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THE young man who studies the slender form of the daughter, and wonders whehter it will ever reach the homely proportions of the mother, will find no solace in science. Heredity, it is claimed, plays a big part in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A dense column of black smoke rose high into the air when a fire broke out in the tar dump adjacent to the gas works at Lismore on Monday. Crowds lined the surrounding hills to view the spectacle. Police and police cadets…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →LEAPING many feet into the air and surging through windows into the guarded faces of heroic bands of fireman, a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Above: SLID TO RUIN.--Burning joists resulted in the partial collapse of a floor in the big fire in the city early this morning. A lorry and four cars toppled to the floor below. This remarkable picture illustrates how the floor curved in a timber wave, thus preventing the complete collapse of the floor. Two other sections of the floor, however, gave way after the joists had been charred by the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Three men who had been charged with conspiracy, were present to-day, when the Coroner, Mr. Savage,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →IN a fire which raged swiftly through a building at the corner of Liverpool and Riley streets about 3 a.m. to-day, Three firemen suffered electric shocks;…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →AMID the rattle of machine-gun fire, John Dillinger, for a time Public Enemy No. 1, escaped time and again from the relentless Federal Agents-- G Men-- only to be killed after a wounded follower had unwittingly given a clue, which…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Following a report that a bush-fire on McCredie's Estate, Guildford, was menacing two cottages, Guildford Fire Brigade rushed to the scene at midday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A primus stove which was being used at the home of Mr. Hector Brown, Campbelltown-road, Liverpool, exploded and burst" into flames on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Leaping, climbing up the chimney. Over castles built of coke, Twirling, whirling, twisting, curling, Flits the fragrant wispy smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Alderman Thomas Davies Mutch, of Randwick, was elected this week to fill the vacancy on the Board of Fire Commissioners due to the resignation…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police and fire officials have not yet ascertained the cause of the fire, which almost gutted buildings at the corner, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cars, their accessories and valuable machinery were destroyed or damaged early yesterday morning, when a spectacular fire broke out in a building housing P. J. Taylor's engin erring works, and H. J. Bake' factory, in Liverpool Street, near Ri try Street, City. Flames spread to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FOLLOWING an adjourned inquest yesterday into a fire which destroyed tho homestead of Henry Lucca, five miles from Griffith, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →City firemen, several of whom were slightly injured, did gallant work at a fire which destroyed a two-storied building at the corner of Riley and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"This fire contribution" is something in the nature of a double-barrelled gun," said the: Mayor (Alderman Phillips) at Lidcombe Council last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A witness at the inquiry, which the district coroner (Mr. A. Savage) began this afternoon into the fire which destroyed the dwelling house of Henry Lucca, known as Farm 663, on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →At a meeting of the Forbes branch of the Graziers' Association, Mr. E. J, 0. Speck moved that the Railway Commissioners should be asked to conduct an inquiry into the cause…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →MENTION of a Black Hand Gang, which, it was stated, was blamed by an Italian orchardist for a fire which had destroyed his dwelling, was made by a police witness to-day at the inquiry into the…
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