Lights Out Fairfield Sub-station Fire
A fire at the electricity sub-station caused a "black-out" at Fairfield on Tuesday night. It is believed that some defect in new…
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Saw Ruins Their Art Elstree Fire London
THROUGHOUT to-day film actors and actresses, who had participated in productions, disconsolately…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Single Vote Elects Mutch to Fire Board
ALDERMAN T. D. MUTCH (Randwick) was to-day elected to the vacancy on the Fire Brigades Board, heating…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Film Studio. Destroyed by Fire. London, Feb. 9
A fire which broke out at 2 a.m. to-day gutted the studios of British and Dominions Film Corporation, and severely damaged the studios of British International Films, at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Board. To-day's Election. Close Contest Likely
A close contest is expected in the election to fill the vacancy on the Board of Pire Commissioners due to the resignation of Mr. G. J. Baker Conciliation Commissioner. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Board Vacancy Botany Deadlock, No Quorum at Redfern
Two suburban councils may meet to-day, to vote in connection with the vacancy on the Fire Board. The ballot will close at noon…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Riots in Syria. Troops Fire on Students. Death-roll of Ten. Beirut (Syria), Feb. 8
Troops, alter once dispersing them, were forced to fire on an armed mob of students and looters, who, excited by inflammatory speeches in a Hamah mosque, careered…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Disastrous Fire at Big Film Centre £1,000,000 Damage Is Dowe Several Picture Negatives Are Lost at Elstree London
A DISASTROUS fire is sweeping through Elstree, the Hollywood of Great Britain, Thousands watching the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Films Saved From Fire
Four costly film productions were saved from the fire which gutted the studios of the British Dominion Films Corporation and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Board. Alderman Mutch Elected
Alderman Mutch, of Randwick, was yesterday elected to the vacancy on the Board of Fire Commissioners caused by the oppointment of Mr. G. J. Baker as Conciliation…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →House Destroyed by Fire. Guyra
The residence of Thomas Marshall, North Guyra, and its contents were destroyed by fire on Saturday night. About 10 o'clock Mrs. Marshall was resting in the front room, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Skirt Ablaze Woman Badly Burnt in Washhouse Fire
PERTH, Monday.--James Kaiiona heard his wife's screams coming from a washhouse at their residence in Lake Street to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Liked Excitement" Man Gets Six Months for Causing a Grass Fire
MELBOURNE, Monday.--At Benalla to-day Jack Marshall was given six months' gaol for having destroyed a quantity of grass, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Elstree. Damage Estimated at £500,000. LONDON, Feb. 9
The damage caused by the fire which destroyed the studios of the British and Dominion Film Corporation, Ltd., and severely damaged the British International Films…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Alderman Mutch Joins Fire Board No Vote Received From Waterloo Council
Alderman T. D. Mutch has been elected to the Board of Fire Commissioners to represent city and suburban municipal councils and shire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alderman Mutch Elected to Fire Board. Two Councils' Eleventh-hour Decisions
Alderman Thomas Davies Mutch, of Randwick, was elected yesterday to fill the vacancy on the Board of Fire Commissioners due to the resignation of Mr. G. J. Baker,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ballot Envelope Mystery Big Stir Created At Fire Board Election One Too Many
THE sensation which was caused by the dramatic rejection of two of the nomination papers in the ballot for the election of a member…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scene Of Spectacular Fire
The building at the corner of Riley and Liverpool streets, city, where a spectacular fire occurred to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Floor Collapses In City Fire
Section of the collapsed floor in the building occupied by the H. J. Baker Tyre Co., Ltd., and P. J. Taylor, motor engineers, at the corner of Riley and Liverpool streets, city. The fire broke out early to-day, causing extensive damage. (See story, Page 13.)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Garage Destroyed by Fire Taree
A garage belonging to Charles Bowers, [?] lorry proprietor and mail contractor, was destroyed by fire. A motor lorry in the ga[?] was damaged beyond repair. Bowers had [?]…
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