Fire Chief's Return
Mr. Nance (Chief Officer of Fire Brigades) returned yesterday after a tour of the South Coast and southern fire stations. All stations, he said, are…
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Novel Ban Hangs Fire Canberra
Although the Acting-Minister for Customs (Mr. Forde), promised on Tuesday to give his decision yesterday whether Norman Lindsay's novel,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"Suspicious Fire" Car Found in Paddock
"It is a very suspicious fire," said the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) to-day, when he found that a motor car belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Suspicious Death in Victoria After Fire Melbourne
A tragedy of a suspicious nature was reported to the police to-day from Woodside, 12 miles from Yarram. John McKenna was found dead outside his…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Shop Destroyed. Fire Started by Thieves Wellington (N.z.)
Thieves raided a block of four shops at Fendalton, a suburb of Christchurch, early this morning. The front doors were smashed in, and after an unsuccessful search for money,…
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A fire was discovered underneath an unoccupied cottage in Beauford-street, Newtown, shortly after 10 o'clock this morning. Firemen, under…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mystery Fire. Coroner's Suspicions
An open verdict was returned by the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr, H. Richardson Clark) yesterday at the inquiry into the destruction by fire of a motor car at South…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Merrylands. Money Burnt
A shock awaited Charles Robert Pulsford (80), who left a fuel stove burning in his home in Burnett-st., Merrylands, while he visited the local…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Under Fire Scullin Bombards Yates Hot Attack Canberra
Ample evidence of dissatisfaction in the Labor camp was disclosed in the House of Representatives to-day, when the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) heavily bombarded one of Labor's chief snipers, Mr. "Gunner" Yates (Lab.,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Two Burned in Gas Main Fire Neutral Bay Sensation Street Explosion
WHILE workmen were digging around a water main in Ben Boyd-rd, Neutral Bay, this afternoon, there was an explosion of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Speed Coursing Under Fire Wins G.C.A. Lady Hannah's Special Stake
A moderate crowd attended the mechanical have meeting of the N.S.W. Greyhound Coursing Association at Harold Park on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Extinguishing Street Fire
Firemen at work yesterday at a gas fire in a trench at the corner of Ben Boyd-road and Auburn-street, Neutral Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Gelignite Near Flames Crowd's Big Risk at Gas Main Blaze
The crowd which gathered at the fire which followed a gas main explosion in Ben Boyd Road, Neutral Bay, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suspicious Fire at Newtown
The origin of a fire in an empty house in Newtown yesterday is being investigated by the police. The house is the property of Dr. Larkin. As soon as the fire brigade arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Cargo on Fire Singapore
A fire brake out in the cotton cargo from Bombay on the Japanese steamer Yonan Mara, at the wharf this evening. The action of the vessel was sunk to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cold Feet Electrically Heated Shoes May Save us Winter Fires
A shoemaker in Hungary has invented a shoe that is "heatable". This shoe has an arrangement in the sole that can be connected up to a wall plug in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Coroner's Verdict in Fire Inquiry. Parkes
Giving his reserved decision in an inquiry into a fire which destroyed Mr. Percy Paull's house in South Parkes, Mr. H. W. Hall, [?] coroner, said that there was no doubt…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →200 Fight Flames £20,000 Damage In S.A. Flour Mill Fire ADELAIDE
ALTHOUGH 200 residents turned out at at 3.30 a.m. to-day and fought the flames. a flour mill belonging to the South Australian Farmers' Union, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broad Household Cover Comprehensive Shield For Fire and Burglars
Protection against loss by a householder through fire and burglary now can be secured by one "comprehensive" cover which has superseded the…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →TAS. HOTEl BLAZE Inmates Rescued Through Windows
BURNIE TAS. Monday SEVERAL [?] OF Manget [?] had narrow except[?] being burned ot death when the [?]…
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