Fire Bug at Work Building in City Set Alight Police Were Warned
ALTHOUGH police were given a mysterious warning at the week-end of a big city fire, a fire-bug last night set alight the…
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£20,000 Ipswich Blaze Brisbane
Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused when Hancock Bros.' sawmill on the banks of the Bremer River, North Ipswich, was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →‘Herald’ Incitement Against Communists “Fires ” “ EXPLOSIONS ” Refuses Publication of Party’s Statement in Rebuttal
The “Sydney Morning Herald” once more is trying its hand at provocation and incitement against the Communist Party. An election is approaching. The boss class wants an election bogey, a Red scare for electioneering purposes. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MOTORS [?] Motoring Minimising Fire Risks Simple Precautions for the Car Owner
Cap fires are comparatively few and far between, but when they do occur, they are generally of such a serious nature that it is in the interests of every car owner to take all reasonable care to prevent their occurring. In this article some of the simple…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →£50,000 DAMAGE Pasadena Bush Fires PASADENA (Cal.)
Bush fires in the Pasadena watershed last night and to-day caused damage estimated at more than £50,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fairfield Fire
A five-roomed cottage on the corner of River and Carrington Roads, Fairfield, was burned to the ground by fire last night. The cause of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blaze at Undercliffe
A five-roomed weatherboard cottage in Riverview-road, Undercliffe, was badly damaged last night when a fire broke out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ferry Blaze on River: Mail Burnt Six Men Narrowly Escape Flames
Six people narrowly escaped with their lives from a burning ferry on the Hawkesbury River. The ferry was the Lady Alicia, 50…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ferry on Fire! Burned Down to Water's Edge Brooklyn
THE big Hawkesbury ferry launch, Lady Elicia, was burned to the water's edge near Patonga, which she had recently left, late…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →OVER £50,000 Damage in Bushfires Pasadena (Cal,)
Bush fires in the Pasadena watershed have caused damage estimated at more than £50,000. Several persons were severely…
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A weatherboard and fibro cottage in River-avenue, Carramar, owned by Wm. John Wall, was totally destroyed by fire last Thursday night. The police are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"The Fire Raisers."
"The Fire Raiseis" is an Enghch essay in a department in which Hollywood has hitherto had a monopoly. It tells the story of a "racketeer," but the scene is London. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cottage Destroyed by Fire
A five-roomed weatherboard cottage in Riverview-road, Undercliffe, was completely destroyed by fire on Saturday night with its contents. The occupier, Mr. Sydney Bell, left…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Surf Shed Fire. Tweed Heads
At an inquiry into the fire which damaged the Burleigh Heads Surf Life-saving Club shed at Burleigh on May 12, a relief worker, Archibald Evers, said, In evidence, that a member of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Night Hotel Destroyed; Dash for Life Brisbane
The 14 occupants of the Hotel Johnstone, at South Johnstone, North Queensland, had narrow escapes early this morning when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thieves Fire Golf Club Three Women Slept in Ignorance Melbourne
After rifling the cash register of £30, and stealing tobacco valued at £100 from the clubhouse of the Kingston Heath…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gas Fires in Hospital
The heating equipment of Sydney Hospital has been augmented this week by the installation of 18 modern gas fires in the wards and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Second Attempt Knitting Mills Blaze MELBOURNE
Sprinkling with kerosene some yarn in the bins, thieves attempted to set fire to the Dominion Knitting Mills, Pty., Ltd., in Brunswick to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Smouldering Fires in Europe : The Austrian Tragedy
Europe has been set seething by the murder last week of Dr. Dollfuss, the Austrian Chancellor, when the rebels stormed the Chancellery without…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Caused by Children. Windsor
Children set fire to corn husks under the floor of Mr. James Hennessy's garage, and the flames ate through the floor of the building and approached a car stored there. The fire…
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