Paper Depot Is Destroyed Seven Brigades at Fire
Brigades from seven stations turned out last night to a blaze which practically destroyed a waste-paper depot, owned by Mr. Sydney Hughes…
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Paper on Fire. Building Destroyed. Surry Hills Outbreak
Damage estimated at between £300 and £400 was caused by a fire which completely destroyed a small building occupied by S. Hughes, a paper merchant, in Wilton-lane,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hat Shop Fire at Burwood Chemist Explains Cuts On Hands
Cuts on his hands on March 25 were caused by the explosion of a glass flask which he had been testing, said Francis Ingram Jones, an…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Aussie Nurses Under Fire “Bombs Miss Us By Couple of Yards”
Another gripping letter from Sister Mary Lowson, giving intimate details of the stark realities of the struggle in Spain, was received in Sydney yesterday It is addressed to Phil Thone, secretly of the Spanish Relief Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Under Fire Today!
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Continued on Trove, page 17 →Lorry Catches Fire
While Victor Vallard, of Wemyss Street, Marrickville, was examining the petrol system of his motor lorry by the light of a hurricane lantern in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Science Progress Fire-walking
The London Council for Psychical Investigation has for some time been interested in the scientific aspects of fire-walking, and in April, last arranged some demonstrations in which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Blaze at Car Body Works Vehicles And Plant Destroyed BRISBANE
Several motor- cars, also machinery and stocks of springs, were lost in a fire which gutted portion of the motor body -building works of Charles Hope,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burwood Fire. Coroner's Open Finding
An open finding was returned by the District Coroner (Mr. Williams) at the conclusion yesterday of the inquiry concerning a fire w[?]ich occurred in the Andrea Hat Shop,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Open Verdict at Fire Inquiry
After an inquiry, lasting eight days, into a fire in the Andrea Hat Shop, Burwood, the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. Williams) returned an open…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aid in Fire at Sea
HONGKONG, Friday. -- The Dutch steamer Tjlkarang is standing by the German steamer Oliva (7885 tons), afire 100 miles north-west of Manila…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shells Explode In Warehouse Fire
SAN FRANCISCO, Friday.--Four tons of three-inch and one-inch shells in a coastguard warehouse, which was swept by fire in Scattle, exploded and scattered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Log Fires and Many Flowers Farewell Dance at Camden
GUESTS who motored to Macquarie Grove, Camden, last night for the dance given by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Macarthur…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Panic. City Building. Terror-stricken Children. Firemen Mobbed
A panic, which firemen state was the worst they had experienced in Sydney, was caused by a f[?]re in Cameo Chambers, Pitt-street, city,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Panic Is Caused by Fire Children Parted From Mothers City Alarm
PANDEMONIUM Was caused in Cameo Chambers, Pitt Street, City, late yesterday afternoon, when a switchboard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nine Killed in 'Bus Fire When Vehicle Overturned San Francisco
Nine persons were burned to death to- day when a motor-'bus overturned at Redding (California). There were no survivors…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Women, Children in City Fire Panic Safety Dash Through Smoke When Switches Fuse
DENSE clouds of smoke and frequent explosions, caused by a fused switchboard, misled occupants of Cameo Chambers, Pitt Street, yesterday afternoon, into thinking the building was on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Motor Cars Fire in Body Works at Brisbane Brisbane
Several motor-cars, also machinery and stocks of springs, were lost in a fire which gutted portion of the motor body-building works of Charles Hope,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →I See A House On Fire
IT was a cold, dark night. Even the wind howling down the chimney sent a chill down my spine. I had a feeling that something very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Doctor Tells of Lease of Paris House Interesting Evidence During Fire Inquiry How He Was Financed
ILLUMINATING disclosures concerning a lease of Paris House, in which the Four Hundred Club is situated, were made at the Burwood Coroner's Court last week during an inquiry by the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. George R…
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