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Two men have lost their lives in the disastrous bush fires which are raging throughout the mountainous districts of Victoria, and fears are felt…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →ORANGE, Monday.--A celluloid doll ignited by a candle is believed to have set fire to a house in Peisley Street last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CALCUTTA, Monday.--Eight men were injured when police opened fire on a mob of strikers demonstrating outside the Bata shoe factory at Calcutta…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A man was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday With having set fire to shops in the Sydney Arcade on Sunday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A REVOLVER was fired at a woman when she went to the assistance of her son attacked last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BUSHFIRES, which have already incinerated two victims, are still raging in many parts of Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One town already has been wiped out by bush fire, a dozen others are threatened with destruction, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire destroyed Langtree Bros.' general store in Yenda and all the stock contained in it last night. The building burned so fiercely that the poor water pressure was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A sports car owned by Mr. N Keats. O[?] Ballina, was destroyed by fire in a garage in River Street early on Saturday morning The Ballina Fire Brigade, on entering the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Chelmsford Hall, which was owned by the Church of England, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. This was the second church hall to be destroyed by fire. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lionel Bowden, driver of the Walcha-Moona mail lorry, was badly burned on the arms when he attempted to extinguish a fire on the lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →During a heavy thunderstorm, which broke over Tenterfield early this afternoon, the telegraphic wiring system at the railway station fused. The wooden ceiling of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →MOREE, Monday.--Two baths patients, partially crippled, had a narrow escape when a fire broke out at Tara boarding- house, East Moree…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Desperate attempts are being made today with trucks and packhorses to rescue scores of timber-mill workers and their families cut off by raging fires in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A sequel to the £15,000 fire, to Sydney Arcade on Sunday, when 10 shops were gutted, was the appearance at Central Police Court yesterday of Harry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Harold Glen was committed for trial at the Moree Quarter Sessions on February 7 on a charge of arson at the conclusion of an inquiry held by Mr. V. H. Wells. S.M., to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →After dashing at full speed, the American motor-ship Yomachichi today reached the liner Rimutaka,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfires in many parts of Victoria have caused extensive damage and left many people homeless. Left: A householder and her daughters surveying salvaged furniture after their home had been burnt at Yallourn, where hundreds of residents fought the flames all day. Right: Ruins of one of the 45 houses which were destroyed at Dromana in the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →BODIES o ftwo men incinerated in yesterday's bushfires were found today. A third man who disappeared on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DESTRUCTIVE bush fires occurred in parts of Victoria during the week-end, causing widespread damage. Houses, haystacks, orchards, general…
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