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William Cuthbert Dodds, aged 66, married, the owner of Taishan Flats in Jordan Terrace, Breakfast Creek. lost his life when fire broke out in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →BECOMING terrified, William Wright Redmond, 13, attempted to escape by the usual…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"I THINK the damage and fire was caused by some person who had a personal grudge against the owner or his wife."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The subject of emergency exits has been emphasised by a recent tragedy in which, instead of discovering the emergency exit within 24 feet of the window from which he jumped, a lad took the fatal leap…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SOME notices telling or emergency tire exits were not adequately displayed, said Mr. A. J. de Baun yesterday. Mr. de Baun, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The opinion that a fire which occurred at the house of Leslie John Bovis, in Punchbowl Road, Lakemba, on August 26, had possibly been started by some person who had a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The City Coroner, Mr. Oram, yesterday found that the tragic fire which occurred at the Wentworth Hotel. Lans Street, city, on the night of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Action by the Lithgow fire brigade prevented the spread of a fire in a pine forest near the Small Arms factory. A small area of pine needles and grass was alight when the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The District Coroner. Mr. G. Williams, conducted an inquiry at Parramatta to-day into a fire which occurred at William McClure's grocery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An explosion which occurred while a student was experimenting in the Applied Chemistry building at the Queensland University this afternoon caused considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →WHILE a student was experimenting in the applied chemistry building at the Queensland University today an explosion occurred. Considerable damage was done to the building…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City buildings which do not possess adequate safety measures for life and property may have to be altered under new building by-laws now being considered by the City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damage estimated at £100 was done on Thursday by a fire which broke out in the kitchen and laundry of premises ocupied by Anthomy Calco, greengrocer,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The dance to be held by the Wentwothville Voluntary Fire Brigade in the local Masonic Hall on October 18 promises to be a great success. Organisers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Regulations specifically designed to reduce the risk of five in city buildings are contained in a draft by-law prepared by the Building Advisory Committee appointed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Thomas Beames, 25, laborer, and Dennis Daniel Sullivan, 25, of Granville, were yesterday committed for trial at Parramatta Coroner's Court on charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →After an inquiry at Parramatta Court yesterday into a fire in a grocery store, occupied by William MeClure, in Wentworth Avenue, Toongabbie, on September 5, the district coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Two men narrowly escaped being trapped on the first floor of the Gurton Tyre Company's retreading works in Nicholson Street, East Sydney, last…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Allegations that during the lunch hour at a Brunswick factory, lacquer thinners had been poured down…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Last Saturday night a fire occurred in a weatherboard cottage in Chamberlain Road, Bexley. The house was owned and occupied by Mr…
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