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The steamers Mahsud and Contractor have arrived at Aden with about 250 survivors of the French luxury liner Georges Philippar, which caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"THIS fire bears a similarity to a great many fires I have had to deal with, and in which I have had no doubt as…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Mr. Ray Patterson, a share farmer, has been dogged with bad luck, having had three fires within a few months. The first destroyed his furniture, which was uninsured. In the second…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →IT is thought that the tragic fire on the French steamer, Georges Philppar, was deliberately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A petrol thief at Hurstville received a rude shock last Monday when he was surprised by a woman, armed with a revolver, who fired…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A well-known Adelong landmark was removed last night when the home of Mr. Alfred Curtis was destroyed by fire during the temporary absence of the inmates. This fine…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Mayor of Cabra-Vale (Ald. J. Cook) was the centre of another outburst at Monday night's meeting. It all arose over the fire which H…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire in the stud sheep pavilion at Warren Showground was extinguished by the prompt action of side-showmen. A hurricane lamp burning above one pen burst into flames, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Early-out-of-bed people at Hurstville were treated to a brilliant display of coloured lighting effect, which lit up the sky, at about 5 a.m. on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A police chase in which revolver shots were fired, about 3 o'clock this morning, followed the blowing of a safe at the Angas Park Distillery. Later, detectives visited a house in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Detective-sergeant Garlick arrived from Sydney this morning to assist the local police in their investigations into the fire yesterday at F. Braund and Co.'s produce store,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Damage estimated at between £20,000 and £25,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the storehouse at the Queensland Woollen Co.'s mill at North Ipswich to-night, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →SUSPICIONS ant the fatal fire at Braund's store, Armidale, was the act of an incendiarist appear to Detective…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Passengers, startled by the flashes of flame that followed the short circuiting of the wires, jumped for safety to the permanent way from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE swift spread of the fire is blamed by the commander, Captain Vicq, of the French liner Georges Philippar…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The steamer Andre Lebon has arrived at Djibouti (French Somaliland) with 420 survivors from the burning French luxury liner Georges Philippar. They…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A large crowd lined the streets of Armidale to-day, when the funeral of William John Bethel Robinson, the second victim of the recent fire, took place. The city band headed…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →AN UNUSUAL CAMERA ANGLE on a big fire rescue, but the "victims" are only dummies being used in the annual English fire brigade competition between escape crews. (Air Mail photo.)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The underground fires which belched suffocating fumes from the old Anvil Creek workings over the township of Greta a month ago are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The total number of passengers and crew saved from the French liner Georges Philippar is now known to be 717, leaving approximately 50…
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