Fire District Extended
The Board of Fire Commissioners have decided to include in the Catira-Vale fire district, that portion of the municipality extending from…
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Freezing Works Fire
HILLSTON, Friday.--A fire, which apparently started in the engineroom, destroyed the Hillston freezing works to-day. Besides the plant,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire Bug in Melbourne
IN the quiet Melbourne suburb of Fawkner, which provides a sylvan setting for one of the city's principal cemeteries, lives a fire hug who has…
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Tramway traffic on the Spit, Balmoral, Mosman, and Taronga Park lines was disorganised for more than an hour yesterday morning, at the height of the holiday rush, as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"ACCIDENTAL" Coroner On East Hills Fire
The Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. Richardson Clark) to-day continued an inquiry into the fire which, on December 8, destroyed a shed and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire, Storm Damage in Country Districts Widespread Rain
THE bush fires of a fortnight ago were followed late last week by electric storms in many districts, and further extensive fires were caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bush Fire Captains May Destroy Houses Under New Act Insuring Life
Every summer the country people are becoming better organised to fight bush fires. Bush fire brigades are increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Blaze at East Hills House "Accidental," Says Coroner
The burning of a cottage in Brillianna Street, East Hills, on December 8, was inquired into by the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lightning Starts Fire
Eastwood and Beccroft fire brigades were called out on Thursday, when the kitchen roof of the home of Dr. Davis Beccroft Road…
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The Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) concluded an inquiry yesterday into a fire which destroyed a shed and damaged a weatherboard cottage, owned and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Maharanee Addict Fires at Husband In Palace CALCUTTA
ALLEGED to be a drug addict, the Maharanee of Mymensingh, an exceedingly handsome…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charge of Arson Not Sustained Woman's Allegations After East Hills Blaze "Bad Feeling"
FOLLOWING the allegations of Miss Hilda Duncombe, that Elizabeth Jane Cashmere and Albert Hutton had been responsible…
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An outbreak of fire destroyed a sixroomed weatherboard cottage owned and occupied by Thomas Moloney [?] Congewal Street, Aberdare, at 3.45 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Blaze in Lime Works
Brigades from St. Peters, Marrickville and Newtown were called out last night to extinguish a fire which had broken out in Thornton's Lime…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Store. Nundle
Portion of Mrs. C. Bowden's store at Nundle was destroyed by fire at about 10 p.m. yesterday. The fire originated in a bulk store, apparently through spontaneous combustion…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire on Farm. Ariah Park
A fire broke out on the farm of Mrs. C. J. Wilson on Saturday night, and damage to the amount of £200 was done. About 30 tons of hay, five tons of chaff, a shed, and machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Country News. Fire at Hume Reservoir. Albury
But for the timely arrival of Mr. Richards, a member of the electrical staff at the Hume reservoir, a fire which broke out in the main administrative office may have destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →For Insurance Many Fires Are Deliberate Coroner's Remark
"I find that in 75 per cent, of the malicious fires in buildings and vehicles, it is the person who benefits by the insurance that is responsible,"…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Country News. Fire Causes £1200 Damage. Wagga
Fire broke out in the Black Cat Cafe, and destroyed portion of the front of the building, which is in the principal street of Wagga. Heat and smoke damaged a large stock of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Under Fire! a Close-up of the Boer War
A LETTER of the writer's from the South African War was recently discovered amongst some old family papers, and…
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