Blaze on Front of Two Miles Men Fight All Day To Save Township in Nor'-west Tamworth
BLAZING on a two-mile front and threatening the destruction of several homesteads, a bush fire a few miles from Curlewis to-day was…
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Asbestos Blanket Used for Extinguishing Petrol Fire Under the Bonnet
AN interesting demonstration was staged at Bell's asbestos works in England of a method of dealing with a petrol fire underdeath the bonnet of a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BUSHFIRE. Two Homesteads Menaced
Bushfires menaced two homesteads near Curlewis yesterday afternoon, and more than 70 volunteer firefighters took several hours to bring the flames under control. Damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rain Blots Bush Fire
HEAVY rain came lo the aid of a band of weary men who continued the fight yesterday against the big bush fire which broke out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parramatta Fire
On Monday morning a fire occurred at the sh[?]p of Henderson and Gregg, situated on the corner of C[?]orge and Church streets, Parramatta. Very little domage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Destroys Fire Station! Melbourne
DESPITE the fact that it was raining heavily, the Creswick Fire Station was burned to the ground to-day, as a result of being struck by lightning. THE outbreak was not discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plenty of Practice: But Few Fires Lthgow
The Lithgow Fire Brigade, which did be well at the last two annual competitions at Wagga and Newcastle, are fortunately not called…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Storeroom. Parkes
A fire broke out in the storeroom of the Don fruit shop. When the brijaoe reached the shop the fire had secured a good hold. and was travelling rapidly along the roof to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cottage on Fire Mistaken for New Year Bonfire
A fire which destroyed a cottage at Liverpool about midnight on Monday was thought to be a bonfire celebrating the New Year, and no notice was taken of it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Station Struck by Lightning. Big Tower Collapses. Melbourne
The fire station at Creswick was struck by lightning last night and burned for 45 minutes. Although for the greater part of that time heavy rain fell, the fire was not…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Arm Amputated Woman Who Was Buried in Fire Wreckage Cessnock
Mrs. Ivy Carr, who displayed great fortitude when she was buried beneath the wreckage in a fire which destroyed Baker's Furniture…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tenement Fire. Two Firemen Killed. Forty Others Injured. New York, Jan. 1
As the climax of a series of disastrous tenement-house fires in the past few months, which have taken many lives, a building in a crowded section of Brooklyn was burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bushfire Danger Points in Organisation of Brigades
Every summer appreciable toll is paid to the demon fire in rural districts, and in some years (as in 193132) the loss of both stock and…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →In Big Blaze Ballarat Block MELBOURNE
Two shops, a garage and two adjoining houses were burnt to the ground early to-day in one of the most destructive fires seen in Ballarat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Wheat Field. Parkes
An unusual cause of fire is suspected in an outbread on Mr. E. A. Draper's property, Harris Park, Alectown, when 20 acres of wheat, stripping nine bags to the acre, were…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Hitler And The Perfect "Aryan" -- -- Scares Perish In Hotel Fire
Above: Mr. C. W. A. Scott and Mr. T. Campbell Black, who won the Centenary Air Race, are second and third from right at the Royal Aero Club dinner given in their honor…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stop Press Fire Maniac Abroad. Perth
A fire maniac is believed to be abroad in Perth. Five fires started in big city buildings to-day in the main block, but the brigade arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Startling Allegations at Fire Inquiry Widow Denies Evidence Of Her Dismissed Boarder Sequel to Cronulla Cottage Fire
THE inquiry into the burning of a Cronulla cottage called forth startling allegations by a man and woman at the City Coroner's Court last week. Louis Francis English, a concrete construction worker, of George-street West,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Kooringa (S.a.). Adelaide
Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by a fire at Kooringa, about 100 miles north of Adelaide, on Saturday morning. The hairdresser's shop of K. G. Wohling and the fruit…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy Damage in Fire Ballarat Premises Destroyed Ballarat
in one of the most destructive fires the town has experienced for years, two shops, a garage and two adjoining premises were…
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