Chimney Fire
If a chimney catches fire, burn some wet newspapers in the grate, and the steam rising up the chimney will generally extinguish the fire…
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Fire at College
A slight outbreak of fire occurred in the schoolroom at Queen's College, Liverpool, last Tuesday week, when the pipe of the heater became red-hot and set…
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A FIRE, which followed some duco spray coming in contact with a naked light caused 20 men to rush for safety in a Cleveland St…
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A large two-storey building, which for several years had been a boarding house for tourists, was destroyed by Are last night. The cause of the fire is unknown. The building…
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A five-year-old girl, Margaret McKenzie, succumbed to extensive burns at the Canterbury Hospital last night, after being dragged…
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At the last meeting of the Shire Council the Shire Clerk reported that representatives of the Fire Underwriters’ Association interviewed him, after…
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It is becoming a matter of course that dances held by the Merrylands firemen prove to be a huge success. Approximately 300 enjoyed their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clothing Catches Fire. Girl Dies in Hospital. Casino
Fay Kenny, 3, died in the Casino Memorial Hospital from burns received when her clothing caught fire. The child was playing near an open fire…
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George Clampett, 62. a pensioner, was found burned to death to-day in his room on the first floor of premises in Oxford-street, Paddington. He is…
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In this report at the last meeting of the St. George Country Council, the electrical engineer (Mr. Thompson) said now that council’s maximum demand to the…
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After a bottle of kerosene matches, and charred woodwork had been found in the porchway of the old Catholic Church at Peak Hill, Detective-sergeant Frankish and…
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WARRINGAH Shire Council is considering a proposal to charge rentals for a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russia Lights Huge Fires Thick Smoke Over Upper Baltic LONDON
Enormous smoke clouds drifting to Finland and Sweden are due to moss fires deliberately made by the Soviet in connection with projected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Typhoon Hits Japan Cities; Fire In Tokio Fishng Flieets Vanish in Mountainous Sea Tokio
THIRTY-FOUR people are dead, and hundreds missing, after the worst typhoon of the century. It swept through Tokio, Yokohama, and Nagasaki, parts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ship's Fire Kept Secret From Women
To avoid possible panic, women passengers were not told about a fire in the Anchises which took a week to extinguish…
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Japanese citizens killed in fighting fires caused by enemy air raids on Japan will receive the same State honors as those killed in battle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helpers At Blaze Were Not Very Helpful MOREE
FURNITURE was thrown over balconies and smashed when rescuers became panicky at a fire in the main street last night. The fire destroyed a weatherboard furniture shop…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Baddeley Under Fire on Coalfields Cessnock
Interest in the Labor dispute on the coalfields is reverting to the politicians. Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., has become…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lang Returns Heffron Fire Broken Hill Audience Boos His Entry, But Later Cheers Him Broken Hill
THOUGH an audience of 1200 gave Mr. Lang a mixed reception at the Crystal Theatre this afternoon, he was cheered at the end of his three hours' address. Mr. Lang replied to points made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plane Crash Horror 10 Killed and 25 HURT Three Houses Are Set On Fire Street Scenes London
Ten persons were killed and 25 injured and three houses were set on fire to-day as the result of an R.A.F. plane crash at Edmonton (Middlesex). The plane fell on top of a house in…
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