Bullets Explode Threw Box in Fire Junee
Mrs. Anderson, of Broadway was cleaning out the cupboards. She threw a cardboard box into the fire when some rifle bullets exploded…
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Ferry Steamer. On Fire in Hobart. HOBART
The ferry steamer Maweena was burnt to her deek by a fire which broke out early this morning. The damage is estimated to exceed £4000. The Maweena was built in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →On Fire After Her Last Trip Hobart
The ferry steamer Maweem, lying at Bellerive, was almost destroyed by fire in the early hours of this morning. Four hours previously she had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jump to Death Tragic Factory Fire Blow Lamp Explodes Auckland
Employees in a joinery factory at Tekuiti,were,engaged in sealing a coffin yesterday when the blow lamp exploded, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country News Three Charged Albury Grass Fire Discharged by S.M. ALBURY
Henry Halpin, Edward Newman, and William Connole, three young men, were charged with having caused a fire on the property of C. H. Griffith…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Exhausted Fire- Fighters. on Duty for Week. Damage in Goulburn District. Goulburn
There were further outbreaks of bush fires to-day and yesterday at Taralga, where 1000 acres of grass were burnt, and at Wowangin, where fires occurred last week…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Baby Born During Hospital Fire Firemen at Work with Stockinged Feet Patients Unaware Cork ([?]eand)
A baby was born in one of the wards of a Cork hospital during a fire which raged in the building for two hours, and so silently did the firemen work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Fear Fairfield Quandary
IN suggesting to fairfield Council last night that some action should be taken to minimise the danger of bush fires. the Town Clerk, Mr. Davies, said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire Caused by Fuse 300 Fight Bush Blaze
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Three hundred fire-fighters fought for four hours to-day to stem a bush fire at Myrniong which swept for eight miles along a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in the Riverina
In the Adelong district last week a big fire swept over Grady Bros. holding, destroying the homestead and woolshed. Over 200 sheep were incinerated. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fires in Country Towns
The recent fire in Moree, N.S.W., in which twenty business places, as well as hotels and dwelling houses, were destroyed, makes one think. These…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Dramatic Story at Fire Inquest "Miserable Way Out" Shop Wrecked at Earlwood Blaze Follows an Explosion
FRANK Edward Massey, 32, a boot retailer, was committed for trial by the Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. H. Richardson-Clark, to-day, for having allegedly maliciously set fire to his shop and stock at Homer-street, Earlwood, on January 2…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Veteran Fire Captain
The veteran captain of Penrith Fire Brigade. Mr Frank Hudson, has resigned after having served in the one brigade for 26 years Senior-fireman…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Burning Fuse Lights Huge Grass Fires Melbourne
During blasting operations at Pipe Creek Reservoir, a length of burning fuse fell in the grass, causing a big bush-fire, which swept through miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →For Fire Victims Carlingford Couple
AT a gathering of Carlingford and Dundas residents, it was decided to arrange a fund to assist Mr. and Mrs. John Bevan, whose tiny cottage, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hotel on Fire. Tweed Heads
A fire broke out late yesterday afternoon in a building adjoining the rear of the Hotel Pacifique, a wooden, structure. The building which caught fire comprised the laundry…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →"Fire Menace" on Coogee Pier Alderman's Charge
AID DUNNINGHAM, M.L.A., told Randwick Council last night that the water supply was cut off from Coogee pier, and if a fire occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bushfires 'Phone Warnings Cabinet Moves
Mr. Bavin has sent a telegram to Mr. Bruce asking that part-time telephone services in the country districts be made…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bushfire Tighters Their Pay Is Deducted
While a bush fire was in progress at Chullora recently, several railway employees who reside in the vicinity got leave from work to help check the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires Liverpool District
Liverpool Fire Brigade was kept busy last week attending to bush fires. On Wednesday, there were calls to Warwick Farm and the Remount Depot…
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