Forest Fire. Twelve Men Perish. Trapped on Rock Ledge. New York, Aug. 23
Twelve Civilian Conservation Corps workers lost their lives, and 48 were severely burned when they were trapped on a rock ledge while…
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Draper's Shop Burnt Out. Tweed Heads
Stock and fittings valued at £800 were destroyed by fire and water on premises in Nerang Street, Southport, occupied by Mr. H. Clegg, draper and fancy goods retailer. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire at Gasworks. Albury
William Chammings, an employee of the Albury Gas Company, received severe burns on an arm and suffered shock when attempting to extinguish a fire which broke out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Awards for Rescuers Govt. Action Over Ferry Fire
A recommendation will be made by the Government that the Royal Humane Society's award for bravery be given to firemen and others who…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Forest Fire in U.S.A. New York, Aug. 23
Two more of the men who were severely burned during the fire in the Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming, have died, making the total 14. The fire is now dying out…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Appeal by Wool Brokers Outcome Of Fire In Pyrmont Store to High Court
HEARING was commenced in the High Court yesterday of an appeal by Goldsbrough, Mort Ltd., in an action the outcome of which is of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Saved by Dog Family's Peril In Fire Warning Bark a Dog's loud barking
A saved the lives of Kenneth Hargreaves and his wife and seven-year-old son, Neville, when their home at The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Japanese Launch Big Attack. Newly-landed Troops in Action. More Fires at Shanghai. Japanese Claim Capture of Vital Pass in North. LONDON, August 24
The Japanese have launched a general offensive on land, sea, and in the air, both at Woosung at the mouth of the Whangpoo River, where their reinforcements landed yesterday, and in Shanghai itself…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fire-bug at Work Again Blaze Destroys Church MELBOURNE
Ballarat's fire-bug caused the third blaze in a week early to-day when the Town and City Mission Church, on the main road, Ballarat East, was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Camp Fire Big Scout Function
The Parramatta Boy Scouts! ''camp fire,'' postponed from last Saturday because of the inclement weather, will be held next Saturday (commencing at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sutherland Fire Station Objections to Site
Protests are being made at Sutherland regarding the Board of Fire Commissioners' proposal to purchase a site in Belmont Street for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fought Blaze in 'Bus
Fritz Goldner, member of the Weintraubs comedy band, which has been playing at a city theatre, was burned about the hands to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ingendiary Fires. Ballarat Churches. MELBOURNE
Fire, which it is suspected, was started deliberately, destroyed the historic Town and City Mission Church at Ballarat early this morning. Firemen saved the Sunday school…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sutherland Fire Brigade
Sutherland Chamber of Commerce has communicated with Sutherland Council, expressing the opinion that the proposed site of the Sutherland Fire Station in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Wool Fire Insurance Appeal
The High Court this week reserved judgment on an appeal by Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd., against the decision of the State Full Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire-Bug Blamed For 15 Outbreaks
BALLARAT, Thursday. -- Ballarat's third fire this week today destroyed the City Mission Church. This makes the 15th Are believed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire-bug at Ballarat Melbourne. Thursday
Ballarat's firebug is blamed for the third blaze in a week, which occurred at Ballarat East early to-day, when the Town and City Mission…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Aged Man Found in Fire Melbourne
TN a smoke-filled room at the Hay- market to-night, firemen found George Brenen, 73, staggering about with burns to his face and scalp…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Fat Was in the Fire Much Ado About Nothing
SIZZLING fat in a frying pancaused fire brigades to race to a building in Bathurst Street City last night. The fat had caught fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Country'news. Fire" at Bathurst. Bathurst
A warning to unauthorised persons installing or altering electrical appliances was made by the coroner (Mr. Bromhead) at an inquiry into the fire which damaged the stock and…
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