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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Eight Victims of Hotel Fire. Survivor's Allegation. "Escape Was Folded Up." Brisbane
An allegation that blinds were nailed down where the fire escape joined the verandah, and that the bottom part of the fire escape was folded up to the top and secured by…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"Could Not Use Escape" Blinds Nailed Near Ladder, Declares Hotel Fire Witness BRISBANE
Allegations that blinds were nailed down where a fire escape joined a verandah of the Grand Hotel, Goomeri, were made at an inquest today on the deaths of eight persons in a fire at the hotel on December 23…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fight Against Bushfires. Brigades Lack Equipment. Restriction on Brass
Bush-fire brigades in many parts of New South Wales will be unable to obtain fire-fighting equipment, until almost the end of the summer, chiefly…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →To-day May Be Very Hot. Temperatures Rise. Bushfires Likely
After three weeks of moderate summer weather, during which the temperatures rarely reached 80 degrees, Sydney is expected to experience hot…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Consumes Two Haystacks Junee
Cliff Ochm, a well-known district farmer, yesterday afternoon drove his motor truck within a few feet of two haystacks on his property, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jute Damaged by Fire on Wharf
Several bales of jute were damaged to-day, when fire occurred on a wharf at Woolloomooloo. Firemen quickly quelled the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hotel Fire Broke Blinds to Escape
BRISBANE, Friday.--"Parker broke through the blinds; he appeared to come right out of the fire; he fell with flames licking him."…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hotel on Fire Alarm Given In Night WAUCHOPE
Men and women clambered through windows when fire destroyed the Star Hotel, Cameron-street, early…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Paint Tank on Fire. Cover Blows Off. Firemen's Narrow Escape
Three senior officers of the Fire Brigade had narrow escapes when the top blew off a paint dipper tank which had caught fire at the new factory of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →6 Men In Peril From Fire Duco Tank Explodes in Factory
Four employees had remarkable escapes yesterday when fire broke out in the paint bay at General Motors-Holdens new £264,000 car assembly plant at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inquiry Into Hotel Fire. "Windows Boarded Up." Barman's Evidence. Brisbane
A statement that the windows outside his room and that of Mrs. Frahm were boarded up with battens about three or four inches apart on the lower part of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fire Threat Big Blaze in Auckland
AUCKLAND (N.Z.). Saturday. A FIRE in the Hope and Gibbons Buildings in one of the largest city blocks,…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Colliery Blaze at Maitland West Maitland
Members of the West Maitland fire brigade fought a blaze in the old Bloomfield colliery, six miles from, here, for five hours to-day before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hotel Gutted by Fire Wauchope
INMATES of the Star Hotel, Wauchope, had narrow escapes from injury when the premises were completely Rutted by fire between…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Vic. Bushfire Anniversary
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Many country clergymen will hold memorial services today for the 66 who died in last year's tragic Victorian bushfires…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blaze Near Rockley Bathurst
Lightning is blamed for a bushfire which spread quickly to-day on S. Brennan's property near Rockley. Firefighters have been called out. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TARZAN Between Two Fires
Crashing through both walls of the flimsy paradise, the elephant bore Valthor and Tarzan out on to the plain toward freedom…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Jute on Fire
Flames from an oxy-acetylene cutter set alight and destroyed a pile of jute 20ft. high stacked on a wharf at Woolloomooloo on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on Wharf
Sparks from an oxy-acetylene cutting machine being used on a steamer berthed at a Woolloomooloo wharf on Saturday are believed to have ignited stacks of jute which had…
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