Fire on Farm Casino
A shed containing 30 tons of lucerne hay and a car was burned at the farm of Edward Bracks, Tenterfield-road, to-day. The damage is…
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Bedding Used To Fire House BLACKHEATH
Torn bedding soaked in kerosene was used in an attempt to set fire to the weekend house of Mr. Chris O'Rorke,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Overtime Fire Fighting Rates. Victorian Forestry Commission Granted Exemption
When this application came on in Court in Melbourne on December 19, the Victorian Government submitted that in fighting bush and forest fires…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train on Fire. Sleepers Wake in Blazing Carriage. PERTH
Passengers in a sleeping carriage attached to the Perth-Wiluna train woke up this morning to fin that the carriage was on fire. The carriage was destroyed, but no-one was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Less Danger Fires in Country Districts
WEEK-END rains over large parts cocler, weather, temporarily reduced the danger from bush-fires. Fulls of up to half-an-inch were received…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Burns Shed
Fire yesterday destroyed an empty shed at the rear of Moran and Cato's grocery store in Military Road, Mosman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Board Election
Councillor E. S. Shaw, of Sutherland Shire, attended Holroyd council meeting on Tuesday night, as a candidate for the Fire Board election. He spoke briefly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The "Neutrality" of Fire
Dr. Oliver St. John Gogarty, famous Irish senator, poet, and playwright, is on a lecture tour in the United States. Explaining Irish neutrality, in an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Councillor Shaw Seeks Fire Board Nomination
Councillor shaw, of Sutherland Shire addressed Fairfield Council on Monday night as a candidate for the Fire Board. He has been a councillor for 17 years and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Priest Puts Fire Out MELBOURNE
The Rev. Father McCarthy interrupted a benediction service at Our Lady Help of Christians church in East…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on Railway Bridge. Moree
A special train brought a rescue party from Moree last night to fight a fire in the timbers of a railway bridge near Tycatnah station…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hold Your Tongue Poster displayed in Sydney drill halls. Agony of Goomeri Hotel Fire Inquest On 8 Victims BRISBANE
"Thank God you have arrived. Come and take charge. There is a woman at the end of the verandah and we can't get her out." This appeal was made to Sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Bushfires in Many Suburbs
A bushfire, which was menacing cottages being constructed in Edgbaston-road, Dumbleton, to-day, was stopped close to the fences after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Danger Of Bush Fires
Warning of the danger of bushfires in north-eastern parts of the State to-day was given by the State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Water Causes Fires
The Shire Electricity Department, in common with Drummoyne, Parramatta, Petersham, Leichhardt, Chullora, Kogarah,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires Leap At Wheat
ORANGE. Thurs.--A fire set alight to grass along the permanent-way between Millthorpe and Blayney to protect the adjoining property escaped the control of a gang of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Men Flee From Fire
Men fled from the building this afternoon when fire broke out in the paint dip-room at the new General Motors-Holden workshop at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brigades Quell Kuring-gai Fire
A bushfire which broke out near Chase-road, Kuring-gai, to-day, and quickly spread over a large area, was brought under control only after a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Escape "Hooked Up" Brisbane
Peter Bendle, barman, said at the Goomeri fire inquest to-day that the fire escape at the Grand Hotel was always kept doubled back by a hooked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Went Mad, Then Perished Terror Reigned in Hotel Fire Man's Story Brisbane
PARKER said that his wife had awakened him and "then went mad." He could not get to, her, and she had perished in the flames…
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