The Camp-fire
SOFTLY the winds stirred the trees, as the tired cattle rested in the long grasses, their gentle lowing mingling with the silvery tinkle of the horse bells…
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Electricity Sub-Station Fire Risk
SYDNEY County Council has been asked to suspend construction of its underground electricity sub-stations…
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The County Council is not likely to agree to suspend the constiuction of underground substations pending an inquiiy into fire risk. The council will probably discuss to-day s…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Chief's Fears New City Electrical Sub-stations
THE construction of 80 underground sub-stations at an estimated cost of £120,000, by the Sydney County Council, is likely to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Lost in Big Fire £10,000 Involved in Decision
DEDUCTION by Golds-borough, Mort and Co. of amounts for commission and other charges in settling its liability to a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Factory Blaze. Damage at Forest Lodge
Damage estimated at several thousand pounds was caused by a fire which broke out in the factory of Standard Sweets, in Parram[?]tta-road, Forest Lodge, late last night…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Stop Press £4000 Fire
Damage estimated at £4000, was caused by fire in building occupied by Standard Sweets, Parramatta Road, Camperdown, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fierce Fire In Factory
A FIERCE blaze broke out late last night in Standard Sweets factory in Parramatta Road, near Ross St.,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Fire Damage at Sweets Works
Fire seriously damaged a building occupied by Standard Sweets, Parramatta Road, Camperdown, late last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fell Into Fire During Fit Grafton
Mrs. Catherine Taylor. 54, during a seizure, fell head first into the fire at her home at Pipeclay. Her screams brought her daughter, who rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Store of Sugar Feeds Flames in Factory Fire
A fire which broke out late last night in a confectionery factory at Forest Lodge, fed on the stocks of sugar, sweets and similar inflammable material, and the building burned quickly. The damage is estimated at several thousand pounds. A man, his wife and five children in an adjacent house were forced by the extreme heat to leave their home…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →County Council. Underground Power Stations. the Risk of Fire
Sydney County Council is to suspend operations on additional underground electrical substations in the city area pending negotiations with the chief…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wool Store Fire. Graziers to Recover. £10,000 INVOLVED
The Full Court yesterday decided in favour of farmers and graziers on certtain supplementary claims arising from the destruction of their wool when the Pyrmont store of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Today's News Of The World From Daily Telegraph Exclusive Correspondents Destroyers Race On False Mission S.O.S. Said British Ship on Fire Arrived to Hear Spanish Vessel Had Been Sunk London
A MUTILATED radio message sent four British destroyers racing through a gale late yesterday afternoon to the rescue of the British freighter Adda, allegedly on fire and sinking in the Bay of Biscay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Men Died in House Fire
DUNEDIN, Wednesday. -- Having examined bones thought to be those of two men who perished in a fire, a pathologist announced at the inquest…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Malicious Fires on Railways Many Outbreaks In Signal Location Huts Dangers Arise
THE startling disclosure that a series of five malicious fires in railway singal location huts within close proximity of the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →With the Guns Boys Who Blaze Away and Spoil Good Sport Opening of the Duck Season
SHOOTERS who visited the Gippsland Lakes district of Victoria enjoyed fair to very good sport on the occasion of the duck season opening. MANY sportsmen missed the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →SUCCESSFUL Claim Arising Out of Wool Store Fire
THe full court hui decided in favor of farmers and grasiers on certain supplementary claims arising from the destruction of their wool when the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Has Log Fires In The Tropics
To live in the tropics and have to sit by blazing log fires at night is the experience of Mr. S. Lewis, who is connected with a gold company in…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fires in Railway Boxes. Maliciously Caused
The City Coroner (Mr. Oram) on Wednesday returned a verdict that a fire in a railway signal location but between Arncliffe and Tempe on January 12 had been maliciously caused…
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