Pit-top Ablaze at Greta Railway Danger Trains May Soon Stop Fire Below
GRETA, Tuesday (1.30 a.m.). -- With a roar that could be heard for miles around,…
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Hidden Fires Show Through in Coal Town Greta Residents Keep Cool in Spite of Danger Poison Gas Railway Line So Far Has Escaped Damage Greta
FLAMES and smoke are now belching from cavities on both sides of the railway line in Greta, and the position is regarded as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Fire. Railway in Danger Flames Issue From Ground To Height of 60 Feet. (From Our Special Reporter.) Newcastle
The fire which is burning in old underground colliery workings at Greta extended considerably this afternoon and this evening…
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Immediately word was received of the Greta colliery fire, Cinesound rushed a sound truck to the district, and an exclusive film of the…
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Immediately word was received that the Greta mine was afire the producers of the Cinesound Review rushed…
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The Postal Department advises that all letter mails and two bags of parcel malls despatched on April 20 from Sydney for Mackay (Q.) were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fires in Letter Boxes Congress Warfare in India Calcutta
The latest item in the Congress warfare programme against the Government is the setting on fire of street pillar post boxes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Under Cottage. Wagstaffe Point
A fire was discovered under the floor of an unoccupied furnished cottage owned by Mrs. Coombes, of North Sydney, by fishermen. A quantity of bagging was burning fiercely, and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Footmarks Near Cottage Fire Inquest Two Charged
A STORY of the burning of a cottage owned by Percy William Shepherd, at Glossodia on March 11, and of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Greta Fires Are Spreading Experts Say Blazes Are More Serious Than Ever
GRETA, Tuesday. -- Those who have worked in and know the Greta coalfields said to-night that it is certain that the immense underground fires are now blazing in three mines -- Anvil Creek,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire and Gas Menace Looms Over Greta Greta
WITH strange suddenness that struck a feeling vague misgiving into the heart of every spectator the huge forks of flame leaping…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rail Danger At Greta Fires in Three Mines Pillars Ablaze Under Line Safety Measures Greta
NOTHING has yet been done to abate the immense underground fires, which are now raging in three collieries -- Anvil Creek, Central Greta, and Old Greta. The fires, in the opinion of local mining men, are eating into…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mine Fire. Burning Fiercely. Heavy Cost to Check Flames. Newcastle
The fire in the old underground colliery workings at Greta is still burning fiercely, but traffic on the main northern railway line has not yet been interrupted…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Who Is Fooling with Fire? The Perilous Position of the World To-day
SIR DANIEL LEVY is reported as saying and with no catch in his voice "We may have the horrors of a civil war," We certainly may, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Watchman Fires at Intruder. Blayney
Early this morning a nightwatchman challenged a man he saw attempting to enter the rear of Vidler's store, which has been robbed on several occasions. The watchman fired…
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Albury, Thursday.--William Skid- more, an employee of Beechworth Council, was badly burned about the face, neck and arms when his…
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RAILWAY EXPERTS are closely watching any possible danger which may arise from the proximity of die Greta fires to the Main Northern line. Trains passed yesterday through, dense clouds of smoke. Local residents claim that the fire is only 30 feet below the rails…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Investigate House Fire. Windsor
The house of Mr. and Mrs. Edward North at Webb's Creek, with all its contents was destroyed by fire. The cottage was unoccupied at the time of the outbreak, as Mr. North…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mine Fire Apprehension Among Greta Townspeople
Fires in old underground colliery workings at Greta have been burning fiercely for some days and are causing fear among resident of the town, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Fire. Danger to Railway. Councils Demand Action. Newcastle
Late this evening fires were still burning in the abandoned underground colliery workings at Greta. Representatives of the Greta Municipal…
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