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PROMPT discovery of a blazing bale of straw at the Show Ground early last evening, and swift action by the Show Ground…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A weatherboard house in Gallagher Street, Mt. Druitt, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon. Neighbours discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TWO great efforts by skipper "Fatty" Edwards soon after half-time gave North Sydney victory over Balmain at Drummoyne,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For the first time in three years a man has been arrested for giving a false alarm to the Fire Brigade. He gave a false call from a street alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The arena, brilliantly illumined from the tower flood lights, turned night into day, for the evening session, and "the best attendance yet"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A five roomed weatherboard cottage in Pemberton-street, Albury was destrojed by fire on Saturday night. It was occupied by Cyrill Eugene Harry Merton, oxy-welder, and owned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →DETECTIVES gathered amazing evidence over the week-end when investigating what they say was an attempt…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--In a fire in the Criterion Building, at Rochester, at 3.30 a.m. to-day, three shops and part of the Criterion Hotel were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trapped by flames, and overcome by deadly carbon monoxide fumes, when a fire broke out in an Oxford-street garage on April 8, Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Despite the widely accepted view that water is valueless, if not actually dangerous, for the putting out of fires in inflammable oils, petrol, varnish, etc., a Manchester (England)…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A weatherboard cottage occupied by Mrs. E. Armstrong, Lawrence- street, Alexandria, was slightly damaged by a fire at 5 a.m. to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →FLAMES FLICKERING from the burst gas main at Circular Quay last night. (See report, Page 7.)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gas mains under the city streets are so safe that the Australian Gas Light Company has an average of less than one "explosion" a year,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →While George Henry Honblower was repairing the vacuum tank of a car at Wassell's garage, Victoria-road, Rydalmere, on Monday, a wire from the self-starter…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Fire Brigades Orchestra has been made available for the Ambulance Ball at the Parramatta Town Hall on May 31. An intimation to this effect has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Considerable excitement prevailed at Circular Quay last night when some tar which workmen were using to repair the roadway suddenly caught fire. In a few seconds the road…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →PORTION of the tar on the roadway caught afire last night near the Lavender Bay wharf, Circular Quay. Men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A message from Gibraltar states that in response to a wireless appeal from the copraladen steamer Benholm, 5026 tons, from Suva, which was on fire in the after-hold and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →BRISBANE, Thursday.--Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused by a fire which gutted a single story building owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A cable from London on Wednesday stated that a fire broke out in the after-hold and shelter-deck of the British steamer Benholm when near…
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