Explosion Causes Fire. Aged Woman's Home Destroyed
Damage was done by fire to the home of an aged woman in Paddington-street, Paddington, yesterday afternoon. Household and family treasures, accumulated over many…
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Sequel to Disaster. The Georges Philippar Fire
The arrest of seven persons in France is reported in connection with the disaster of the Georges Philippar, which caught fire five miles from…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Albert Edward Tobin (21), of Catherine Hill Bay, received severe burns to the right leg from the hip to the ankle…
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George David Sydney Sharp (41) was committed for trial by the Parramatta Coroner (Mr. Richardson Clark) yesterday on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Large Motor Launch Destroyed by Fire. Brisbane
The Cygnet, a motor launch owned by Dr. A. J. Ross, of Brisbane, was destroyed by fire at Coonah Creek, about 20 miles from Bundaberg, yesterday afternoon, and members of…
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WHEN her house in Paddington street, Paddington, caught alight yesterday, Mrs. Susan Williams, an 81-year-old woman, held…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reichstag Fire. Van der Lubbe Guillotined. LONDON, Jan. 10
Van der Lubbe, the Dutchman who was sentenced to death for high treason for setting fire to the Reichstag, was guillotined at 7.30 this morning. President von Hindenburg…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Alleged Threats. Fire on Farm Property. Man Committed for Trial
Mr. H. Richardson Clark, at Ryde Court yesterday, held an inquiry into a fire in a building on the property of Robert Arnold Short at West Pennant Hills on December 20…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Horror at Fire Trial Execution Guillotine for Dutchman London
THE execution of Van derLubbe, the Dutchman sentenced to death for getting the Reichstag on fire, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Van Der Lubbe Executed For Reichstag Fire Guillotine Ends Half-wit's Misery Berlin
MARINIUS Van der Lubbe, the Dutch subject, found guilty of setting fire to the German…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Southern District News Lightning Destroys Post-Office Storm's Havoc at Liverpool Fire-ball Causes Alarm
While Liverpool shoole under the force of Saturday's storm, the post office at Prestons, struck by lightning, was burned to the ground. A fire-ball in Hozton Park-road, destroyed a wireless aerial, and a resident of Norfolk-street was temporarily blinded why blinded when lighting struck the aerial…
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An unoccupied weatherboard cottage in Dawson-street, Lismore, owned by Mrs. L. R. Morris, was destroyed by fire. The house contained six rooms, and was well alight when the flames…
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Notification was received by Cabra-Vale Council on Monday night of the proposed election of members of the Fire Board for the ensuing term, on February…
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A fire, caused by a short circuit of the electric current in the controllers in the compression room, broke out in Clyde engineering works last Sunday night, but…
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Early last Sunday morning Miss Doris Arkinstall was cleaning a frock in a dish of petrol in the kitchen at the residence, of Mr. W. Savell, Queensbury…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mysterious Granville Fires Girl Praised by Coroner
The parramatta District Coroner (Mr H. Richardson Clark) praised a 16-year-old schoolgirl for her presence of mind and bravery in the action she took to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Guildford New Fire Engine
The new Dennis Turbine fire engine at Guildford fire station is an object of attraction to the public. It was tested at a fire which occurred in the lavatory at…
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THE execution of Van Der Lubbe, following his conviction in the Reichstag fire trial, was carried out only a few hours after the Dutch…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Launch Disasters. One Abandoned—Another Destroyed by Fire
While between Morna Point and Nelson's Bay the rudder of the launch Venture, bound from Sydney to Brisbane, was carried away in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Darky" Knew Horse Gave Fire Alarm MELBOURNE
By whinnying for help, "Darky" a remarkable 13-year-old horse owned by G. M. Dawson, of Albeit Park, saved his mate and his stable…
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