Store Ablaze Saved by Bush Fire Fighting Plant WELLINGTON
When the premises of the Great Western Stores and Edgley's, Ltd., at Geurie, near Wellington, caught fire at 2 a.m. to-day, a farmhand, six…
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Deb.'s Posy At St. Paul's Dance FIRES -- FLOWERS
So many guests were invited to St. Paul's College annual dance held, at the College last night, that a larger marquee than formerly had to be erected…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Ignition Fires To-day's N.R.M.A. Car Hint
If fire occurs in the wiring system of the car it is sometimes hard to locate the cause of the trouble. The best way is to immediately disconnect…
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The coroner (Mr. G. S. Goldie) yesterday held an inquiry into a fire at the office of Davies Brothers Motors, on June 22. Police evidence was that there had been a distinct…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stools in Theatre Queue - Trial By Fire - Decapitated Corpse - Dog's Teeth and Tiaras
ANYTHING from dogs' teeth to diamond tiaras. That is the business range of Commander Farrell, who carries on in the heart of London's West…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Explosion in Shop at Cooma Brick Wall Blow To Pieces Morning Fire Cooma
A large gas cylinder in a refreshment shop in the main Street of Cooma, exploded early this morning, causing extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Hire and Fire" with N.Z. Miners Clause Is Agreed to by Owners and the Men Preference Wellington (N.z.), Thurs
ALTHOUGH the terms of the agreement reached between the miners of the Waikato and Hikurangi coalfields, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Destroys Store. Wellington
A fire broke out in the Geurie brnnch of the Western Stores and Edgley's, Ltd., early this morning. The building and contents were practically destroyed. There is no fire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Man Wounded. Policeman Fires Shot. Second Burglary Fails. Hobart
Having been informed that Mr. Douglas McLaren's house in Fitzroy-place would be unoccupied during the evening, the police placed two plainclothes policemen in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Petrol-cleaned Clothes Catch Fire Wollongong
Rupert White, powerhouse superintendent at the E.R. and S. Works, Port Kembla, was severely hurned this afternoon when his clothes became ignited…
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A burning ember dropped on the floor of a house in Taltana village, four miles by water from Port Moresby, started a conflagration that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bad Luck Is Their Fate Family Burnt Out at Brighton
Burnt out on Saturday night, the Dowsett family seem fated for nothing but bad luck. Stanley Dowsett an unemployed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire-Fighting Trains the Forest Fire Danger
Wherever a timbered tract still exists there is the ever-menacing danger of forest fire. In the northern and north-western States of America during the dry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Destroys Cottage
When a weatherboard cottage in Penshurst-street, Penshurst, was destroyed by fire late last night, the occupant, Mrs. James Donohue, barely had time to escape…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire on Solent Pier
Five on the £60,000 pier at Lee-on-Solent, photographed white at its height. The pi[?]r-head, with a new dance hall, restaurant bandstand, and roof garden, was completely destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Daily Telegraph Late News Fire Destroys House
Falling asleep in an armchair in front of a firs at her home in Penshurst Road, Penshurst, last night, while waiting for her…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Incendiarists Are Blamed Third Mystery Fire in Six Months
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Incendiarists are blamed for a fire at Northcote Tile Company's works, Clyde Street, Thornbury, at 10.25 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Papua. Native Houses Destroyed. Port Moresby
A fire which started from a piece of burning wood in a house destroyed 28 native dwellings at Taitana, a village a few miles from Port Moresby. Seventy-seven adults and 79…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fought Fire at Ice Works Danger Lurked in Ammonia Fumes
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Because of danger from ammonia fumes firemen had to don smoke helmets when fighting a fire at J. P. Sennitt and…
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IT is a great thing to know what to do when a serious accident occurs, and to do it at once. In no case is this move important than when the clothing…
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