Fire at Peakhurst
The frantic barking and excited actions of a dog at Peakhurst early last Saturday morning probably saved the lives of five men who were…
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The Daily Hint VENTILATE! Precaution With Winter Fires
NOW that winter is near, it is time to think of fires, and the strictest attention must be paid to ventilation. It is a mistake to close every nook…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Air Liner Crashes. Destroyed by Fire at Croydon. LONDON, April 22
The triple-engined 20-seater Imperial Airways liner City of Edinburgh crashed at Croydon aerodrome, caught fire, and was destroyed. The pilot, Captain Mail, was undergoing tests,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at Guyra. Inquiry Adjourned. GUYRA
The Coroner (Mr. McCulloch, P.M.) began an inquiry into the cause of the fire which destroyed the store of S. Bow and Sons on Easter Monday. The premises were insured…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Old Fire A.i.f. Ranks Lived Again Magic March Magic March
Soaked flags, bugles bespangled with wetness, diamonds of water sparkling on craggy jaws, floating umbrellas, a damp lacery clinging like a fine cobweb to sac-suited shoulders, a city swallowed in rain, drowned domes, submerged towers, band music floating in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Over Balcony Escape From Fire
Dazed and almost suffocated by smoke from a fire in their home at 3.30 a.m. to-day, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Souter, of High-street, Epping…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dog Saves Four Lives Gives Alarm of Fire
Four people, Mr. Edgar Lyne, his` wife, son and daughter, were rescued from the upper port of the Queen's Head Hotel, Marsham-street, Westminister, London,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on Opihi. Cargo Damaged But Not Vessel
When a fire broke out at 1 a.m. on the steamer Opihi on Thursday last, she was bound from Timaru to Lyttelton. Full steam was put on and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Can of Water On Milkman's Cart "In Case of Fire?"
To carry a can of water on a milk-cart—well, it isn't advisable. Vincent Dundon discovered this at the Parramatta Police Court last Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Narrow Escape From Fire
To escape a fire which broke out in their home early yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Souter, of High Street. Epping had to clamber over a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bags of Flour Ablaze £1000 Fire in Bakery
AT the peak hour of traffic last night, fire brigades from Stanmore, Leichhardt, Annandale, Newtown, and Glebe were rushed to a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Old State Bakery Flour Stock Destroyed
About 100 tons of flour were destroyed by fire which broke out at Raith's bakery, Percival Road, Stanmore, last night. The bakery was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Damages Newtown Factory
The top floor of the Brightwara Shoe Factory. Brook Lane and Willson Street, Newtown was badly damaged by fire last night. Stock on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Loss in Fire Boot Factory Ablaze at Newtown
Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was done last night when a fire broke out in the premises of the Rightwear Shoe Co., Brock Lane,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Gas Fire is Economical Heat Can Be Regulated
IN recent years since the gas fire has come to be recognised as an economical and healthy means of room warming, many homes have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hurricane Lamp Causes Fire in Shop
A hurricane lamp coming into contact with some methylated spirits caused a fire to break out in the storeroom of Mrs. Alderson's grocer's store,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Guyra. Labourer Charged with Arson
Thomas Michael Walsh (44) was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday, that on April 6 he maliciously set fire to a shop at Guyra, then in possession of Messrs. S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Celluloid Comb May Cause Fire Where Danger Lies
The recent fire in Sussex Street, in which a number of firemen were overcome by the fumes from smouldering celluloid, exemplifies a new…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Double Murder & Suicide in Country Town Shots in Dark House Set on Fire Boy's Horror in Room of Death Neighbor's Rescue Temora
Three shots fired in the darkness through a window of a home in Twynham-road, Toptown, Temora, at 3 a.m…
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At 5.55 p.m. on Wednesday a fire occurred at Mrs. Alderspn's grocer's shop, corner Campbelltown-rd. and Atkinson-street, Liverpool, caused…
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