Fire at Bexley
On returning home from a dance at about 2 o'clock last Friday morning Mr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Morgan opened the door of their home in…
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Says Fire Caused by Explosion
A DENIAL of counsel's suggestion that he had been "working in with the Insurance company" was given by Detective-Sergeant John…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Castle Hill's Doings Fire Destroyed Shed
A shed at the rear of the cottage occupied by Mr. Hain, in Cecil-avenue, was destroyed by fire about 2 a.m on Tuesday morning last. The property is…
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Despite heroic efforts by their mother to rescue them, Una Agnes Murray, 2 years, and Nancy Joyce Murray, six months…
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Last Saturday night the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Smithson, of Forest Road, Lugarno, near the post office, was completely destroyed by fire. All…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Scores of workmen on the upper floors of Federal Fetters Pty., Ltd., Footsoray, had lucky escapes when a fire…
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James Nicholson and Thomas Gaudron, two fishermen from Tuncurry, had an unenviable experience late last night when a launch. The Hawke, owned by the former, caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Two Children Burnt to Death. Victorian Fires. £50,000 Factory Destroyed. MELBOURNE
Two children were burned to death at Hamilton, two fires, which caused damage estimated at more than £50,000 broke out in the city, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Waste of Time? Representations to Fire Board Lidcombe Appoints Delegates
Willoughby Council wrote to Lidcombe Council last week, stating that in reply to its letter concerning representations to be made to the Board of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Causes in No. 3 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Bavin and jury.) Fire at Cessnock. Carr v Baker
Further evidence was given, and the action is part heard. Mr. C. V. Rooney and Mr. Parsonage (instructed by Miss C. Jollie Smith and Co.)…
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With flames roaring to a height of 100 feet, another fierce fire broke out this afternoon at Selby, at the foot of the Dandenong Ranges. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fell From Fire Engine
Travelling on a Are engine to a blaze in Guildford-Road, Guildford, late last night, a partially-paid (volunteer) fireman, J. Headley, fell to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Evidence of Smell of Petrol Fire Officer's Statement Cessnock Fire
AN iron safe, showing the effects of a gelignite explosion, which was placed in the jury box formed an exhibit before Mr. Justice Bavin and a jury in No. 3…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£12,000 LOSS Rain Checks Fires MELBOURNE
Rain and a change of wind have checked most of the bush fires 'which have devastated thousands of acres of timber and grass lands throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →NON-SUITED Cessnock Fire Claim
Mr. Justice Bavin to-day, nonsuited Ivy Pearl Carr in her claim, at the Supreme Court, for £3000 damages from Bernard Ormond…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Started Fires with Cigarette Butts and Matches Melbourne
The allegation that Stanley Gee, confectioner, and part-time fireman, had started bush fires at Box Hill, was made at the Box Hill Court…
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The ruins of the Yenda Rice Mills, which were destroyed by fire during the week. Damage was estimated at £10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Victorian Fires. Eight More Houses Burnt. Men Exhausted Fighting Flames. Melbourne
Exhausted fire-fighters throughout the State were cheered to-day by a forecast that rain was expected. For the fifth day in succession the temperature to-day in Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cessnock Fire. Widow's Claim for Damages. Fall of a Wall
In the opinion of Fire-officer Rodney, the collapse of the walls of Baker's furniture emporium in Vincent-street, Cessnock, in the early morning of December 2, 1934, resulting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many Homes Menaced By Fire Danger to Rail Bridges Store Cash-boxes Removed
MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Kangaroos and wallabies fled blindly before fires that veered suddenly out of wild bush…
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