They Rang Vainly Fire, Ambulance Alarms Broken
MELBOURNE Tuesday.--An ambulance alarm at the corner of Swanston and Flinders Streets was broken off at the base by the wheel…
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Picture Theatre Destroyed by Fire at Wagga
The Strand picture theatre was destroyed by fire early on Sunday morning. The firemen had to work against a strong breeze to prevent adjacent buildings from catching…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Arc of Fire Kills a Boy Lightning Tragedy at Football
Their first football lesson of the season ended in tragedy recently for 27 boys at a Long Island school. A wire netting used in the lesson was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →1000 Are Killed by Typhoon in Japan Tokio, Yokohama, Shidzuoka, and 100-Mile Area are Swept by Flood and Fire Ten-Thousand Houses Blown Down; Chaos Reigns Dead Litter Streets Of Cities Landslides Batter Yokohama All Casualties Not Yet Known TOKIO
MORE than 1000 persons were killed in a typhoon, followed by floods and fires, which swept Tokio, Yokohama, Shidzuoka and an area of 100 miles to the north on the main island of Japan. Ten thousand houses were blown down, and the railway, telegraph and electric power systems were thrown into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lightning Starts Fires
HAY, Thursday.--During a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon the vivid lightning started several fires in the district, some of which were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Insurance Appeal Fails
The appeal of William See Lun and Grace Bow, trading as S. Bow and Sons, against the action of Mr. Justice Stephen in non-suiting them…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Quick Work By Fire Brigade. Special Squad's Effort
An illustration of the great speed with which modern firefighters attack a fire was given yesterday by the Sydney "flying squad," who took only four minutes to race to an outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Undaunted by Reverses Competitor's Home and Crop Ravaged by Fire
SOME men cannot be kept down no matter what reverses they may have to endure, and Mr. J. A. Reberger, of "Traveller," Lake Cargelligo, is one of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bushfire Prevention Director of Agriculture Emphasises the Need for District Organisation
The directer of agriculture in New South Wales (Mr. A. H. E. McDonald) has Issued a serious warning the danger in regard to bush…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Threaten Residences Firemen Have Hard Task Many Outbreaks
Bush fires yesterday afternoon and last night threatened many buildings at Hunter's Hill, Narrabeen, Lane Cove, North. Manly, Harbord,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Killed Fighting Bush Fire Manager's Widow Awarded £575
Fighting a bush fire which threatened a station at Breakfast Creek, near Boorowa, James Platt was killed…
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"Forbes": (1) What power does a captain, duly elected or endorsed by the local Shire Council have in regard to entering or crossing private…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fire Danger Organising For Battle On Monaro
COOMA P.P. Board decided at its last meeting to seek the co-operation of the two shire councils in its area and the local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-detective in the Dock a Crown Witness Is Under Fire
BRISBANE, Thursday.--Roy Phillips, Crown witness in the resumed case against ex-Detective Campbell, in the Criminal Court to-day, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pirate Craft Beaten Off by Rifle-fire Defender Wounded As Gun Jams Bled Bravely
PIRATES are real and terrible to Jack Cordin, aged four, of 6 Macarthur Street, Parramatta. He fought some yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BUSHFIRES In Country and Suburbs
A number of bush fires broke out in the outlying suburbs during yesterday's hot weather, and local firemen had to beat out the flames with wet bags to prevent them…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Troops Called Out and Fire on Strikers General Stoppage for 48 Hours in Spain Broken Promise Protest Against Govt.'s Failure to Remedy Unemployment Madrid, Thurs
A MESSAGE from Seville states that the National Federation of Labor called a 48-hours' general strike throughout Andalucia as a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unknowingly He Hastened to His Death Man Answers Fire Call and Is Killed by Tree Pathetic Case Widow Is Compensated for the Loss of Her Husband
WHEN, in obedience to a hasty call, Robert James Platt, manager of Newhaven Park Station, joined a party…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Good Save Bondi Fire In Danger Area
A fire which damaged a hardware store in Cowper -street, Bondi Junction, this morning for a time threatened the destruction of a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Saw Homestead Gutted Fire Equipment Was Inadequate Cessnock
After the experience or the recent Sawyer's Gully fire when an old homestead of 12 rooms was gutted Kearsley Council has decided to ask…
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