Outbreak of Fire. Narromine
A fire occurred in a shop occupied by Mr. George Shibble in Narromine at 1 o'clock this morning, and the contents were destroyed. This is the first outbreak since the fire…
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Clothes on Fire Woman Badly Burned. Melbourne
LIGHTING a copper with kerosene at her home in Rowena-street, Richmond, to-day, Kate Luff, 50, was extensively burned when the flames shot out…
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Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused this afternoon by a fire which gutted a large one-story building extending between Roestreet and James-street, near the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Grief-Stricken Parents Tell of Prank that Cost 3 Lives Boy Victims Put Fire in Petrol Drum Inquest Stories Barbed Wire Fence, But Open Gates London
"I told him not to get into mischief. I was getting the dinner ready, after he went out, when suddenly I heard a bang." Thus, in tears, Mrs. Beatrice Telford, the mother of…
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ACCORDING to a report issued the Forests Commission, bush fires in Victoria during the past five years had…
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Children is William-street appreciated the splashing of water from the house when fireman were fighting a blase to-day…
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A crayon drawing by the famous Dutch artist, Josef Israels, who died in 1911…
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A PAINTER, using a blow-lamp to burn off the old paint at the front of the Randwick Police Station, to-day, was startled when the spot at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goods Train Fire Freight Destroyed. Goulburn
WHEN a fire occurred on an express goods train, near Fish River, three trucks were damaged and a large quantity of freight was destroyed. A van…
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GOULBURN, Tuesday. -- Three trucks of a goods train were damaged by fire to-day at Pish River. A van containing furniture and a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fat Was In The Fire For This Husband Reno (Nevada)
The fatness of her husband helped Mrs. Charlotte Samuels to win a divorce. When she married him two years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Biggest Submarine in the World To Fire Torpedoes In Salvoes And Carry Crew Of 1520
IN the Surcouf, recently launched at Cherbourg naval dockyard, France possesses the largest submarine yet built. The design may be regarded as experimental, resembling…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Girl's Dive at City Fire to Save Engagement Ring Narrow Escapes Petrol Sets Shop Alight Glory Box Safe Sensations in William St
SEVERAL people had narrow escapes from injury when a drapery shop in William Street, City, was practically gutted by fire to-day. Betty Richardson, the pretty 19-year-old daughter of the proprietor,…
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Fanned by a strong easterly, a fire which started at the rear of A, T. Neill's furniture emporium in the heart of the city early this morning…
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TAMWORTH, Wednesday.--Another fire broke out this morning, keeping up the average of one a day for the New Year…
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While on duty at Iron Cove Bay yesterday, Constable Fallon noticed smoke issuing from the old Newcastle and Hunter River Company's steamer…
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"The ready locution of fire hydrants in case of an outbreak is absolutely essential," said the Mayor (Alderman Briggs), when the Board of Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →False Alarm of Fire Dash to City Club
WHEN the fire alarm bell rang outside the Masonic Club, Castlereagh-street, City, this afternoon, a large crowd collected in anticipation of a big blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in City Shops. Outbreak in William-street
A fire broke out yesterday morning at 166 William-street in a drapery shop occupied by Jennie Sophia Richardson, trading as Madame Gardiner…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Screaming Burned to Death Factory Fire Six Others Injured Melbourne
Seven men. including three firemen and an officer of the Fire Brigade were severely burned in a fire at 11-15 a.m. to-day in…
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