney
BLAYNEY firemen collected a wonderful save early to-day, when a fire occurred in the carpentry and joinery shop of Fin and Scobit. Although a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire of Thought and Spirit
When the Goths sacked Rome, St. Augustine wrote the "City of God," putting a spiritual hope in place of the material reality that had been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fire Brigades. Perth Demonstrations. Perth
A fire brigades' demonstration on a scale which, it is said, has not previously been attempted in Australia, will be held in Perth next Easter to mark the centenary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Set Alight Flemington Fire Cottage Destroyed Petrol and Newspapers
Unuual circumstances associated with a fire which destroyed a weatherboard cottage, in Marlborough-street, Flemington, on May 25, were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mystery Fire at Fleming Ton Savidge Case Tribunal Split Over Scotland Yard London
THE findings of the tribunal appointed to Investigate the "third degree" charge of Miss Irene Savidge against Scotland Yard, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Fish Shop
A fish cafe in Pittwater-road, Manly, was damaged by a fire caused by a quantity of fat catching alight to-day. The flames were extinguished by the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Shot Three and Himself on Canadian Farm Home-coming Son Hears Man Fire at Mother and Others VANCOUVER
When Vernon, the 20-year-old son of Mrs. Henry Becker, was returning across the field towards his mother's farmhouse, near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boarders' Flight Early Morning Blaze Narrabri
A fire early this morning completely destroyed a two-storied boardinghouse, and 17 boarders had to flee Into the street, only a few of their personal…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire Insurance the "Average Clause" Companies Benefit
Tullibigeal insured a house for £600, and recently wrote to the company intimating that he desired to have the amount reduced. The company…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Doll Catches Fire Baby's Critical Condition Lithgow
While playing with a celluloid doll at her parents' home today, Mary Stibbard, a two-year-old baby, was shockingly burned. The toy became…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire in Dalwood Chambers
A fire occurred at 4.30 p.m. yesterday on the fourth floor of Dalwood Chambers, off Bathurst-street. Cases of straw in premises occupied by Stabback Bros., glass engraves, caught…
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