Mantle of Fire Man's Terrible Agony Danger of Petrol
The ignition of a quantity of petrol vapor (caused frightful injuries to N. Spellson, motor garage proprietor, at Bogan Gate on New Year's night…
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Record Storm Floods Lithgow Trailing Clouds Meet Crash of Hail and Fiery Blaze Men Nearly Trapped Lithgow
ONE of the most terrific thunderstorms within living memory broke over this district to-day. The morning was hot, and about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Girl's Sacrifice Gives Life for Others Four Lost in Cottage Fire
Four children, aged from four to seventeen years, were burned to death in a fire near Huddersfield (Eng.) last week. The cottage occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shell-Filled Lorry Explodes--Rescuers Driven Back Wrapped in Fire Pinned Victim Pleads Vainly Dies in Inferno London
Loaded with shells filled with explosive matter, a motor lorry was speeding from Birmingham to London, when, at midnight, it crashed down a 12ft. embankment at Hockliffe, Bedfordshire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Warnings. New Scheme Suggested
Mr. Lingard Simkin, manager of Wantabadgery West, Wagga, has brought under the notice of the Graziers' Association a scheme for the broadcasting of bush fire warnings…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gallery Attendant Shot Youth Fires Wide
A mild sensation was caused in a George Street shouting gallery in the city yesterday afternoon when a last Bring from a revolver sent the bullet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£120,000 Damage Big Brisbane Blaze Firemen Injured Brisbane
ONE fireman was overcome by fumes, and several others were treated for injuries, when fighting an outbreak, which occurred last night in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cottage Destroyed by Fire
A cottage occupied by Mrs. P. O'Reilly, at Chinaman's Beach, Mossman, was totally destroyed by fire late yesterday afternoon. Firemen from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Junee Fire Brigade Junee
There is trouble among members of the local fire brigade, and an inquiry [?]s to be held. As a result of the difference, five firemen--two of them with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Suspicious Fire in Shop. West Wyalong
At an inquiry into a fire which occurred [?] a shop on December 24, the occupier of the shop, Mr. E. J. Callinan, a mercer, said that rumours had reached him that an attempt…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Country News. Fire at Wagga. Wagga
A fire broke out in the residence of Mrs. Rittenden, Johns[?]on-street, but the brigade got control of the flames with a liquid extinguisher before much damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Big Brisbane Fire Loss Estimated at £120,000
BRISBANE, Saturday. -- The four-story building of Webster and Co., general merchants, was gutted by a fire which broke out at 11 o'clock last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schooner Ablaze Fire at Sea Liner Rescues Crew
A VIVID account of the reace of the captain and crew of the schooner Doris Crane by the Niagara, on her way to Sydney was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£10,000 Damage. Big Fire at Ayr. Brisbane
A message from Home Hill states that a fire which is believed to have originated in the fusing of electric wires, caused damage in Queen-street, Ayr, estimated at nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire in Brisbane. Damage Estimated at £120,000. BRISBANE
Damage estimated at £120,000 resulted from a fire which broke out shortly before 11 o'clock in a big four-story building in Mary-street, city, occupied by Webster…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Ship on Fire in the Solomons Yarra at Gizo, Heavy Damage Feared
A fire which originated in the bunkers of the Norwegian steamer Yarra while loading copra at Gizo, in the Solomon Islands, damaged the vessel's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Shadow Show "The Fire Brigade"
Never has pretty May McAvoy appeared to such advantage, and with such finished artistry, ns she does in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer super production. "The Fire Brigade," now showing at…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Camp Fire Smoke From Picnic Regatta
BUT Pittwater, with its sparkling waters, its picturesque week-end villages nestling at the foot of the rugged hills, with its sand-fringed bays and lonely…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A Spark May Start a Fire in the Bush
Victoria had its first taste of the bush fire fiend last week-end. So far Now South Wales has been fortunately free this Summer, but…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →"Don't Hit—kick Her!" But Mrs. Wollard Ousted Husband and His Tame Detective Shell-fire Snipes Snoopers
FRANK PEARSON is a private inquiry agent, he said so himself at North Sydney, when charged with assaulting a woman. He also declared that he has an office in the "Daily Telegraph" building, King-street. ALTHOUGH, doubtless, he has had many thrilling experiences as a private detective,…
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