FIRE! The Street Has Its Moment
The curtain of night had descended on our suburb. So quiet was it, so dark the rows of cottages on either side of the street, that one might imagine an echo of the old-time curfew…
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Breakdown and Fire Destruction of a Car
On Thursday evening a car driven by Edgar Collins, of Wellington, was travelling down Church Hill westerly, when the tail shaft, broke, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Birthday Fire Home Is Destroyed MELBOURNE
Playing with lighted candles at a birthday party at their home in Princess-street, Maffra, last night, the four children of Mr. and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mystery Scorched Bones From Lacoon in Fierce Fire
SCREWS and nails which had been through a fierce fire are included in the parcel of bones and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Fire in York St. Same Building As Before
ANOTHER fire broke out last night at Hardwicke House, in York Street, City, where one of Sydeny's most serious fires for years occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Ingham (Q.). Hotel and Two Shops Destroyed. BRISBANE
Damage estimated at £5000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the East Ingham Hotel and two shops at Ingham early this morning The hotel was a wooden two-story structure…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →No Aid in Bushfires
While council workmen fought bushfires, residents in the locality and interested parties stood idly by without helping, the engineer of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fleeing From A Bush Fire
IT was a sweltering hot day and I sat on the verandah of our little country home trying in vain to keep cool. The rest of the family…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Aboard Submarine Oxley
MALTA, Saturday. -- Fire has broken out in the control room of the submarine Oxley. There have been no casualties…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OBSOLETE ? Our Fire Pumps
"The fire fighting appliances of Sydney are in some respects obsolete," said Alderman Howie, a prominent builder, at the City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Timber Factory Fire Wagga
A fire broke out in Hardys, Ltd., timber factory last night, but the brigade got it under control before much damage was done. Fireman J…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Witness Coroner's Comment Records Sought Cessnock
"The attitude of the witness in the box has been far from satisfactory," said the Coroner (Mr. Johnston) to-day, referring to Bernard…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Outbreak of Fire In Senator Hardy's Works. WAGGA
Fire broke out in the timber yards and joinery works of Hardy, Ltd., last night. Between £20,000 and £30,000 worth of machinery, timber, and joinery was threatened by the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£1000 Shop Fire
BRISBANE, Monday. Damage estimated at £1000 was done by a fire in a block of five shops in Paddington, Brisbane, early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Council. Fire Regulations
Strong opposition was exhibited by Labour aldermen at the meeting of the City Council yesterday to a recommendation of the works committee in favour of modifying the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Call a Hoax
Hearing the sirens of three fire brigades yesterday afternoon, the telephonist at St. Margaret's Hospital rang Fire Headquarters and asked…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock Fire Inquiry Again Adjourned
CESSNOCK, Monday.--The Coroner, Mr. W. G. Johnston, adjourned the inquiry into the fire on December 1 which destroyed the Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Bowlers' Green. Griffith
During a bowis match between Griff[?]th and Lee[?]on yesterday afternoon on the Jondaryan Club green, players were so intent on their game that they did not know until a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Home Destroyed by Fire. Bogan Gate
The home of Mr. J. S. McCleary, of Hillview. Bogan Ga[?]e, was burnt to the ground on Saturday during the owner's absence…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sudan Contingent. Praise from Governor. "Australia's Baptism of Fire."
The Governor (Sir Alexander HoreRuthven), at the golden Jubilee banquet of the Sudan contingent, last night paid a tribute to the m[?]n who took part in "Australia's…
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