Hands Caught Fire
George Woods, plumber of Leonard Street, Parramatta, when washing paint off his hands yesterday, stood too close to a lighted gas jet, and…
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Blaze in Fore - Peak of Dredge Fireman Has To Use Smoke Helmet
IN order to find the sent of a fire which broke out on the dredge Hercules at Mort's Dock last evening, a fireman had to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Dredge. Firemen Use Smoke Helmets
Firemen from Balmain, Stanmore, and Rozelle stations used smoke helmets yesterday when they subdued a fire in the forepeak of the dredge Hercules, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Unlucky at His Last Run Flash Harry May Atone At H. Park Gordon Fire
SENT out an odds-on favorite at his last run at Harold Park, Flash Harry, who is engaged in the Maiden Stake at tonight's N.S.W. Trotting Club's coursing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Exciting Chase. Constable Fires at Car
An exciting chase through the city after a car on Saturday night ended when a constable fired two shots while clinging to the side of a taxi-cab…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dredge on Fire
A fire broke out in the forepeak of the dredge Hercules, which was undergoing repairs at Mort's Dock, on Friday last. Only slight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Cottage
A fire on Saturday night severely damaged four rooms and the contents of a weatherboard and fibro cottage at 37 Kimberley-street, Vaucluse. The cottage was owned and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire in Wine Cellars
Thought to have been caused by a shortcircuit in the electric wiring, a quantity of vat brandy in the cellars of Penfold's, Ltd., Queen Victoria Markets basement, city,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Lidcombe Fire Origin Was Mystery
On the afternoon of March 24, a fire broke out mysteriously in a cottage occupied by Edward Frederick Fowler at 20 Stanley-street, Lidcombe. Within a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Petrol and Oil Big Darwin Fire DARWIN
A fierce fire at 1.30 a.m, to-day destroyed the tin and wooden structure in the Darwin railway yards, used as the Customs bond store, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Two Fires in a City Building Fifty Gallons Of Brandy Catch Alight Narrow Escape
AFTER extinguishing a blaze in 50 gallons of brandy at Penfold's in the Queen Victoria Building, George Street, City, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Winter Warmth Modern Gas Fires And Infra-Red Rays
THE problem of house warming comes forward as the chilly weather, approaches. Householders tire more and more inclined to change…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bond Stores Razed by Morning Fire Darwin
Piles of buckled iron were all that remained of the railway bend stores which were rared by fire this morning. Nothing was saved and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Darwin Bond Store Destroyed by Fire. Chinese Flee in Terror. Darwin
The most serious fire in the history of Darwin destroyed the railway bond store, which was full of goods landed by the last steamer, mainly for up-country centres, which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pastoral Venture. Droughts and Bushfires Cause Bankruptcy
Augustus Robert Godlonton told the Resistrar in Bankruptcy (Mr. N. C. Lockhart) yesterday that he invested £4000 in a partnership pastoral venture in 1925. and did not get a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Bush Fire A Soliloquy
THIS was my home but yestereve; to-day, Mere ashes fanned by errant wind Into a fitful glow that dies away, As hope and life from heart and mind…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Six Fires. Found in House at Chullora
Six separate fires were found when fir[?]men arrived at a house in David-street, Chullora, late last night, after neighbours had seen fiames in the building and had given…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Country News Fell Face First Into Fire
BATHURST, Wednesday.-- Shocking injuries were suffered by Mrs. Edgar Hanrahan (29), of Burraga, when she was seized with a fit and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Darwin Fire. Severe Loss to Country People. DARWIN
The remains of the railway sorting shed and vond store which were burnt down on Monday morning are still smouldering. It is estimated that fully 270 tons of goods were destroyed,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Facing Fire for First Time Green Youngster In Anzac Landing
TO a youth of 18 it seemed odd that men who were about to die should so carefully shave their chins, brush their teeth, their hair, and their boots. Yet the answer was simple…
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