Fire Victim's Death Suffered Frightful Injuries
NEWCASTLE, Saturday. -- After lingering for 12 hours, after be[?] burned at his store, Charles William Johnson (54), of…
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Still No Trail of Fire Bug Bowral Search So Far Fruitless
From 8.30 a.m. until dusk yesterday a large force of police and civilians vainly searched 30 square miles of bush in the Bowral district for the…
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Considerable damage was done by a fire which broke out in John Median's produce store at, 216 Botany-road, Mascot on Saturday afternoon. When brigades from Mascot, Botany,…
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A fire which broke out in an unoccupied weatherboard cottage at 17 West Botanystreet, Arncliffe, on Saturday night, was the third which has occurred in the structure…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Bunker. Firemen's Dangerous Task
Firemen had a difficult and dangerous task when a fire broke out late last night in the coal bunker of lime and cement works in Burrows-road, St. Peters, owned by Wilsons,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Vain Search for Fire-bug Serb Threatened to Return
Police were out all day yesterday searching for the man who tried to burn down the home of his employer. Mr. H. M. Oxley, last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Injured in Leap From Car Constable's Action Saved Big Fire
In jumping from a speeding car at Burwood early yesterday morning to intercept a fire brigade which had been given a wrong address…
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A mysterious fire broke out in an unoccupied five-roomed weatherboard house in Bent St., Botany, early this morning, razing the…
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The hood and front tyres of a motor oar belonging to Mr. Arthur Weeber were damaged by a fire which broke out in a shed In Eliza-…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Watchman Fires at Thief But He Only Ran Faster
While patrolling Parramatta Road, Croydon, early yesterday morning a watchman, Arthur Leslie Hurst, heard a noise in the tobacconist…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gang Fury Ready to Blaze Again Gunmen And Girl In Dramatic Meeting Made Choice
LATE one night last week, two of Sydney's most notorious gangsters, famed for their marksmanship with…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire on Train. Furniture Destroyed. BRISBANE
Two railway waggons, one containing about a ton and a half of furniture, were destroyed by fire at Bowenville Railway Station on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hunt for Fire-bug Armed Horsemen Comb Country
Parallel with hunting for the proverbial needle in a haystack is the search which is still being carried out by a large force under Det.-Sgt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hose on Enthusiasm Night Attire Watchers Drenched At Fire
FEMININE shrieks of dismay resounded in Dent- street, Botany, early this morning, when a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Water Holes Will Be Dragged No Sign of Bowral Fire-bug Yet
Creeks and water-holes around the Bowral district will be dragged in the next few days, as police believe that the maniac who set fire to the…
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Slashed last night by a robber with a razor, Ivor Noel Littleton fainted. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two-years-old Fire Under Control Underground Blaze in Indian Mines Calcutta
An underground fire that has been burning fiercely for more than two years in collieries in the Jharia district of Bihar has at last been…
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Grass fires have caused damage in country districts. A message from Hay says that a grass fire broke out on Mungadal Station, the…
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A five-roomed weatherboard cottage in Dent-street, Botany, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The building, which was unoccupied, was well ablaze when fire…
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