Desperate Battle in Mine Fire Outbreak Occurred 1500 Feet Below Surface Foul Fumes Ipswich
THE miners at the Aberdare Extended Colliery won a desperate race against a spreading fire 1500 feet below…
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Film Blaze Youth Was Plucky
Flames leaped 25ft. above the tramlines when 20 reels of motion picture film caught fire in a motor-cycle sidecar at the corner of Elizabeth…
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A fire broke out this morning in the Globe Theatre. Plant was destroyed, and considerable damage was done to the front of the building. The prompt attendance of the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire in Coal Mine. Brisbane
Another outbreak of fire in a coal mine in the Ipswich district occurred to-day. When the air fan was started in Hart's Aberdare No. 1 colliery at Blackstone about 6.30 this…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Faulty Fire Brigade Car Kills Man
"IT seems to me that the Fire Commissioners should get rid of this car," was the comment of the City Coroner (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Defect in Car Cause of Fatal Accident. Coroner's Advice to Fire Commissioners
The City Coroner (Mr. H. H. Farrington), after an inquiry yesterday, said that the Board of Fire Commissioners should get rid of a motor car which knocked down and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Hoodoo Fire Car Runs Amok Hits Car And Cart, Then Kills A Man the Verdict
THE extraordinary peculiarities of a car owned by the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners, which knocked down and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Petrol Blaze. Liverpool
While a motor car was being filled with petrol at a garage the petrol overflowed and caught fire. Several bystanders pushed all the cars out of the garage, and an employee…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Quicker Fires. Save Time and Money
The fire season means more work—but there are compensations. Many housewives, for example, are glad of the coming-round of the opportunity to get rid of newspapers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Guest House Destroyed Big Blaze at Point Clare Gosford
A GUEST-HOUSE containing 14 rooms and outhouses, with the whole of its contents, the property of Mrs. Gertrude Melville, at Point…
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The president of the Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. T. J. Smith) stated yesterday that the motor car which knocked down and killed David Limond Broun, on May 23, at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Outhouse Ablaze Fairfield Fire
The contents of an outhouse on the premises of Harry Preston, Smithfield-street, Fairfield. were destroyed by fire on Monday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Safes Resist Fire. Gosford
All that remained standing after the destruction by fire of the Gosford pack[?] house were the two office safes, which were undamaged. They stood, one on top of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Films Ablaze. Fire at City Intersection
A large crowd gathered at the intersection of Park and Elizabeth streets city at lunchtime yesterday and watched firemen extinguish a blazing motor cycle outfit in which moving…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →With Sand Car Fire Was Soon Extinguished
But for the prompt action of passers-by, who threw sand over the fire, an unattended car which caught alight in Granville on Tuesday night might have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Western News Fire Alarm More Protection for Pendle Hill District
An additional street fire alarm is to be installed at the intersection of Wenthworth-street and Great Western-road, the Fire Board informed Holroyd…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →State Parliament. Notes from the Gallery. City Franchise Under Fire
The City Council Bill was in committee in the Legislative Assembly for dissection clause by clause last night. The title clause was passed. The second clause containing a…
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A five occurred on Monday morning in a small building occupied by Mr. Vic Moore, Smithfield-road, Fairfield, who lost all his belongings-clothes, tools, etc…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W. has advised Hurstville Council that the Board has approved of No. 226 Dennis Motor Fire Engine, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Passage of Fire Engines
The Commissioner of Police (Mr. [?] yesterday warned motorists that on [?] approach of fire engines proceeding to a [?] was necessary that vehicles should be brought…
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