Fire in Bunkers. Outbreak on Erica
A fire which broke out in the coal bunkers of the steamer Erica at Williamstown, Melbourne, on July 12, was kept in control by the crew until…
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Fire Brigade Wins Both Q'land Games
N.S.W. FIRE BRIGADES. Mid-Week Rugby Union premiers, under floodlights, at the Exhibition Ground last night, defeated Brisbane's combined first-grade team by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Colliery. Extension Checks Fail. NEWCASTLE
Further surface falls have occurred at Ayrfield No. 1 colliery, near Kurri Kurri, where underground heating developed about two weeks ago…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Belfast More Disorder Fire Gangs Military Rule Belfast
DESPITE rigid police and military control, acts of violence and incendiarism continued to- day in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Belfast Riots. Lull Short-lived. House Set on Fire. London, July 15
The full in the rioting in Belfast was shortlived. Immediately night fell, a mob took advantage of the darkness and set fire to a house in the Millfield Catholic section,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bushfire in Mosman
Mosman Fire Brigade had a strenuous task yesterday afternoon fighting a bushfire which laid waste a large area of scrub at the foot of Rickards-avenue, Mosman, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Grass Fires
Playing with matches, children set are to some grass in the Methodist Cemetery at Parramatta on Tuesday morning. The local brigade soon had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fighting Fires Alderman Dissatisfied With Equipment
That Lidcombe was in need of a more up-to-date fire station was stated by Alderman McDonald at Lidcombe Council last week when its representative…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire In Garage
A fire which broke out in a garage at the rear of a house occupied by Annie Eeday of Eighth-avenue, Campsie, damaged household effects…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fire Danger at Bexley
Bexley Council was informed at this week's meeting by the Board of Fire Commissioners that action would have to be taken in the removal of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fleet to Fire on Sloops
JERVIS BAY, Wednesday. -- The destruction of the sloops Mallow and Marguarite by the eight-inch guns of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Furnaces Break. Fires in Smelting Works. Port Kembla
An anode furnace at the Electrolytic Refining and Smelting Companys works broke out at two o'clock this morning and of about 120 tons of copper in the furnace, 40…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hewson's Fear Town Hall and Fire
"If the town hall is burned down we shall get no insurance money," declared Alderman Hewson at Auburn Council on Monday, in opposing a motion to grant…
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For the first time, St. Paul's new bell sounded its call to Wentworthville churchgoers on Sunday. But others heard it, too…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer to Dock. Damage by Fire in Bunkers. MELBOURNE
It will be necessary for the South African Government steamer Erica to go into dry dock to-morrow as a result of the fire which occulted in the bunkets of the Erica on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dutch Mail 'Plane Clashes and Catches Fire. LONDON, July 17
The Dutch mail plane, PH/AKM, crashed when taking off at Bushure for Bagdad. It was completely burnt, and the mails were destroyed…
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The Fire Brigades' team has returned from a very successful tour of Queensland. Warwick was defeated 14-8, and a strong combined Brisbane side, which included…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inquiry Department Fire Insurance
"R.W.": If your property is burnt down accidentally or if some person sets it on fire intentionally but without your knowledge, then if the property is insured, you…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Novel Petrol Tank Save Fires in Plane Crashes
The Air Ministry, it is reported, is experimenting with a petrol tank which, in the event of a crash, will not burst or leak…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Falls Into Fire After Taking Fit. Dubbo
John Thomas Edwards, 38, was shocking burned about the body this morning, when he fell into an open fire following a fit. He was found lying on the floor in front of the fire…
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