Fire Fighters Schoolboys at Pumps 200 in Pyjamas
Two hundred of the boys of Felsted School, clad only in their pyjamas, fought a fire which destroyed the school hall and eight classrooms…
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Brave Nurses Fire at Mental Hospital Inmates Uninjured
The promptitude and great bravery shown by eight nurses at the Parramatta Mental Hospital prevented a tragedy when a fire broke out in the women's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Water Woke Him Sprinklers on But No Fire Building Is Flooded
Ordnance Buildings, George Street North, City, were flooded late last night, when a sprinkler fire extinguishing system went off without there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trotting Man: Wife Victims in Double Tragedy Murder and Suicide in Melbourne Driver of Lulu Lady Fires Four Shots Into Wife's Back Sequel to Run of Domestic Differences Melbourne
DOMESTIC differences extending over 20 years resulted in a shooting affair at Richmond to-day when Percy Shipp, 42, shot hit wife dead and then committed suicide. The couple were well known in trotting circles, Mrs. Shipp…
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Miss Belle Miller…
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Vauxhall House, Bathurst Street, where a girl threw herself Iron the top floor to escape from a blazing room. She was killed…
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A young woman fell to her death from a window in Vauxhall House (left) last night, landing in the excavations on the right…
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"The fire escape arrangements for the building, even to a casual onlooker, were palpably inadequate," said Mr. Rex Price, who was an eye-witness of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Kiln Fire Oats Destroyed in City Mill
Volumes of smoke pouring from a window on the first floor of the building of Clifford Love & Co., Ltd., in Kent-street, city,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →If You See a Fire Authorities' Advice To the Public
Members of the public should do two things in the event of lire, according to the [?] bridge authorities. The first is to report the outbreak immediately, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Costermongers' Gift to the Queen -- Last Night's Fatal Fire -- Old Painting Found
DID THE VICTIMS of the Bathurst Street fire clutch at these bed-clothes as an aid to escape as they dashed frantically to and fro? This shows how firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Leap for Life Missed Death by Inches Fire Episodes Injured Woman in Critical Condition
In addition to the terrifying picture of Miss Belle Miller hurtling to her death in the fire at Vauxhall House, Pathurst-street, late yesterday afternoon, spectators [?]aw several narrow escapes by others who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Terrible City Fire. Mother and Daughter Trapped. Girl Falls to Her Death. Thousands Watch Tragic Scenes
Thousands of people yesterday witnessed one of the most appalling tragedies that have occurred in the history of the city. A mother and her daughter, trapped by a fire in Vauxhall House, Bathurst-street slowly retreated until they hung perilously from a small…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Graphic Stories of Bravery and Narrow Escapes From Tragic City Fire Ten Times 'Sun' Sales Growth 224,000 TO-DAY
Twenty years ago to-day "The Sun" first came hot from the presses and was sold on the streets…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Girl's Dreadful Drop To Death From Blazing Building Thousands Watch Tragedy at City Fire People Pray As Victim Hurtles To Her Doom Mother Trapped in Flames
Faced with, the dreadful alternatives of leaping 100 feet to certain death, or being incinerated in the advancing flames, on the top floor of Vauxhall House, corner of Pitt and Bathurst Streets, at 5 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hopelessness of Trapped Women on Burning Housetop Driven by Fierce Heat and Smoke From Unburnt Rooms? Fire Escape That Ended 10ft. Below The Bathroom Ghastly Signs of Tragedy Revealed
THE hopeless plight of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Miller and her daughter when they found themselves trapped by the flames on the top of Vauxhall House last night was fully borne home to police and fire officers who inspected the scene…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires in the City. Promptly Checked
Metropolitan Are brigades were kept busy last night. There were no fewer than four outbreaks in the city and suburbs. A fire occurred in premises occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Victim of Fire Tragedy
Miss Rosabella Miller, 18, who died as a result of a fall from a window at Vauxhall House, Bathurst-street, during Monday night's fire…
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