Big Fire at Howlong. Howlong
The largest and most destructive fire which has been experienced here for years occurred last night, and completely destroyed two general stores and the Howlong branch of the…
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Fire at St. Joachim's School, Lidcombe
On Saturday night a fire broke out in St. Joachim's School, Mary-street, Lidcombe, whilst the nuns (Sisters of St. Joseph) were in the chapel. The school…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Speed Boat on Fire. Occupants Dive Overboard
After desperately lighting a fire on the speedboat Endeavour, at Kogarah Bay last Saturday afternoon, the skipper and his mechanic were forced…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crying Children Watch Fire Destroy School Lidcombe Outbreak
School-children, some of them in tears, were among the spectators who watched portion of St. Joachim's School, Lidcombe,…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Preceded by an explosion which shook buildings for many blocks, a fire destroyed the premises of the Paratex Rubber Works,…
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Cesanock fire brigade was called but was needed this this afternoon when a fire occurred in the bonnet of a car owed by Charles Bessella, of Pokolboin Street…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Family's Escape in Fire Casino
Awakened by a crackling noise, the wife of Albert Edward Palmer, a returned soldier settler at Dyraaba Aim, found that their home was on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Explosion and Fire. Rubber Works Destroyed. MELBOURNE
An explosion of highly inflammable liquids blew a roof and a wall to fragments and began a fire which destroyed the contents of the Paratax Rubber Works, a two-storey…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Prize Oil Award Under Fire "Superficial" Critic Says Of Self-Portrait
Turner once said that "it takes a good deal of trouble to paint even an indifferent landscape." Looking round the collection of portraits sent to the Gallery for the judgment of the trustees in awarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Innocent Crackers to Blame Anti-Climax To Dash By Fire Fighters No Outbreak
UPON receipt of an urgent coll that premises in Mary Street, City, were blazing fiercely, members of the Flying Squad at Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shell Hits British Ship In Line Of Rebel Navy's Fire French Freighter Also Attacked London
A SHELL struck the British freighter Shetland (1846 tons) during the bombardment of Valencia by rebel naval forces…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Press Ashfield Fire
Portion of Paton Electrical Instrument Co.'s premises, Victoria Street, Ashfield, was damaged by fire early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Playing At Sailors... Fire In A Warehouse
"THE warehouse is on fire!" was the frantic cry as the neighboring tenants hastened to the scene of the tragic mishap. Dense…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shop Fire at Wagga. Wagga
The chance discovery of a fire in a grocery store by a milkman in the early hours of Saturday morning saved the place from destruction. The milkman noticed a white…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires on Battleship. "Italians Making Trouble In France." PARIS, Feb. 28
An Admiralty inquiry here established the fact that three fires on board the battleship Strasbourg, involving repairs costing £60,000, were caused by members of Italian secret…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lives at Stake in Fire at Night London
While sixty firemen fought an outbreak in a' furniture depository at Stoke-Newington early this morning, police roused the family in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hotel Fire at Tumut. Tumut
A fire which broke out to-day in the Commercial Hotel, Tumut, did about £2,000 worth of damage. The fire was first noticed in the roof, which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farmer Dies in Car Smash Fire Adelaide
Some distance from a blazing motor car, the badly- burnt body of Mr. Ira Nicholls, a well-known farmer (53), was found on a road near his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heffron Appeals For Swift Action By Labor Plans for Election Fires Of Zeal Rekindled Immediate Task
IN a direct appeal to the Labor Movement last night, Mr. R. J. Heffron, M.L.A., who has been appointed by the Central Provisional Executive to lead in the election campaign, called for swift marshalling of Labor's forces for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Houses Threatened by Bushfires. Victorian Outbreak. Residents Ready to Flee. Melbourne
Twenty-two houses were in danger when a fire which broke out in the State forest, near Selby, in the Dandenong Ranges, swept towards the township early this morning…
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