Melbourne Blaze
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- James Sheridan (80), pensioner, was trapped in a burning bungalow at Albert Park today, and was…
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Melbourne Blaze
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- James Sheridan (80), pensioner, was trapped in a burning bungalow at Albert Park today, and was…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Four bungalows and several outhouses were destroyed, and four people made homeless in a fire…
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Mrs. Francis…
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WAGGA, Monday.--A fire at the poultry cool-stores of T. Lawrence and Son early today caused damage estimated at £30,000…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- Mrs. Charles Morris (24) threw her two infant children from a fourth floor window and then leapt to death after them, when a raging fire swept through…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- Mrs. Charles Morris (24) threw her two infant children from a fourth floor window and then leapt to death after them, when a raging fire swept through…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- Mrs. Charles Morris (24) threw her two infant children from a fourth floor window and then leapt to death after them, when a raging fire swept through…
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ORANGE, Monday.—George Arthur Rutter, 44, labourer, of Orange, appeared before the Orange Court to-day on a charge…
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Waking to find her weatherboard house aflame early today, a 57-year-old woman rescued two elderly women and her pet dogs and cats before seeking safety. Mrs. Annie Fogarty, Union-st…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Temperatures rose throughout Victoria today and bushfires were reported in rough country near Aberfeldie, in…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Temperatures rose throughout Victoria today and bushfires were reported in rough country near Aberfeldie in…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Temperatures rose throughout Victoria today and bushfires were reported in rough country near Aberfeldie in…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Temperatures rose throughout Victoria today and bushfires were reported in rough country near Aberfeldie. in…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Temperatures rose throughout Victoria today and bushfires were reported in rough country near Aberfeldie. in…
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A fire which partly destroyed a weatherboard cottage in Union Street, Lidcombe, early yesterday morning, almost trapped…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Ten per- sons were injured, two seriously, when a fire swept the top two floors of a five-storey flat building in the…
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A wireless was completely destroyed and an occasional table and a carpet damaged by Are in the bedroom of the Federal…
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FIREBOATS AND TUGS fighting a fire which swept the wharves at Weehawken (New Jersey). One lock was destroyed and heavy damage was caused to other wharves and cargo, including crated motor vehicles…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday. -- A cripple was burned to death when flames destroyed a small downtown San Francisco hotel last night…
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