Fire In Bootshop
A fire broke out shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday in the boot shop of Clive Valentine Collier, at the corner of Oxford and Elizabeth streets,…
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A fire broke out shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday in the boot shop of Clive Valentine Collier, at the corner of Oxford and Elizabeth streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A fire that broke out in the Pall Mall Cafe, in Hunter-street, between Pitt-street and George-street, about 10 o'clock last night attracted several hundred sightseers within a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire caused damage estimated at about £25 at the Pell Mall Cafe Hunter street City at about 10 o'clock last night Four brigades from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Noticing smoke coming from his mother's bedroom at Budgeree Hotel, Yarram, at 3 a.m. on Sunday, Michael Scanlon entered it and found it alight…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Injuries following on her nightdress catching fire caused the death of Thelma Gertrude Bills, the three-year-old daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. C. M…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The War Service home owned by Mr. Burton was destroyed by fire last night. The loss is estimated at about £1200. When the fire was in full blast a dog, which…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Illuminating the town of Pinraree about 4 o'clock this morning a fire which destroyed the flourmill and the adjoining buildings of the South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A tobacconist's shop at Parramatta-road, [?]ichhardt, occupied by E. F. Whiting, was damaged by fire last night. Great heat was generated, and this, aggravated by dense…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Steel wall of the Sydney that once stood between a country and its enemies are being sundered and turned to the arts of pease L. Gale [?] a storm in the play for the R.A.C.A. Cup at the Kensington Links to day…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Danger threatened the gasometers at Mortlake last night, and the fire brigades from Stanmore. Burwood, and Concord, under District Officer McLoughlin, had a difficult task…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"HECLA"--The name synonymous with electric heating and cooking appliances throughout Australia- stands for a rapidly expanding…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stanmore Burwood and Concord brigades effected a good save last night when Mortlake gasworks was endangered through a punt catching fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thelma Gertrude Bills, aged three years, died in the Goulburn Hospital as the result of burns received when her nightdress caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →FOR the third time in less than three months, a mystery fire broke out in the furniture factory of Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Firemen at Mortlake last night fought a hard battle to prevent flames from reaching oil tanks and the immense gasometers at the gasworks. The splendid efforts of the firemen prevented any serious…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THERE'S certainly some elements of that uncertainty in this boxing game! THE surprising unexpectedness of the finish to Saturday night's fight was only one of the several…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →BOADICEA'S claim to have set the torch to the first Great Fire of London stands good, but traces of another fire which burned out part of the rebuilt Roman city…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A fire occurred yesterday morning at the cabinet-making works of Mrs. Katrine Gazal. Eliznbelh-street, Redfern. The rear portion of the building, which is a one-story…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A WONDERFUL motor vehicle has been built for the London Fire Brigade to help in fighting fires at night. It is a powerful van equipped with a big…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →After leaving a restaurant where they had had supper last night, one of two young men found that he had lost two £1 notes. They went back…
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