Blaze at Oil Factory Damage Estimated at £40,000
One of the main wings of James Barnes, Ltd.'s, linseed and cocoanut oil factory in Huntley Street, Alexandria, was swept by fire early…
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Oil Mills Fire. Family Flees for Safety. £50,000 DAMAGE
An electrical short circuit is believed to have caused the fire which early yesterday morning destroyed the crushing mill at the oil mills of James Barnes…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Quarantined Liner Discharges Passengers — New Short-wave Beacon — Valuable Plant Destroyed by Fire
A ferry removing from the Strathaird in North Harboun yesterday the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Bushfire Destroys Cottages. Children Dismissed When School Menaced. MELBOURNE
A bushfire swept from Coldstream to Wandin North to-day, and destroyed two weekend cottages and thousands of acres of bush. Many homes and farms were saved by…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →News Of The World From Daily Telegraph Correspondents Italian Mutiny Reported "Into Train for Spanish Front at Gun-point" Lerida, Key Town, Under Fire GIBRALTAR
ITALIAN troops brought across the Mediterranean from Libya to Cadiz (southern Spain) mutinied last Monday, reports the Spanish Press Agency…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ten Thousand Watch Fire Shopping Night Blaze in City Paint Warehouse
TEN thousand people watched a fire last night in the warehouse of W. S. Friend and Co., in Clarence Street, near Market Street. The damage will amount to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Workers Chased by Fire
Four men were injured--two seriously--when they were chased by a river of fire which followed an explosion of petrol in a sewer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stop Press Fire in Factory
Headquarters and George Street West fire brigades turned out to extinguish a small fire in Walder's factory in Holt Street, Surry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in City. Great Crowd Looks On
Fire broke out in the paint section of W. S. Friend and Company's warehouse in Clarence Street, city, last night. The damage was estimated at several…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Brigade Hours Protest Meeting On
Members of the Fire Brigades' Union will hold a meeting at the Trades Hall at 12.45 p.m., on Monday, to protest against the 78-hour week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man's Suicide Follows Billiard Room Fire Liverpool
The District Coroner, Mr. P. S. Poolman, to-day found that James L. Morris, 67, of Smithfield Street. Smithfield, died on February 17 from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →10,000 See Big Fire Splendid Save by Firemen Chemical Foam Used On Flames WAREHOUSE
CITY firemen made a most spectacular save last night when a fire broke out on the first floor of the five storey…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Republicans Hold Lerida by Sham Evacuation Withering Fire Hits Rebels In "Deserted" City Hundreds Die, 6 Tanks Lost, in Wild Retreat Barcelona
STRATEGY triumphed over weight of arms when the defenders of Lerida lured the rebel troops to march into the town, believing it to have been evacuated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grave Unrest Among Fire Brigades
GRAVE unrest among the fire brigades-men has followed the deep disappointment that the State Arbitration Court last week should fail to reduce the weekly hours in Sydney and Newcastle below 78…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Finished Race with Midget Car on Fire
With his midget car on fire, Les Dillon last night completed the race in the first heat of the Chant Handicap at the Sports Ground. As soon as he stopped the car,…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →"Vendetta Against My Father" Smithfield Fire Allegations
ALLEGATIONS that there had been "a vendetta" against her father were made by Macsmore Gwendoline Morris when the Liverpool Coroner inquired into the destruction by fire of Morris' billiard room and sports club in Liverpool-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Fire Brigades' Demonstration. Goulburn
The selection of Katoomba, for the second time in three years, as the venue for the N.S.W. Volunteer Fire Brigades' demonstration caused a heated protest at a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Inquiry Into Fire. Tumut
The coroner, Mr. R. L. Blakeney, at an inquiry into the cause of the fire which partially destroyed Tweedie's Buildings, Tumut, on March 27, said that the fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Grass Fire. Flames 100 Feet High. MELBOURNE
Flames which at times reached a height of 100 feet destroyed thousands of acres of grass at Sandy Creek, near Yackandandah, at the week-end. The fire is described as the worst…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Miami Hangar. 14 Aeroplanes Destroyed After Explosion
The Miami municipal airport's main hangar and 14 planes were destroyed by fire after an explosion from an unknown cause. The loss is estimated at 350,000 dollars…
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