Firemen Hurt in Fierce Blaze N'castle Outbreak
NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Three firemen were injured to-night while fighting a dangerous outbreak, which gutted the top floor of Ranson's…
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The Old-fashioned Fire
In these days of electric cookers and heaters, designed for domestic comfort and convenience, are we not leaving behind some of the most "comfy''…
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Sometimes alarmist notions are circulated with regard to the danger of cars catching fire. Certainly, if a fire occurs in a closed car there is rather more…
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During a fire, which caused £5000 damage at Ransons, Ltd, in Hunter-st, Newcastle, last night, a man, who was described as a volunteer fireman, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£100,000 DAMAGE. Fire at Confectionery Factory. MELBOURNE
Mr. Macpherson Robertson to-day estimated at £100,000 the damage done by Are last night to his confectionery factory at Fitzroy. A portion of the factory was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Tragedy. Mother and Daughter Burnt to Death. MELBOURNE
Mrs. Wilhelmina McBrlde, 37, of Crownstreet, South Melbourne, died in the Melbourne Hospital to-day from burns received when her clothes caught fire at her home yesterday…
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Detective Royal yesterday arrested a postal official at Tintenbar. on the North Coast, in conjunction with a fire which destroyed the local post office…
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POLICE investigating the destruction by fire of the Post Office at Tintenbar, near Ballina, last Sunday, have arrested the postmaster on charges of arson and theft…
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Early yesterday morning a fire broke out in a pigeon-house at the rear of a weatherboard cottage in Alfred-street, Annandale. About 150 birds were burnt and the pigeon-house…
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That a deliberate attempt had been made to burn down a cottage in Eglington Street, Lidcombe, the property of Daniel Brell, of St…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Destroyed by Fire. Rowing Club's Shed. ADELAIDE
The Adelaide Rowing Club's boatshed, the oldest on the Torrens, was destroyed by fire late to-night. Fourteen boats belonging to the club and one owned by Scotch College…
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Three persons had a terrifying experience yesterday at the top of a smoke-filled building in Spring-street, City. Frank McDonald,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Set on Fire Stolen Car Destroyed Huge Bonfire Paper in Petrol Tank
Stuffing newspapers into the petrol tank and piling bushes and fencing rails around the body, car thieves made a huge bonfire of a…
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The widespread use of petrol at the present day and the extensive employment for industrial purposes of highly inflammable materials such as rubber solution, far and…
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A fire-resisting and self-extinguishing cable has been recently introduced under the name of "Lewbestite." Tests on this cable have shown that it may be…
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FORSTER, Monday. -- Thomas Wootton's lobster and snapper boat Standard was burned to the water's edge this morning about eight miles…
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Charles Morgan's department stores, situated on the corner of Bowan and Brandis streets, Crystal Brook, were destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage to the…
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Trapped on the top storey when a fire broke out in Atlas Buildings, Spring Street, on Saturday, the wife, daughter and crippled son of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman Dies From Fire Shock Near Blazing Shed at Haberfield
SHOCK, following a fire, is believed to have been responsible for the death to-day of Mrs. Connie Hodgetts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thrilling Fire. Brigade's Grim Struggle. Flames and Icicles. London, March 7
Within two hours the most spectacular fire seen for many years in London reduced to a skeleton portion of the seven-story warehouse at Butler's wharf, containing rubber and tea,…
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