Garage Set on Fire. Corowa
The garage of Mr. P. K. Ritchie, situated [?] the main street, was set on fire last night. A ear belonging to Mr. C. Clarke was in the garage, and he found that wood had been…
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Perilous Economy in Fire Protection Brisbane .Monday
The Brisbane Fire Brigade Board. R is said, contemplate the closing down of suburban fire stations excepting South Brisbane…
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One cold morning last week two boilermakers at the Babcock and Wilcox works at Bunnerong power house built a fire. They were acting against…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suspicious Fire. Alleged Loss of Timber. Judge Has Doubts. Hobart
Judgment was given to-day in the Supreme Court at Hobart by the Chief Justice (Sir Herbert Nicholls) in a case in which Gibbs, Bright, and Co., of Melbourne, claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →To Save His Home. Man Eights Fire. Burned on Hands and Arms
After a plucky attempt to save his home from being destroyed by fire yesterday. Angelo Baratta, a middle-aged fisherman, had to retire, badly burnt…
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Londoners have survived their first night of this week's aerial war, and are profoundly relieved that they are living in August…
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The entire Jewish quarter in the Georgian town of Kutais, a large Jewish centre, has been burnt down. 359 Jewish houses…
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A fire early this morning burnt the Pioneer Hotel to the ground. The damage is estimated at £2000. The premises were owned by Mrs. E. S. Bewers and leased by Robert…
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MRS. FRED LINDSAY will chaperon the camp fire supper party at the Pennant Hills Scout Camp on Saturday, when the Rover Scouts will help…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Plucky Nurses. Prevent Serious Fire. at Private Hospital
Pluckily putting into practice the knowledge gained in their fire drill, nurses and sisters of Glengarlin private hospital, Lytton-street, North Sydney, fought and extinguished a fire…
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James McEwan, aged 19, laborer, of Highgate-street, Bexley, employed at the works of General Motors, Ltd., Carrington-road, Marrickville, was badly…
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AWAKENED by the roar of James shortly after midnight, Mrs. H. Doran, who occupied the residence attached to a vacant shop in David-street…
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Shortly after half past six on Thursday morning a fire broke out in the locomotive assembling shied at the Clyde Engineering Works…
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While firemen from city stations were fighting a fire in premises occupied by Angelo Melitas, confectioner[?] Pitt Street, City, last night, they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →False Alarm Auburn Fire Boxes Commissioners Blamed
Fire alarms, at Auburn have recently been tempered with, and on one occasion a telephone set was removed from the box near Helena and Marion…
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The petrol-soaked clothing of James M'Ewan (19), laborer, of Highgate Street, Bexley, caught fire at the works of General Motors[?] Carrington Street,…
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Women shrieked and men were scared when a Bondi-bound tram burst into flame last night in Oxford Street, near the Paddington Town Hall…
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The Port Kembla Fire Station was officially opened yesterday afternoon, and installed with the latest Dennis fire engine. The Board of Fire Commissioners wis…
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GUNNEDAH, Thursday.--A weatherboard cottage, occupied by Edward King, mail contractor, at Mullaley, was destroyed by fire. Mrs. King and her…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Shots were fired by the police in an encounter with prospective safe blowers to-night at Cheltenham. One was captured and…
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