Entire Town Menaced Gasworks Blaze Just Checked in Time
MAITLAND, Thursday.--Had flames extended another 10 feet from a fire at East Maitland gasworks to-night, the whole of the…
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Gas Explosion Startles Crowd at Fire
WELLINGTON, Thursday.--An acetone welding gas container exploded during a fire at the Ford Motor premises, Palmerston North,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fairfield Fire Brigade (To the Editor, "The Biz.")
Sir,—I crave sufficient space in your widely read paper for the insertion of the following letter: In reply to the statement by Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crowd Alarmed Explosion at a Fire Wellington (N.z.)
While a fire was raging in the Ford motor premises at Palmerston North last night, a large acetone welding gas container exploded, and caused great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Beer Burnt Up Large Brewery Almost Razed by Fire Tamworth
A fire which broke out at three o'clock this morning practically destroyed the large brewery buildings in Peel Street, on the northern side of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tyres Destroyed by Fire
About 40 tons of used motor tyres, stored in a vacant paddock off Ricketty Street, St. Peters, were destroyed last night by fire. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clothes on Fire Girl's Awful Injuries
Dorothy Connor, aged six, of Angel-street, Newtown, was terribly injured to-day owing to her clothing catching alight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade for Merriwa. Merriwa
The formation of a fire brigade for the town of Merriwa was unanimously decided upon at a public meeting. The chairman, who is president of the shire council,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Suburban Fire. 40 Tons of Tyres Burnt
Forty tons of motor tyres, which had been stowed in a paddock of Ricketty-street, St. Peters, were destroyed by fire last night. The St. Peters and Mascot fire brigades attended…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Making a Holiday Boy Sets Fire to School Hobart
I did it because I wanted to go fishing' was the novel plea of a 14-year-old boy when charged in the Children's Court at Hamilton with having set fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Gasworks. Few Feet From Gasometer. West Maitland
A fire broke out in the meter house at the East Maitland Gasworks last night. It is surmised that a leakage of gas reached the photometer, as there was a slight…
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AMERICANS have a school Summer vation scheme which is so admirable that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Little Girl's Agony Nursing Mother:: Clothes on Fire
A GIRL of six years, Dorothy McConnor, of Angel-street, Newtown, is in a critical condition at Prince Alfred Hospital suffering from burns…
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The fire in Derwent-lane, Glebe, on Saturday night was at the cabinet making premises of Hugo Dahu, and not at the works of R. Bruce, as…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Damage at £8000 in Hobart Blaze Hobart
A large warehouse in Murray Street Hobart occupied by Paterson. Laing, and Bruce, and other mainland merchants as samples rooms, suffered…
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TINGHA, Monday. -- A fire which started at 3 a.m. yesterday in a house whose occupants were absent spread to Sam. Kee and Company's store,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →City Fire. Radio Store Damaged
A fire which broke out in Keogh's radio store on the third floor of premises in Park-street, city, shortly before midnight did considerable damage to the contents before it was subdued…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Country News £2000 Fire Damage
WYBONG, Sunday. -- A shed with 300 tons of lucerne, the property of Dr. Baker, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated an…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fires in Coal Cargoes. Insurance Rates Raised. Research Into Causes
To study Australian conditions in the interests of the marine departments of seven British insurance companies which, he said, had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Scrub Fire on Bondi Heights
Firemen were faced with a difficult task in fighting a grass fire off Military Road Bondi, on Saturday night. Lack of water hampered efforts to…
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