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Fierce bushfires destroyed thousands of acres of rich forest in the Kalorama district, Dandenong Ranges, to-day. No lives were lost, but many people were…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →HOW the instinctive desire of a child to create fire springs from a primitive worship was explained yesterday by Miss E. Bothwell,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Parrmatta District Coroner (Mr. G. R. Williams), returned an open verdict in his inquiry into the fire which destroyed the tailor's shop at Parramatta Gaol the day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Automatic Fire Sprinklers Pty., Ltd., has written to the "Herald" stating that at the fire caused by the ignition of a box of crackers at Nock and Kirby. Ltd., George Street…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The cause of a fire which destroyed the tailoring shop and contents at Parramatta Gaol on Christmas Eve could not be determined by the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →IN thick dry bush country threatened by devastating forest fires, 8-years-old Joseph Moschetti, an Italian boy, is lost somewhere near Mt…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →NEXT week Australian and New Zealand cruisers will fire in huge explosive shells at each other during manoeuvres at Jervis Bay-- but none of them will reach the marks at which they are aimed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Radio is the latest recruit to be enlisted in the ranks of local bushfire fighters. Station 2 GZ Orange, will interrupt…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →DESTROYiNG a factory and its contents, including several motor trucks, a fire swept through the premises of the Excelsior Case…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A fire occurred yesterday afternoon in the cellar of the store of S. Richards and Co., Ltd. Smoke filled the store, which is one of the largest in the Riverina, and greatly…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire broke out in Toohey's Brewery in Elizabeth Street, city, yesterday. A quantity of pitch and portion of the ground floor were damaged before the outbreak was subdued by…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A weatherboard cottage at East Manildra, occupied by Mrs. A. Hetherington, was destroyed by fire yesterday. The occupants were absent at the time of the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Damage estimated at about £2,000 was done by fire at the Petersham Council's head depot, opposite the Petersham raliway station, yesterday afternoon…
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →Evidence of how after she had seen a woman carrying a tin towards a house in Coomber-street, Paddington, she had seen, smoke issue from the front of the house, was given by Mrs. Sarah Baccus, widow, at the Coroner's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hundreds of men, women, and children in pyjamas to-day saw 50 firemen fight a fire which caused damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A cigarette butt thrown from a building is believed to have been the cause of a fire which broke out today on a motor lorry loaded with new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An electric iron which had been left turned on started a fire at a grocery store in Harris Street, Ultimo, yesterday. The store, occupied by Mr. William…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →One of the 22 cars which were caught by flames early yesterday morning in the ground floor of the motor service and used car department of Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Woolloomooloo. Two of the cars, several of which had been left for service, were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The overheating of an electric iron was, according to fire officials, probably responsible for the fire which did considerable damage to…
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