Fire in Bedroom
A fire broke out in the bedroom of a house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Fernico and family, of Nelson-street, Fairfield, on Friday night, at 10.40. Fairfield brigade…
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Death in Petrol Fire
How Edward Stef[?]ord, 43, of Water Street, Lidcombe, came by fatal burns on February 1, was the subject of an inquiry by the Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fires Are Red Hot. Councils Find Cost Irksome
Judging by a discussion at the last Rockdale Council meeting, suburban aldermen are becoming rather peeved at repeated calls to pay the ratepayers’…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FOOTPRINTS Casts In Court Fire Inquiry Griffith
Plaster casts of two sets of footprints, which were alleged to have been found leading from Henry Lucca's house after it was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Offer to Fire Home Men Treated For Burns At Hospital
CHALLENGING Ernest Green's alleged statement that the owner of the dwelling had approached him with an offer of £50 to burn down…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Inquiry. Burning of House. Benzine Explosion. Alleged Statements by Three Men. (From Our Special Representative.) Griffith
Statements alleged to have been made by three men charged with having conspired together to set alight to a house on the irrigation area on January 13, were read to-day,…
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Only two bodies were identifiable out of 150 aged poor who were incinerated while sleeping on matting in charity huts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coroner Sends Three For Trial Arson Finding at Griffith Sergeant's Fear Of Other Fires
GRIFFITH, Friday. -- The Coroner, Mr. Savage, committed Ernest Augustus Green and Reginald Spray for trial on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Inquiry. Coroner's Verdict. Three Men Committed for Trial. (From Our Speciai, Representative.) Griffith
The district coroner (Mr. A. Savage) to-day concluded his inquiry into the fire which destroyed a house on the Irrigation Area on January 13…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Overcome by Fumes Workmen Collapse At Abattoirs Insulation on Fire Orange
BUT for the timely arrival of the manager of Rogers' Meat Co's Abattoirs, four miles from Orange, to-day, several employees…
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Shortly before midnight a fire broke out in the general store of Mr. H. J. Williams, in Dacre-street, Malabar. Mr. Williams and his wife, who live at the rear of the store,…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A horse was burned to death, and a hansom cab, waggonette, motor car, and delivery van were severely damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Week's Best Books World War May Blaze From Abyssinian Spark
"NEVER turn back" is a favorite maxim of Mussolini's. According to Boake Carter, a well-known American war…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Malabar Fire Shopkeeper Awakened by Smoke
Awakened by smoke late last night, Harry Williams found his shop in Dacre Street, Malabar, alight. He hurried his family into the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Most Unfair" Alderman Criticises Fire Board Election
"It seems to me," said Alderman Wilson at the meeting of Lidcombe Council, "to be one of the most unfair elections that we have ever had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Tientsin. 150 People Burned to Death. TIENTSIN, Feb. 15
Only two bodies could be identified out of those of 150 aged people who were burned to death while sleeping on matting in charity huts in the slum area of the city…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£10,000 Fire Damage. Auckland
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire at Tauranga, which destroyed the Tauranga Hotel and five shops…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rugby Union. N.s.w. Fire Brigades
The annual meeting of the New South Wales Fire Brigades Rugby Union held at headquarters fire station was well attended. Amongst those present were Commander O. F. McMahon, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →28 PERISH Film Starts Fire VALPARAISO (Chile)
AT least 28 persons, mostly women, were burned to death to-day in a fire. The fire started from an explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wild Scenes As Left Wing Triumphs In Spain Battle After Gaol Fire Troops Called Strike Spectre New Cabinet Plan Madrid
MARTIAL law in Saragossa, gaol mutinies at several centres, an armed fight between prisoners and artillerymen at Valencia and boisterous demonstrations in the streets of Madrid, marked the end of the…
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