Dangerous Parliament House Fires, White Ants, Quaky Floors Menace M's.L.C. Repairs a "Waste of Money" Building Has Outlived Its Use
If you want to live dangerously, become a member of the State Parliament, and in that…
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Straw on Fire Wharf Blaze Checked
Prompt work by more than 40 firemen, in charge of Chief Officer Richardson and Deputy Chief-Officer Beare, today checked a fire on the…
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The district coroner, Mr. H. Richard son Clark, at Ryde Courthouse on Friday warmly praised the smart work of the Eastwood and Ryde firemen who had…
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In Bear & Co.'s advertisement in "The Sunday Sun," fire screens were given as 2s each, This should have read 6s 9d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Signal Fires Warn Pilot of Danger. "Plane Recalled to Sydney
Signal fires, lighted on the aerodrome at Old Bar, near Taree, yesterday warned the pilot of an air liner bound from Sydney to Brisbane not to go on with his journey…
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When fire broke out on McIlwraith, McEachern's No. 4 wharf at Darling Harbor yesterday, 60 firemen, from six stations, under Chief Officer…
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In one of the biggest fires Ballarat has ever seen, the Coliseum Theatre, Australia's largest picture theatre and scene of the South- street…
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A watchman saw sparks flying up from the roof of a shed used for lacquering at the paint, varnish, and lacquer works of Taubmans, Ltd., in Mary-street, St. Peters,…
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A disastrous fire was narrowly averted at the paint works of Taubmans, Ltd., in Mary Street, St. Peters, early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bellbird Mine Fire Profits v. SAFETY
On March 9 a section of the workers at the Bellbird Colliery (N.S.W.), No. 2 tunnel employees, returned home, having heard that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Straw. Subdued by 40 Firemen
Forty firemen, directed. by the Chief Fire Officer (Mr. Richardson), spent nearly an hour and a half yesterday subduing a stubborn fire which broke out in 10 tons of straw,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Sign Now Big Fire On Ship
Without a sign about her of the blaze that almost destroyed her a few months ago in Vancouver, the British cargo steamer Cape York…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Country News. Death of Bushfire Survivor Adelong
Frederick Robbins, a resident of this district for many years, has died at the age of 81 years. During the terrific bushfires that swept over this district 31 years ago, Mr…
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To test the resisting qualities of ship material and equipment, experiments are being carried out in America with fires on…
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The rains of the Coliseam Theatre, Ballarat, after it had been destroyed by fire yesterday. Within an hour £35,000 went up in flames…
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ATTEMPTING to save his employer's garage when it caught fire at the corner of Drynon street and Prospect Road. Summer Hill…
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A conference of representatives of fire brigades in the northern division met at Tamworth to begin organising work for the demonstration at Tamworth from March 2 to…
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A message from Ballarat states that the Coliseum Theatre was destroyed by fire to-day, and the adjoining buildings. including the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Destroys House at Barmedman. Barmedman
A weatherboard house in Queen-street, owned by Mrs. M. Geoghegan, of Sydney, and occupied by Mr. Albert York, was destroyed by fire last night. The building was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ballarat Fire. South-street Competitions. Building Destroyed. Melbourne
The Coliseum, where the annual South-street competitions are held in Ballarat, was burnt down to-day. The fire was the most serious in Ballarat for 50 years…
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