Hut on Fire Rude Awakening
When the hut which she was occupying caught fire last night, Mrs. Alice Rogers, 80, of the La Perouse unemployment camp, barely escaped…
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When the hut which she was occupying caught fire last night, Mrs. Alice Rogers, 80, of the La Perouse unemployment camp, barely escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire destroyed a wood and iron cottage at Brae View, on the old N[?]ton's Summit-road, to-night. The tenants, Mr. R. J. E. Hann, and his wife, lost all their belongings, except…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Mayor and aldermen of Penrith, prominent citizens, and members of the local fire brigade, were addressed by the President of the Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A ROCKET let off on Friday night by Empire Day celebrators is assumed to have been responsible for a fire which broke out in the roof of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The police and the club attendant, Gordon Irving, are shown on the spot where a few hours previously stood the Royal Motor Yacht Club's premises at Newport. Early yesterday morning the building, which was valued at about £5000, was gutted, and Irving and his wife and six-year-old child were forced to escape in their night attire. While he lost all his own belongings, Irving saved the valuable launches…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The premises and plant of Manley, Ferrari, and Co., Ltd., perambulator manufacturers, of Newtown-street, Alexandria, were severely damaged by fire early on Saturday morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Pittwater premises of the Royal Motor Yacht Club were burned down early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE main business portion of Tullamore, a small western township between Bogan Gate and Tottenham,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →M-F-B stands for the METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE. Then you will need to 'PHONE-THEM when the NEW "BECKET'S BUDDET" makes it appearance NEXT…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire broke out in a cottage in Barker-street at 2 a.m. to-day. The front bedroom and its contents were destroyed and the interior of the building was damaged. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →WITH no fire-fighting apparatus available, the Royal Motor Yacht Club's clubhouse at Broken Bay, Newport, was completely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A theory that birds building nests behind the electric light meters might have Caused in short-circuit and Started the outbreak was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Royal Motor yacht Club's clubhouse at Newport, Pittwater, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The building was valued at more than £3000…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Awakened by crackling at 2 a.m. yesterday, Edward Gordon Irving, caretaker of the Royal Motor Yacht Club at Pittwater, had just time to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →TRAPPED in, a burning house with fiercely -blazing walls, preventing any chance of rescue, two little girls were burned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two small girls were burned to death when their home in Backwater, 20 miles from Guyra, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →FOLLOWING the appeal of the Tobacco Workers Union for moral support in its dispute with be Victorian firm of Dudgeon and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Magnificent work was done at Tullamore early yesterday morning by Constable Veney and the assistant telephonist, Mr. Frankland, who…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The main business portion of the western town of Tullamore was destroyed by fire (reported in "The Sun" yesterday). Seven shops and one home were razed, the damage being estimated at £8000…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →DESTROYING many thousands of pounds' worth of property, the most disastrous fire yet experienced in the town swept through the…
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