Fire at Hospital. Casino
When a fire broke out in the boiler-house at the district hospital this morning and extended to the laundry, two men fought the flames with chemical extinguishers while the brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fires & bushfires, 1935
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Mystery Fire on House-boat Burned to Water's Edge
A house-boat, comprising six rooms, was burned to the water's edge in Kogarah Bay, Blakehurst, by a mysterious fire early this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Rages In Korean Mine 29 Entombed TOKIO
AN extensive fire is raging in a coal mine at Yunsen, in Korea, and 29 miners, who were trapped, are now entombed, and little hope is held out for their rescue…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Early Morning Fire
A four-ro[?]med, weatherboard cottage in Railway Parade, Lidcombe, was practically destroyed by fire at an early hour last Saturday morning. The occupant of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Exciting Chase. Detective Fires Shots. Suspect Arrested
Detective Carroll fired four shots at a suspect at Ftvedock yesterday afternoon. The fugitive led the police an exciting chase for more than 10 minutes through houses and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Street Newcastle
Crowds gathered in Newcomen Street, Newcastle, early this morning, when a quantity of timber, packing cases and straw caught…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Baby's Clothes on Fire. Casino
Margaret Montgomery[?] 3, was burned about the body when her clothes caught alight as she was standing in front of the kitchen stove at her home at Doubtful Creek last night. Her…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Insurance Claim Contested by Company. Origin of Fire Questioned. Dubbo
In the sitting of the Supreme Court at Dubbo, before Mr. Justice Stephen, Mrs. Isabel Lewis and sons, executors of the estate of the late H. J.Lewis claimed £2900 from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motive a Camp-fire Yarn by "Cudgerie"
"SOMETHING startled me that night. I don't know what it was. I remember throwing aside the blankets and leaping forward. I saw a mangled corpse before me. Conway had been murdered."…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Human Torch on Fire, Jumped Overboard Brisbane
RENDERED a human to[?] when a primus stove on his launch exploded in the Brisbane River to-day, setting his clothes ablaze,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Early Fire
A weatherboard cottage of four rooms, in Fairfleld-road, Fairfield, was completely destroyed by a fire early this morning, while the owner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fought Fire Tennis Players
When a fire broke out in the home of Mr. Heap, Parker-avenue, Earlwood, this afternoon, two men who were playing tenins nearby, broke in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Coach. Collision with Car. Danger of Fire. Thirteen Persons Injured
Thirteen people were injured last evening when a rowded motor coach collided with a motor car on the Prince's Highway, Kogarah, and then mounted the footpath, knocked down…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →2495 Dead in Formosan Earthquake Ruin & Panic Fires Add to Horror Japanese Eruption Rain of Red-hot Rocks Tokio
THE latest official reports state that 2495 persons were killed and 7260 injured in the earthquake that wrought frightful havoc in the northern half of Formosa yesterday morning-- the greatest disaster of the kind in the history of the island…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disaster in Formosa. Earthquake's Heavy Toll. More Than 2000 KILLED. Casualty Lists Continue to Grow. Fires in Many Towns. Tokyo, April 21
It is estimated that 2300 persons were killed in a series of earthquakes which shook central and southern Formosa early this morning. The casualty lists, however, are growing every hour as debris is cleared from the devastated areas. The number of injured is put at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Earthquake and Fire 800 Dead in Formosan Horror 2700 Injured Amid Crashing Houses TOKIO
A TERRIFIC earth quake, to which fire added its horrors, has racked Taiwan (Formosa)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suburban Fires. Cottage Destroyed
A fire broke out early yesterday morning in a cottage of four rooms, composed of weatherboard, fibro, and iron, in Fairfield-road, Fairfield, and the building was destroyed with its…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Showground Fire
A fire which broke out in some straw stored in one of the cattle pavilions at the Showground shortly before 5 a.m. yesterday, was quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Outbreaks of Fire
The horror of the earthquake was increased by outbreaks of fire. The whole of the main street of Taichu City was demolished, 100 people being killed outright…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Destroys Catholic School
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Breaking out in the front portion, fire destroyed the Catholic School. Camperdown, late last night. The loss is estimated…
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