Fire Mystery "Deliberate," Says Coroner
"I have a few enemies in Burwood but I do not know whether they had anything to do with the fire," said William Edward Ernest Bright,…
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Leylands Last 1915 Fire Engines Still In Service
TWO Leyland are ongines that were originally built in built in 1015 and saw service for many years with the london Fire Brigade have been re-conditioned…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Three Killed in Riot Chinese Mine Dispute; Police Fire Peiping
Despatches from Tientsin state that martial law has again been proclaimed in the Tangshan mining area, where labor riots led to three…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Smouldering Fires of Rebellion Relief-work Crises In Sydney, Broken Hill & Melbourne Intolerable Slave Conditions Governments Must Act at Once Grim Warning
WITH almost 4000 relief workers in the Sydney metropolitan area in rebellion against the grotesque conditions under which they are being forced to work for sustenance allowance,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass Fires. Brisbane
After strenuous efforts for four hours 60 fire-fighters succeeded in quelling a fire which raged fiercely for miles in the [?]nidst of thousands of acres of dry grass on Bon…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Snake Shock Caused House Blaze MELBOURNE
A snake was responsible for the destruction by fire last night of the home of Mrs. James Sadler, sen, of Allansford, near Warrnambool…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Merrylands Fire Brigade
At the Newcastle firem[?]s carnival, Merrylands was placed in the discipline [?]vent. 4th/3rd BATTALION…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Old Hotel
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Damage estimated at several thousands of pounds was caused to-day by fire at Stevenson's Hotel, Moorabbin, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Float for Canton
The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. has completed construction of a 52ft. fire-float for the Canton Fire Brigade, capable of an output of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scene of Disastrous Fire in Japan
A general view of the port of Hakodate, Japan, two-thirds of which has been destroyed by fire. A thousand people were killed, and 2000 are injured or missing…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Spark From an Engine Suggestion at Fire Inquiry
A witness at Burwood Court House yesterday, when an inquiry was held into the destruction by fire of a weatherboard…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Picture Theatre. Operators' Narrow Escape. BRISBANE
Damage estimated at several thousand pounds was caused by a fire which broke out in the projecting room of the Parkside Theatre in Brisbane-street, Ipswich, to-night. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →800 Sheep Saved From Fire Incendiaries Blamed for Outbreak
DALBY, Thursday.--It is believed that a fire which destroyed 1000 acres of grass on G. Jekyll's property today was caused by an incendiary, as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at a Dance. Orchestra Plays While People Escape. ANCKLAND
During a dance held by the Dunedin Club in a city building a fire started on the floor below the dance hall, which soon filled with smoke while flames lapped the windows. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Appalling Disaster. Fire Sweeps Japanese City. 1000 KILLED; 2000 Injured and Missing. Thousands Homeless and in Great Privation. TOKYO, March 22
A fire fanned by a hurricane destroyed two-thirds of the port of Hakodate last night. The casualties are:—Killed outright, 700; died of injuries, 300; injured and missing, 2000…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Women and Children Cry for Food Despairing Men Driven Back To Homebush Swamp Scenes Of Anguish At Newtown Economic Conscription Introduced Playing With Fire
HOLDING to ransom the dole rations of two thousand hungry and despairing women and children as the price of surrender on the part of their protesting fathers, husbands and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Cottage. Tweed Heads
A fire this morning damaged the residence of Mr. S. Baker at Coolangatta. The outbreak was caused by the fusing of electric wires. The Tweed Heads fire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire Refugees Driven Into Raging Sea Kobe
FROM the chaos of conflicting reports from the port of Hakodate, which was swept by fire during a hurricane, emerge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Hakodate Fire Death Roll Now 900 TOKIO
The latest estimates give the number of dead in the Hakodate fire as 900. It is stated that 2000 were injured, and that 92,000 are homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion and Fire On Petrol Tanker. Twelve Men Killed. London, March 22
The petrol tanker Girafe had just berthed at Rouen to-day, and the crew of 17 were about to begin their midday meal, when a terrific explosion occurred, blowing up the…
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