Fighting Fires in the Air New Apparatus Is Tested CHEMICALS
WHAT is described by the Air '' Ministry as a "great stride forward" in preventing fires in aircraft' has been made in two devices…
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Battered, on Fire, and Sunk, But Still Goes
After having been sunk, and subsequently raised, hemmed in by lee, battered by gales and on fire within the past 14 months, the British steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →High Claims for French Helicopter — Draught Horses Killed in Melbourne Fire — Tram Men at Cricket
Above: The expression on the faces of the drivers in the Encourage Handicap at the Victoria Park meeting yesterday are worthy of study. The trotter on the right— Mighty Dollar—was the winner. Below: In mountainous seas in the Atlantic recently, the crew of the Trym were…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire at Furniture Factory
An outbreak of fire at Ogden's Furniture Factory in Rich-street, Marrickville, yesterday morning, was extinguished by the brigades before serious damage was done. A…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat Fires. Strange Story. Magnifying Glass and Matches. NARRANDERA
The discovery of contrivances for causing fire, by the action of the sun's rays in wheat crops at Euroley, was described to the Griffith Coroner (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Copra Fire Aboard Wairuna San Francisco
After a copra fire had been extinguished on the Union freighter, Wairuna, the loss was estimated at between £2500 and £5000 in cargo, and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Running Fire
MARRICKVILLE might aptly be termed the "p'rapsers" of the year. First three rounds saw them fall to weak clubs—Cheltenham, Warrawee…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Fire at Hurstville
At about mid-day last Thursday a fire broke out in a weatherboard cottage in Seymour Street, South Hurstville. A child, aged 24 years, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London Fire Brigade. London
KING GEORGE [?] accompanied by Queen Elizabeth, will open the new headquarters of the London Fire Brigade on July 21…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wairuna Damaged Fire At San Francisco
The Union S.S. Company's steamer Wairuna was damaged at San Francisco on Tuesday, when part of her copra cargo caught on fire. The loss…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Destroys Pigeons More Than 100 Birds Lost
More than 100 valuable pigeons perished this morning, when two lofts were destroyed by fire in Woodlands-road. Ashfield…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Won't Hear Them Fire Board Candidates Council's Preference
"This council should have the courage of its convictions. If it hasn't got the courage of its convictions, it should not be here." Alderman Hewson, at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Guns Fire -- and a Little Girl Licks Her Spoon Photo News
ABOVE : Who cares if I do lick the spoon? It's nice. Left: This is how girl riders fill in their spare time in a Melbourne Park…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cargo on Fire. Damage in Freighter Wairuna. San Francisco. Feb. 10
An outbreak of fire in the cargo of copra on the Union Company's freighter Wairuna has been extinguished. The damage is estimated at between 10,000 and 20,000 dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →St. Gabriel's School, Castle Hill, And Its Disastrous Fire. the Archbishop's Letter
Recently we published some particulars of the disastrous fire which destroyed a valuable portion of St. Gabriel's School for Deaf Boys, Castle Hill,…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Playing with Fire
“I thought of the times I had frightened folks with my toy gun,” confessed a youth in a Los Angeles criminal court, adding: “And so, I got a real gun and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burning Glass Used to Start Wheat Fires
At inquests into two fires in wheat crops witnesses told the Griffith Coroner (Mr. Savage) of the finding of magnifying glasses so placed that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gun Fire. Howitzers in Action. Artillery Activity
Yesterday was an occasion of great earnestness for artillery officers, when a battery ot 4.5-inch howitzers carried out a creditable shoot at Holdsworthy,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Bush Fires in W.A. Flames Sweep Farms and Cattle Perth (W.a.)
FURTHER reports to hand to-day give news of the appalling damage caused during the week by the greatest bush and forest fires…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Homes and Cattle Wiped Out by Fire Demon in W.A. PERTH
Devastating bushfires, which have swept the territory between Denmark and the deep river which empties into Nornalup Inlet since Wednesday morning have been responsible for widespread losses…
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