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The quacking of a number of ducks probably saved the family of Mr. John Verrell from being burned to death in their beds at their home in Liverpool Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →FIRST there is bush fire, which causes great havoc and destruction, felling huge trees and killing birds and animals, and sometimes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Red Demons they call themselves, and the boys in light blue, with a waratah rampant who represented New South Wales yesterday on the Sydney Showground against Melbourne, sharers of top of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Two printing works were gutted and a motor greasing works and theatre scenery damaged in a £20,000 fire which swept through an old…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] of £20,000 was caused by a [?] the property of Investors Pty., [?]le Bourke Street, late last The fire started on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage estimated at £3000 was caused in a fierce fire which broke out in a timber mill near the Acheron, 14 miles from Healesville, to-day. The mill, which was owned by J…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Roaring up a staircase, which formed a powerful flue, a fire on Saturday night spread quickly from the ground floor to the top floor of premises in Little Bourke Street, city, owned…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE British Mediterranean Fleet has been authorised to shoot down, without warning, any planes attacking British freighters outside Spanish territorial waters…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Despite the efforts of firemen from a number of northern fire stations, the Mosman Bay laundry. In Shadforth Street, Mosman, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police believe that safe blowers were responsible for the fire which did £15,000 damage at Mosman laundry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When Langley's Laundry, in Shadforth Street, Mosman, caught fire at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, 26 firemen from four stations on the North Shore had to fight the fiercest…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →L Painell, while batting in a match at Dartmouth had the unusual experience of seeing his trousers catch fire when a ball struck him on the thigh, igniting a box of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →"GOBLIN GREENLEAF" (Nimmitabel).—One of the most exciting things that has happened on our farm was a bush fire. In this very mountainous country, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →ENGLISH speedway star Joe Abbott, had a remarkable experience while riding at Manchester recently…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →April Fire, who has shown promise over hurdles, has been again placed in work by M. Griffith at Ascot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last night a stable containing a valuable draught stallion, belonging to Mr. C. W. Cunyghame, was found to be [?]light. The horse was rescued and the fire extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dear Members,—There are so many interesting essays to be published that my letter this week must be very brief. I…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Telephonic communication with the Weather Bureau, which is not in a very accessible part of the city, was cut off last night by a fire, which started among some dried leaves…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Firemen at headquarters station had to interrupt their drill yesterday when a fire broke out in an electric motor in Sheffield House, the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →GENERAL fighting between the Japanese and Chinese troops has broken out in the Shanghai district with a terrific bombardment by…
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