Fire Destroys Rail. Buildings Lismore
Although the cause is unknown, police are of tile opinion that there arc no suspicious circumstances associated with the destruction by fire…
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Two Men Burnt in Cafe Fire. Perth
Manuel Peter Temelkos, 33, and Con Valamis, 24, proprietor and cook, respectively, of the Willow Cafe, Hay Street, Perth, were severely burnt when the cafe was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Mystery Fire at Station £400 Damage Done Mullumbimby
Mullumblmby police and railway officers to-day tried to ascertain the cause of a fire which destroyed the Billinudgel railway station buildings…
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Pious folk from every part of Bulgaria have just been flocking to the tiny mountain village of Vulgari, to see the amazing yearly ceremony of…
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Dramatic incidents from this afternoon's fire at the I.X.L. jam factory. King-street, Newtown, Left -- Some of the frightened girl employees, after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Burns Five Buildings
BINGARA, Tuesday. -- Five buildings in the town were destroyed by fire today, damage amounting to £10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Tram. Driving Motor Overheats
A tram car from Manly, containing about 15 passengers, caught fire as it was descending the steep grade through the bush about 500 yards from The Spit terminus yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Bingara. Bank and Two Shops Destroyed. BINGARA
Fire destroyed the premises of the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, Ltd., the Owl Store, and refreshment-rooms called the Duck Inn, in the business section of Bingara this…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →80 Trapped in Fire Girls Gather on Roof Saved By Firemen With Ladders Factory Stir
About 80 girls were trapped at lunchtime to-day on the roof of the building of H. Jones & Co. (Sydney) Pty. Ltd., IXL Jam manufacturers, at the corner of Darlington-road, Forbes-street and Golden…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass Fire
Prompt action by the Granville fire brigade prevented the spread of a fire which broke out in grass near the railway line in Vulcan street on Thursday. No…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Putting Out Oil Fires with Fog
A NEW apparatus for extinguishing oil fires with sea water was tested yesterday off Goat Island…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Flouts Floats
THE Christmas Handicap winner, Fire, whose connections give him a great chance at Oakbank, is back in Adelaide from the river…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Fires Probed by Police Mullumbimby
Following the burning of Billinudgel railway station building in the early part of this week, a weatherboard cottage at Brunswick Heads…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council News. Fire Siren
A resident of Cronulla that his complaint re the matter of the Fire Siren at Cronulla seems to have beer shelved, he was promised by Council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →High Street Fire Benefit Arranged
A meeting was held in Mr E. F. Rule's office, High Street, on Thursday evening for the purpose of organising a benefit for Mrs Walsh and family,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Factory Fire Lismore Flood Scenes Photonews
PHEW! THAT'S BETTER! When fire broke out in the basement of the I.X.L. jam factory yesterday, these girls grabbed their belongings and struggled through dense smoke to safety. THESE FIREMEN HAD TO CUT their way through stout wire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sutherland Fire Areas. Excessive Insurance Rates
The Premier (Mr. Stevens) has informed Sutherland Shire Council that he would investigate the council's complaint of excessive insurance rates…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cronulla Fire Station. Residents Complain of Siren
Further complaints were received at the last meeting of Sutherland Shire Council from Cronulla residents concerning the nuisance being caused…
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EIGHTY girls at H. Jones and Co. (Sydney) Pty. Ltd., jam manufacturers, were rescued down a fire escape when fire broke out in the factory during the lunch-hour yesterday. The girls were having their…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Playing with Fire. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir—A party of small boys who frequent Seven Shilling Beach has been setting fire to grass, etc., on private properties on Point Piper with water-frontages…
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