Fire Walking. Native Mystery Still Unsolved
Ranking in mystery with the Indian rope trick, the authenticity of which is open to considerable doubt, and with the Cingalese mango trick, which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Fires & bushfires, 1935
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Fire Tragedy. Four Persons Killed. BOSTON, May 7
The mother and 14-year-old daughter of John Lavalle, the well-known portrait painter, and two housemaids were burned to death or killed in leaping as o fire swept through the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Man's Leap House Was on Fire NEWCASTLE
When two adjoining houses in Laman-street, Newcastle, caught fire early this morning, one of the residents, a man, leaped over the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Dogs Burned to Death Fire in Merrylands Kennels
Two valuable greyhounds were burnt to death in their kennel at Merrylands early on Monday morning, despite desperate efforts by their owner to save…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Case of Fire Home Mixed Compound of Carbon Tetrachloride Precautions Motorists Should Take
"Wherever petrol is used there is the risk of fire." writes Mr. H. James. He addst. "We find many wise motorists carrying a small fire extinguisher on their car, whilst others go even further and keep an extinguisher in their garage, particularly where it is the practise to store…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Central Australia. Federal Party's Tour. Minister's Car on Fire. (From Our Special Representative.) Aileron (N.t.)
After a midnight encounter with aborigines and the near destruction by fire of the car containing the Minister for the Interior (Mr. Paterson), the Federal Parliamentary party is…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →"He Forced Me to Do It" Young Woman Posed as Widow to Borrow Money Strange Story Told at Fire Inquiry
HOW A YOUNG single woman induced a money-lending firm to part with £20 was revealed during an inquiry by the district coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) at Parramatta on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Breaks Out in Courthouse. Braidwood
Prompt action by the fire brigade saved the courthouse from being destroyed by a fire which broke out in a room at the rear of the building on Tuesday night. The fire was first…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dogs Burned to Death Fire in Merrylands Kennels
Two valuable greyhounds were burnt to death in their kennel at Merrylands early on Monday morning. despite desperate efforts by their owner to save…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Great Career. 36 Years a Fire Fighter
On the 19th April, 1935, Station Officer James Menzies, retired from active service from the N.S.W. Fire Brigade after 36 years’ service. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Falls Into Fire. Dubbo
Peter Turner, an old-age pensioner, was standing with his back to an open fire, when he fell into the flames. He was pulled out, and his burning clothing was extinguished,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire Breaks Out in Courthouse. Braidwood
Prompt action by the fire brigade saved the courthouse from destruction by a fire which broke out in a room at the rear of the building. The fire was first noticed by Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire and Water. Woman's Ordeal in Lift
Menaced by fire and drenched by water, a woman who was trapped in a lift in the store of McDowell's, Ltd., George-street, city, had an unnerving experience last night…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Ballot-boxes Destroyed by Fire Goulburn
A FIRE which broke out in the C.P.S, building at the rear of the Braidwood Courthouse destroyed the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Township. Volunteers Mustered at Show Brisbane
[?]Hundreds of spectators at the annual show at Murgon to-day responded to an appeal for volunteers to combat a fire which broke out in a large residence in the centre of the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Memory Lane Is One To Think About At Harold Park in Good Form Unlucky In Recent Starts Sailing Fire
MEMORY LANE hasn't cashed in at his recent outings, but if ever a dog has given punters a headache it is this…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Girl Alleges Fire Blackmail Mystery of Burnt Out Cottage "Borrowed Money To Help a Man "
CONFLICTING testimony of witnesses and charges of alleged blackmail made by a young Lidcombe woman were unusual features of a fire inquiry held last week by the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark), in an effort…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Early Morning Blaze Brigade's Promptitude
The promptness of firemen, who attended an outbreak in a grocer's shop at the corner of George and Charles-streets, Parramatta, prevented a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brigade's Promptness. Prevents Serious Fire
The promptness of firemen who attended on outbreak in a grocer's shop at the corner of Charles and George-street, Parramatta, prevented a serious fire from developing early…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fire Brigade Win at Richmond
N.S.W. Fire Brigades, which has the bye in next Wednesday's opening round of the Mid-Week Rugby Union competition, on…
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