Trousers Burnt Off Him Young Man's Trying Ordeal in Fire Hobart
Arthur Storey, a young married man, of Fitzgerald, suffered extensive burns about the legs and hands in attempting to save his house from…
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Dock Fire
Fireman at work at a burning wharf in a big dock fire at Limehouse, London…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shopkeeper's Pursuit. Fires Shots at Fleeing Men. ADELAIDE
Mr. Kenneth Stephens, tobacconist, of the Main North-road, Enfield, was awakened about 3 a.m. to-day by two men who were interfering with the wire screen of the window of a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire in Theatre. Inverell
A fire broke out in the Capitol Theatre yesterday in the same place as the one in March, 1923, when the proscenium and two boxes were destroyed. It is believed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lightning No "Fire-bug," Says Expert Lighted Match Safe in Oil
I CANNOT understand how lightning could be the cause of the Morro Castle fire, said a shipping manager last night…
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THE Morro Castle and other recent ship fires have proved that, despite automatic alarms and special detectors in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →-Crazed in Sea Fire Doomed Men and Women Leaped To Ocean; Burning Ship Beached New York
CRAZED with terror men and women passengers on the luxury liner Morro Castle which become a raging inferno off the…
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A fire broken out at Ulamambrl early yesterday morning, when premises occupied by Mr. C. Herbert, which included the post-office, and the adjoining buildings, occupied by Mr. H. C…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Vote Against Fire Brigade. Coonabarabran
A poll was taken on Saturday by the local council on the proposal for a me brigade for Coonabarabran. Only 169 votes were recorded out of the 260 ratepayers eligible to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New Cunard Liner. Precaution Against Fire. Elaborate System. London. Sept. 9
The designers and builders are concentrating on efforts to make the new giant Cunard liner, known as No. 534, immune from serious fire risk. The whole ship throughout her…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →171 Perished And Missing; Latest Sea Fire Estimate New York
LATEST estimates place the dead and missing in the Morro Castle holocaust at 171. The survivors comprise 220 passengers and 169 members…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Told Of Previous Attempt To Set Fire To Ship Chief Officer's Tears And Startling Story Firebugs Busy? Second Ship Ablaze Communists Blamed New York
THE chief officer of the Morro Castle, Captain W. F. Warms, who took command on the death of the captain a few hours before the fire broke out, said at the Government inquiry to-day that he suspected…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire-ship Panic: Ugly Stories 80 Of Crew Save 5 Passengers! Half-mad, Screamed and Fought Tore Lifebelts Away "Men's Blood-red Eyes" New York
"PANIC! They ran all over the place, half-mad creatures. They fought each other. They ripped life-preservers from each others' backs. 'Where are the boats? Where…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wind Causes Fire
Winds caused a spectacular Are yesterday in a laundry conducted by Eaton Wyley, to Church Street, Hyde. Clothing hanging on lines in the…
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THE steamer Helmspey which entered the port this morning with a large consideration of timber from South America had some…
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The Grace liner Santa Rita, of 4577 tons, entered the port of Balboa on Monday under her own power with a fire in her hold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How Mrs. Robinson Won Title Finished in Blaze Of Glory Golf Final
MRS. CLIVE ROBINSON, of Royal Sydney, recovered for Australia the women's golf championship when she beat Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Short Story Baptism of Fire
AS he made his way through the crowded thoroughfares, the captain cursed aloud. But his curses…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Open Finding. Explosion and Fire. Evidence at Coroner's Court
The Acting City Coroner (Mr. Goldie) concluded an inquiry yesterday into an explosion and a fire at a cafe occupied by Mrs. Betty Murphy in Broadway, city on August 18…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Incendiary Fires
It now appears clear that the catastrophe on board the luxury liner "Morro Castle" on Friday last was not due to an "act of God," viz., the striking of the vessel by lightning and the explosion of the oil tanks. Daily there is increasing…
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