Officer Hurt in City Fire Glass Pierces Toe Of Boot
District-Officer Griffith, of Fire Headquarters, had an extraordinary escape to-day, when lighting a fire in the Mi Choice Cafe. King-street, city…
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Huge Fire Rages in Timber Yard Roof Falls As Firemen Leap Rail Bridge Alight; Rhodes Spectacle
Thousands of pounds worth of damage was done to-day by fire which, fanned by a strong wind, swept through part of the A. and E. Ellis Pty., Ltd., timber yard, on the banks of the Parramatta River at Rhodes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Are Curbed By Timely Rains: Burning Logs Danger MELBOURNE
The great bush fires which have swept through the Ovens and Milia valleys in the past few days have been curbed by thunderstorms in some places and good rains in others. But danger is still…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Firemen Take Chances Timber Yard Blaze
To save about £10,000 worth of timber, firemen took sensational risks yesterday, when fire swept through part…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crane collapses near fireman in big timber blaze
Firemen had narrow escapes from injury yesterday when a 100ft. crane and a galvanised iron roof crashed while they were fighting a timber yards fire at Rhodes. The jib of the crane fell across a wooden girder and…
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INVERELL, Saturday. -- Fire caused damage estimated at £30,000 at Mr. Fred Asimus' wine cellars at Bukkulla Vineyards, near Inverell, this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thumb Cut Off, But Fought Fire
Sean Rutter, a Picton water-carrier, had his thumb cut off by a circular saw, but that didn't stop him from helping in a fight against…
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Fire destroyed 50,000 gallons of wine in the wine cellar of Bukkulla vineyards this afternoon…
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Sparks blown from an incinerator on to heaps of tinder and dry sawdust started a blaze which caused about £5000 damage at A. and E…
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George Street West Fire Brigade yesterday put out the most convenient fire in its history. The fire occurred in the driving compartment of a tram, due to overheating of the motor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unoccupied House Destroyed by Fire
An unoccupied cottage in Kingston Avenue, Mortlake, was destroyed by fire early yesterday. The cottage was owned by Mr. J. Warner, of Foster Street,…
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Damage by fire at A. and E. Ellis' timber yards, Rhodes, on Saturday, was about £2000, the managing director (Mr F. Beer) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire and Bombs Realism In Raid Test LONDON
With extraordinary realism, the world's greatest air-raid defence test has been carried out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Timber Yard Fire. Two Mills Saved. Long Fight by 50 Men
Two timber mills at Rhodes were saved from destruction by fire on Saturday afternoon by the skilful work of firemen, but damage…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →£30,000 Loss by Fire in Wine Cellars. Bucket Brigade's Fight. Inverell
Fire which destroyed wine cellars at Bukkulla vineyards yesterday afternoon caused damage estimated at £30,000. Valuable plant and more than 50,000…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Rain Defeats Bushfires
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--With dramatic suddenness the fierce bushfires which have been sweeping the Tallangatta and Whorouly districts were…
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Fire broke out in the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's building material works at Pyrmont last night, and burned fiercely in a stack of fibrous sheets. Employees fought the…
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ORANGE, Monday.--A man who set fire to blackberry bushes within 10 yards of dry grass and thought he had extinguished it, was fined £5 today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Altmark's Bad Food Puts Men Into Hospital Norway in Line of Fire From Belligerents British Note London, Monday. Our Own Cable Service
SUFFERING from the effects of bad food, a number of Britons rescued from the Alt-mark are being treated at Edinburgh Hospital…
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Two of three small fires which occurred in the metropolitan area yesterday, are thought to have been caused by the rain…
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