Mountain Fire Causes Alarm Huge Area Swept Wodonga (Vic.)
Men from Kergunyah are fighting to prevent the spread of a mountain forest fire to the Kiewa Valley. Rain is regarded as the only thing…
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Fire Commissioner
Cabinet to-day decided to reappoint Mr. T. J. Smith as president of the Board of Fire Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Attempt to Set Fire to Hotel. Henty
What is believed to have been a deliberate attempt to burn the Central Hotel, Henty, was discovered about one o'clock this morning by Mrs. Sullivan, wife of the proprietor. She…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Child's Cries Save Hotel Suspicious Fire Discovered Albury
The cries of an infant sleeping on the second storey of the Henty Hotel at Henty early this morning saved the building from being burnt to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Today's News Of The World From Daily Telegraph Exclusive Correspondents Appeal To Italian Hunger Madrid Tries New Tagtics Propaganda "Gun" Fires Advice at Enemy Madrid
HAVING won success in battle against the Italian troops on the Guadalajara front, Madrid's defenders are now beginning to attack them with propaganda…
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WODONGA, Tuesday.--The wind has dropped, and with cooler weather, fears that bushfires would sweep down from the Murramurrarangbong Range…
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A fire broke out in the workshop of Hansen's insecticide factory in Auburn-road, Auburn, on Monday. Fire brigades from Auburn, Lidcombe, Granville and…
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What is the position with regard to the proposed provision of fire-fighting appliances at Springwood was the inquiry contained in a tetter received by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires in Railway Boxes. Maliciously Caused
The City Coroner (Mr. Oram) last week returned a verdict that a fire in a railway signal location hut between Arncliffe and Tempe on…
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HENTY, Wednesday.--John Arthur Lawson, 32, was charged at the police court today with having set fire to the Hotel Central. He was remanded…
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The State Cabinet at its 'meeting yesterday decided that the president of the Fire Board of New South Wales, Mr. Thomas J. Smith, should…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hurstville Fire Brigades. Up-to-date Stations
The Municipality of Hurstville, first became contributory to the Sydney Fire Brigades Board in the matter of fire protection as from 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →St Marys Council Victoria Park Pavilion Proposed Fire Brigade
The monthly meeting of St. Marys Council was held on Monday evening, when the Mayor (Aid. L. A. Muscio) and Aldermen L. T. Roberts, J. Irwin,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →City Fire Scene
Smoke pouring from the top floor shortly after the outbreak of the fire in Crane Building, Crane Place, off Pitt-street, City to-day. Damage, mainly to the top floor, was estimated at £12,000…
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A problem, apart from fire-fighting confronted the firemen outside Crane Building, Crane-place, city, to-day, when a fire hydrant burst. A huge geyser of water was thrown into the air, and this fireman rushed in to adjust the hydrant…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tram On Fire At Paddington
Passengers aboard a crowded tram at the corner of Moore Park Road and Anzac Parade, Paddington, had a few exciting moments shortly after…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coroner Says Fire Was Deliberately Caused Queanbeyan
The Coroner (Mr. E. R. Boardman) found that the fire at the Civic Stores on March 7, had been deliberately caused, but by whom…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →More Than 500 Pupils Die; School Wreck Building Collapses After Explosion Fire Adds To Horror Of The Catastrophe Frenzied Parents New York
WITH the wreckage of their school falling in on them, between 500 and 600 pupils were killed in Overton (Texas) to-day. It is estimated that between 30 and 40 teachers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →50,000 People Watch Big City Fire £12,000 Damage to a Building at Quay Mae Dashes Through Flame In Rush To Safety Second Outbreak
FIFTY thousand people poured to Circular Quay this morning to watch a fire which destroyed most of the top floor of Crane Building, in Crane-place. They surrounded the block in which the blaze…
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WITH incredible swiftness the top floor of Crane Building, Crane Place, Circular Quay, burst into flames yesterday, causing damage…
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