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SIX hours after they had extinguished one fire at Australian Soaps, Ltd., Beaconsfield Street, Alexandria, brigades were called to another fire on the same premises, which ultimately destroyed the works…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The fire which destroyed most of the works of Australian Soaps, Ltd., at Alexandria on Saturday night, did damage estimated at about £ 85,000. The top picture shows two of the firemen directing a stream of water at the fire in which more than 20 of their companions were injured. An idea of the extent of the damage may be gained from the bottom picture, which was taken…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →When a fire-engine from the Granville Fire Brigade collided with a "silent-cop" at the intersection of Western Road and Church Street, Parramatta,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The new fire station at Merrylands, a modern brick structure with tiled roof was officially opened on Thursday. There was a representative gathering…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, Sunday. -- A fire which is destroying 1200 acres of the Challis National Forest (Idaho) is still out of control…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spreading with remarkable rapidity, a fire on Saturday night swept the rear portion of the top floor of a store in Bourke Street, city, owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The new Douglas D.C.2 airliner Kyeema arriving at Kingsford Smith aerodrome, Mascot, on Saturday, from Melbourne. The plane is one of two which will operate a 10-hour service between Brisbane and Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →At least 20 firemen were injured, one of them severely, and damage estimated at £85,000 was done, in the fire which destroyed the greater…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A new firebrick background to grates operating on a slow combustion principle is making its appearance in small homes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →REBEL batteries round Madrid began at 3 a.m. to-day, the heaviest bombardment of the capital to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →After a lengthy inquiry into the cause of a fire which destroyed a house on St. Hubert's Island on the night of July 18, the district…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →POOR John stood in the dark, staring helplessly in the direction in which Sheila had [?]lloped. He felt very much like sitting down [?]nd bursting into tears, for he was tired and…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →A fire broke out yesterday afternoon in a wooden building which was once the waitingroom on the Burwood railway station, but which is now used as a storeroom and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Sixty-one guns awakened echoes from every headland round the Harbor to-day. Sydney heard more thunder of cannon at the same time…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mystery surrounds a report that a small steamer or collier appeared to be on Are from bow to stern for a few minutes off Cronulla yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →—but, like other crimes, fire-raising is never quite as easy as it looks. That, at least, was the experience of Mr. Finch. Finch's hesitation justified Inspector Raven in faking a good look round the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Slight damage was done by fire to the old passenger platform on the western side of Burwood station yesterday. The building is used as a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The most serious fire experienced in Sydney for years occurred at the works of Australian Soaps Ltd. on Saturday night. Soon after the alarm was given at 9 o'clock great blasts of flame and smoke belched high into the air, and the dull, thunderous roar of the flames within the building was punctuated by many explosions. More than 100 firemen fought the outbreak, some of them at such close quarters that twenty were injured before the flames were subdued. Only by the use of the firemen's most recent weapon—foam—were the flames prevented from spreading to adjoining buildings. Canisters of powder were clamped to the nozzles of the hoses, which shot out great streams…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →A number of people at Cronulla yesterday were so convinced that they saw a small passing steamer enveloped in flames that they telephoned alar[?] calls to the fire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →WHEN a fearsome, bearded pirate brandished his sword and threatened death if not admitted, the doorkeeper at the Palais Royal last…
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