Death Shaft From Fire Policeman Killed by Flying Steel
BERRIGAN, Wednesday.--Police-Sergeant G. T. Whiteley was killed and eight persons were injured when a gas tube…
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Getting Ready for Royal Show-- The Fatal Fire at Berrigan
A TROTTER being prepared at R.A. Showground. A SHOW…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fatal Petrol Blaze Coroner Rebukes Doctor
NEWCASTLE, Friday.--How the lighting of a match near a petrol pump at Belmont on March 7 caused fatal burns to two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Averted. Tweed Heads
The timely arrival of Mr. Bob Skelton milk vendor, saved the P.O. stores at Tugum from destruction by fire early this morning. The fire originated at the rear of the premises, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire Destroys Cottage. Hay
About 2 o'clock this morning a weatherboard cottage, the property of Mr. F. Howard was practically gutted by fire. Only a few clothes were saved. The building was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Launch Destroyed by Fire. Windsor
While being driven up the Hawkesbury River, a boat, owned by Mr. Fred Weitzler, and carrying a number of young men and women to attend a dance at Wiseman's Ferry,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"Just a Fire" When Hopes Were Dashed Moths' Search
Four aeroplanes--the A.N.A. air liner Southern Star and three Gipsy Moths--returned to Sydney yesterday afternoon after participating in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ominous Sos From Sea Then Silence! Fears for Lucerna, Oil Tanker May Have Been Blown Up Fire Peril
An ominous silence followed as SOS call from the tanker Lucerna late yesterday afternoon. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Balmain
An unoccupied weatherboard cottage in Datchett- street, Balmain, was destroyed by fire about 1.30 this morning. It was owned by Mr. 'John…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Family's Escape. Fire at Newtown
Charles Herbert Cullen Just managed to rescue his wife and two children last night when his grocer's shop, near the corner of Darley and John streets, Newtown, caught…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Garage Destroyed by Fire. Peak Hill
Pender and Garllck's motor garage in Caswell-street was destroyed by fire early this morning. The contents of the sale department and the office were destroved. while…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →"Menace to Community" Fire Fiend Caused £12,000 Damage
BRISBANE, Monday. -- A sentence of four years hard labor was to-day passed on Kingley Joseph. Zislowski (21), charged with having wilfully set…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Horse's Hour a Cavalcade of Splendor Spirit and Fire
In a whirl of flying white fetlocks the Show quickened its pace to-day. Lumbering of massive bulls and opulent cows had ceased, and the horses pranced through their glorious hour on a stage that was bathed in genial sunshine. There was new fire, new spirit, a new active highly strung virility about this pageant of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Portable Fire
HERE is a portable oil-burning radiator which gives out an intense heat…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →AUSTRALIANA Present... Fire!
A CUTE little fish, which inhabits the waters along the Northern Queensland coast, is the rifle fish, the length of which is only up to 15 inches. This little fellow…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Charged with Shooting at Constable Woman Fires From Window Witness Missing Melbourne
Hazel Henderson, a middle-aged woman, was charged at the City Court to-day with shooting at Constable Joseph Davies and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charred Remains. Station Hand's Story. Man at Camp Fire. Perth
Interest in the Murchison mystery was revived to-day by the return of Detective-Sergeant Manning from finding charred human remains in the ashes of a camp fire near the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →'Quake-Ravaged City Fire, Ruin Nicaragua's Capital Hundreds Die 4000 on Injured List Managua, (Nicaragua)
From 500 to 800 people have perished as a result of a terrific earthquake, which brought fire and ruin to Managua,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nun Sacrifices Life in French Hospital Blaze. Falls to Death During Fire in Rescue Attempt
The little town of Fiery les Aubrais in France recently paid tribute to the heroism of a Catholic nun, Sister Therese Augusta, who sacrificed her life…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Charge of Arson at Tweed Hds. Big Fire Averted in Town blaze in Cafe Tweed Heads, Wed
A serious fire in the business section of Tweed Heads was narrowly averted this morning, when the Tweed Cafe was found to be…
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