Firemen Were Saved by Helmets Second Mystery Fire in Two Nights Melbourne
The second big mystery fire on successive nights occurred tonight, when Varey's furniture plant in Collingwood was…
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Shop on Fire Early Morning Blaze "Caused by Thieves"
A grocery shop occupied by william Thomas Bashford in Helena-street, Auburn, was damaged by fire early in the morning of December 19…
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PERTH, Sunday.--After months of idleness, a large number of men were put on unemployment relief work at Kelmscott a couple of days ago. Late…
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A fire broke out in Mr. T. Langley's hat and mercery shop at 86 Elizabeth-street, city, shortly after 6 p.m. yesterday. The contents of the shop, on the ground floor of a…
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Much stock in the Sovereign Hat Shop (Langley Bros.), Lyndhurst Chambers, Elizabeth Street, was damaged last night by a fire. The…
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THE film war among the General Theatres Corporation and American Exchanges, chiefly on the issue of block booking, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kalgoorlie Fire. Grandstand Destroyed. KALGOORLIE
The main grandstand of the Kalgoorlie racecourse was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The racecourse is about one mile south of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Firemen Hurt, Houses Damaged in £20,000 Blaze Factory Destroyed: 10,000 Watch Walls Collapse
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Two firemen were injured and five homes damaged by falling brick walls at a spectacular fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shell-fire Effect at Birth "Would Not Make Thieves"
"If the influence of shell-fire on an unborn child were such as to create a tendency, to steal, Europe would be over-run with thieves--but…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Small Fire, But Dense Smoke Outbreak in City Store
A small fire in a mercery store in Elizabeth Street, near King Street, yesterday afternoon attracted as much attention as a £200,000 blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fierce Fire. Walls Crash on Houses. Firemen Injured. Melbourne
Two firemen had a remarkable escape from death last night at a fire which destroyed a large furniture factory in Nicholson-street, North Fitzroy, owned by Mr. E. M. Vary…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in Sanatorium. Nine Women Perish. New York, Feb. 4
A message from Cleveland (Ohio) says that nine women psychopathic patients were burned to death in a fire that destroyed the dormitory of the Ridgecliff Sanatorium in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wicket to Suit Australia Speedsters Not Assisted Lacked Fire Brisbane
IF Curator Farquhar turns out a wicket for the Test similar to the one Queensland batted on yesterday, Australia's Test chances will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thin Strip of Brass Twixt Life and Death Firemen's Helmets Save Lives in Two Fires Big Outbreaks Melbourne
A FIRE, which broke out in Varey's furniture factory, Collingwood, last night, caused damage running into several thousands…
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PERTH, Monday.--Because of severe bush fires in the south-west, several trunk lines between Perth and country centres are completely…
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A weatherboard cottage, owned by Mrs. W. G. Sutton, and occupied by Mrs. S. S Wilson, situated in High-street, Hillston, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The house…
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The co-operative store at Balingup was destroyed by fire, the damage amounting to about £4000…
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Evidence that there was an odour of kerosene in the rooms and on the bedding and bedclothes in a house belonging to Edward Andrew Chesterton. 73, of Cowper-street…
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AFTER he had been rescued by his father from a burning home at 2 a.m. today, Henry Regan, aged five,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire On Huge Liner Was Due To Malevolent Act LONDON
The fire which reduced the great French liner L'Atlantique to a gutted shell was due to malevolence, says the report of a Commission of Inquiry. The master of the vessel, Captain Schoofs, declares that he is not…
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