Firemen Busy Three Small Fires in City and Suburbs
Fire broke out on the fourth floor of Ford's Chambers, Reservoir Street, City, early last night. Little damage was done before firemen, under Chief…
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The Rest of the News Items from All Quarters Melbourne Blaze MELBOURNE
A fierce fire which threatened a thickly, congested area in Exhibition-st, City, was discovered at the premises of A. J. Edgerton, printers and paper wazers, shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Train Derailed. Driver Killed. Trucks Catch Fire. PERTH
A goods train, travelling from Northam to Wongan Hills, on Saturday night, was derailed near Kalguddering (127 miles from Perth). The driver, William Balley, was killed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Girl Shot In Back At Height Of Happy St Peters Party Did Gunman Fire at Wrong Victim? Telephone Wires Previously Cut by Desperado Critical Wound in Back
In the middle of a happy party at the home of a friend in King Street, St. Peters, pretty Rosie Kelly (17), of Yelverton Street, in the same suburb, was shot in the back as she was singing "The Term of His Natural Life"…
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Several packing [?] were destroyed by fire at Mick's Simmon's store. Haymarket, to-day, Firemen from head quarters extinguished the flames with…
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GILGANDRA, Tuesday.--A veritable nightmare to town residents is the utter Inadequacy of the water supply available in the event of a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Fire at Knitting Mills. Brisbane
Damage between £3000 and £4000 was done to stock, when fire occurred in the Francis Knitting Mills, South Brisbane, early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Couldn't Do It George Between Two Fires Missed Either Way
WOULD have meant the connections of Lady Cameron putting up somewhere around half stone overweight had they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inkwell on Fire Thought to Be Films
Smoke tilled the floors at Film House, Pitt-street., City, yesterday afternoon, when a celluloid inkwell caught fire in an office…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in City Store
A fire broke out among some packing at the store of Mick Simmons, Ltd., in Georgestreet, yesterday morning. Firemen from headquarters and George-street West subdued the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Destroyed by Fire. Church Reopened
St. Phillip's Church of England, Layton-street, Camperdown, which was destroyed by fire on the night of April 1 last, has been rebuilt and restored, and last night it was…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Barn Destroyed by Fire. Kiama
At 7.30 on Sunday evening a fire broke out in Mr. S. Miller's barn, which destroyed 16 tons of lucerne hay, oats, and other valuable fodder; also a chaff-cutter and engine. After…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Fire Place Some Historic Examples
When first prehistoric man began to live together in tribes and colonies it was the camp fire that formed the centre of all his activities. Food was eaten seated about its…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Bug? Man Loses 3 Houses Melbourne
Incendiarism is suspected by James Piper, whose seven-roomed house in Fawkner was destroyed by Are last night. Piper said to-day that three…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Boy Aged 3 Saves Baby and Home Puts Oui Blaze at Parents' House I L'pool Thrill
THE presence of mind of a boy, aged 3, probably saved himself and his tiny sister, aged 3 years and 8 months, from being…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Two Shooting Mysteries in Week Brighton Man Suffers Assailant Fires From Ambush Same Gunman ?
TWO mystery shootings in Sydney this week have the police completely baffled. LAST night Reginald Colridge was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Making. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In the report of the Mackay Expedition to Central Australia, published in today's "Herald," mention is made therein of the little-known Tribes of Aborigines living…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Better Fire Engine
Eastwood Council has decided to seek the co-operation of Dundas Council in an effort to prevail on the Board of Fire Commissioners the advisability of providing a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Convent's Danger Early Morning Blaze Nun Dives Alarm Baradine
Fearful danger threatened the nuns in St. Joseph's Convent early yesterday morning, when the local garage and picture show caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Parking Banned American Move Fire Risk Urged
Believing that street parking is the root of all congestion problems, many American cities are taking steps to prohibit drivers…
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