Fire Affects Power Supply. Wauchope
A fire which broke out suddenly last night in the electrical equipment at the Wauchope power-house, plunged the town into darkness. The fire was apparently caused by a…
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Fire Air-Guns At Jewish Library
MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Youths hiding in Melbourne General Cemetery opened fire with air-guns at 9 tonight on the people entering the Jewish…
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NEWCASTLE, Rriday.--Fire caught the roof of a ward housing 40 children at the Newcastle Mental Hospital tonight. It was caused by sparks from a flue in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Asylum Dormitory. Children Sleep On. NEWCASTLE
While 40 children slept on in a dormitory at the Watt Street Mental Asylum to-night, the nursing staff extinguished a fire which broke out in the celling of the dormitory…
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THE unthinking motorist who stands by and blithely lights pipe or cigarette while the fuel tank of his car is…
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MONOSPAR'S TWISTED WRECKAGE. The machine was ready to leave Mackay (Queensland) for Townsville on Friday when it burst into flames. Pilot Pat Moore and his passenger, H. Drinkwater, got clear with their luggage as flames destroyed the plane…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Intruders Fire Shots. Birthday Party Disturbed MELBOURNE
Four shots fired by men in a taxi-cab supplemented the more conventional excitement at a birthday party at the house of Mrs. Agnes Cannard, of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cost of Fire Brigades. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I do not think anyone not interested in the profits of Fire Insurance Companies will agree with Mr. Fethers, of Royal Insurance Co., that such companies should not be asked…
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A lighted eigarette is believed to have mused a fire in the Hub Theatre Newtown, early this morning. The fire apparently orginated in the dress…
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DAMAGE estimated at hundreds of pounds was caused by a fire at the Mascot mill of Felt and Textiles Ltd. last night…
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Two [?] and a quantity of woof and kapok were damaged when fire broke out in the factory of the [?] Felt and Tex tile Co Ltd Doody Street Alexandria [?]…
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FIREMEN had to Break men way into the cork manufacturing premises of A. K. Zlotkowski Pty., Ltd, George Street North, last night…
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LONDON, Monday.--Its two occupants were killed when a railway air sendees plane crashed at Belfast Harbor airport last night…
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When her hair caught fire while she was standing in front of a stove, Joan Pitt, 10, of Goulburn, was severely burned on her face and head…
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Residents near Mr. A. Young's house in Windsor-road, Baulkham Hills, were alarmed on Monday afternoon when they saw flames shooting through the…
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Portion of a bridge in Orange Grove-road, near "Suicide Bend," at Liverpool, was damaged by a fire which spread form adjoining scrub on Saturday afternoon…
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An outbreak in a shed at the property of Mrs. Webb, in Wentworth-avenue, Wentworthville, brought firemen from Parramatta, Granville, and…
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TWO French Alpine tourists who mistakenly wandered over the French frontier into Italy were fired upon by Italian militia…
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EVEN now, as the foreman spoke the word "Guilty," Ignatius Runce was not abashed in his pride. For years he had defied and derided Scotland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Done Enough" Fire Hooter Complaints Goodyear's Reply
By refraining to sound the hooter except in cases of fire, it had done infficient to meet the requests of petitioners who claimed that the hooter…
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