Good Save Fire in Tobacconist's Shop
Last Saturday evening, the Lidcombe Fire Brigade, under Station-Officer Holmes effected a good save. At 8.59 p.m. a citizen notified the…
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Forest Fires. Six Persons Perish; Five Missing. Enormous Damage in Canada. Vancouver, June 3
Pau[?] Garton, a forestry protection aviator, and five farmers perished as the result of the worst forest fires in Ontario for many years. Five other persons are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Huge Delhi Fire £150,000 Bazaar Goes in Smoke DELHI
The famous bazaar of Chandni Chowk was last night practically burned out, the damage being estimated at £150,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Engines and Traffic
In future the traffic regulation which provides that motorists and drivers of other vehicles must stop on the approach of fire engines or other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two City Fires Headquarters Men Avert Much Damage
TWO fires in the city last night were extinguished before much damage had been done. Believed to have been caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coolangatta Fire. Tweed Heads
It was ascertained to-day that insurances on the hotel and two houses which were destroyed by fire at Coolangatta, on the Queensland border, early on Sunday morning last,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Under Fire Heavy Potato Barrage
On one occasion Joseph Batley Miller's wife threw 71b. of potatoes at him one after the other, according to a statement Miller made to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£25,000 Annandale Blaze
Loss amounting to £25,000 was caused when they Wycombe furnishing factory in Trafalgar-road, was burned out early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Walls Fall Fire - Fighters in Danger Factory Gutted Excitement at Annandale Blaze
The collapse of two sides of a brick wall intensified the danger which besel firemen who were engaged early this morning on a big fire which broke out in a furniture and upholstery factory in a lane at the rear of Trafalgar-street, Annandale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Night Attire Matron's Escape From Hospital Blaze
GRESFORD, Friday.--Jalala Private Hospital, a wooden building, late to-night was reduced to ashes. Matron Ficker, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hotel Blaze Spirit Thrown on Wood Cairns
Apparently a deliberate attempt was made to burn the Post Office Hotel, Herberton, between 1 a.m. and 1.30 a.m. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Camp Fire Ball
A committee has been formed for the third annual Camp fire ball, which will be held at the Ambassadors on July 21. Office-bearers are Miss Blily Taylor,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Camp-fire Ball
THOUGH the pageant will be curtailed and there will be no solo dance, it was decided to have a glow worm ballet again at the Annual…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →World of Women Lure of Log Fires Society Seeks Frosty Regions
The mountains hold for many a special [?]ure even of this chilly time of the year. The prospect of crisp, frosty days on…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Devastating Fire Delhi Bazaar and Banks Burned Out
The famous bazaar of Chandal Chowk, Delhi (India), was practically burned out on Tuesday night, the damage being estimated at £150,000. Over the shops…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Extensive Fire Damage Firemen's Long Fight at Annandale
FIREMEN were engaged for nearly three hours early to-day, in a strenuous fight with a fire which occurred on the premises of the Wycombe…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Digger's Homestead in Charred Ruins Spark From Train Started Blaze That Left His Babies Starving No Word of Compensation
"Who Wants Me Now?" From the black ruins of his little, fire-charred cottage at Leumeah, near Campbelltown, comes this pathetic cry from "Digger" Arthur Charles Mitcherson. Vainly he tries to…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Albury Family Burnt Out
ALBURY, Sunday.--A four-roomed cottage, occupied by Walter Bowers, in Schubach Street, was burned to the ground yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Destructive Fire
PARKES, Monday.--Early this morning a fire almost demolished two shops in Clarendon-street--a fruit and refreshment shop occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Bowraville. Bowraville
After hearing evidence concerning the fire which destroyed the premises occupied by Gillies and Tuck, the Coroner (Mr. W. Darset Hodge) gave an open verdict. He said the…
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