Children Save Comics at Fire
Children yesterday saved dozens of comics from a fire at Matraville. The fire destroyed 50 tons of waste paper…
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2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 125
Six Escape Fire Home Gutted At Mortlake
A family of six escaped from a seven-room weatherboard house five minutes before it was completely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warship on Fire in Dock Smoke pours from ports Security guard
Fire broke out today on the Daring class destroyer Voyager, completing construction at Cockatoo Dockyard. Fire-floats from Goat Island raced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man's fire years in iron lung £20 a week to live
A 43-year-old Sydney man has spent half of the last 10 years in an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jet Bomber Down; 3 Die Plane Burnt Out
BRISBANE, Wednesday. -- A Canberra jet-bomber crashed and burst into flames when landing at Amberley RAAF Station this afternoon. All three members of the crew were incinerated. Their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blaze on destroyer
An oxy - welding torch is believed to have caused a fire yesterday on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Winnipeg's big blaze
A fire which swept through o downtown section of Winnipeg (Manitoba) last week caused…
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A fire which swept through a downtown section of Winnipeg (Manitoba) last week caused…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Winnipeg's big blaze
A fire which swept a through a downtown section of Winnipeg (Manitoba) last week caused…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Winnipeg's big blaze
A fire which swept through a downtown section of Winnipeg (Manitoba) last week caused…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Firemen Put Out Blaze In Destroyer
Firemen ashore and on two fire floats fought for three hours yesterday to put out a "fire in the lower hold of the destroyer Voyager at Cockatoo…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Protection for Industry
In its Easter Show display, Wormald Bros. Pty. Ltd. featured the Grinnell Automatic Fire Sprinklers, and drew…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seven Men Lit Fire--and Died
WEWAK, Tues.-- Seven natives built a fireplace on the beach at Aitape, 50 miles west of Wewak. They laid iron bars…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Vain Bid To Save Man From Fire
A motorist told the Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. E. T. A. Smythe, yesterday, of his vain attempt to save a motor cyclist from being burnt to death…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →G. Podmore to ride Swiss Fire today
Former Queensland galloper Swiss Fire, who is expected to be heavily supported at Kembla Grange today, will be ridden by G. Podmore…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →G. Podmore to ride Swiss Fire today
Former Queensland galloper Swiss Fire, who is expected to be heavily supported at Kembla Grange today, will be ridden by G. Podmore…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →G. Pod more to ride Swiss Fire today
Former Queensland galloper Swiss Fire, who is expected to be heavily supported at Kembla Grange today, will be ridden by G. Pod more…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Law Court Reports £45,000 Bushfire Verdict Upheld
The Full Supreme Court yesterday dismissed with costs, the appeal of the Commissioner for Railways against a verdict for £45,000 which Mr. Justice Herron awarded the Australian Woolbrokers and Produce Co. Ltd., for damage done to its…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Editorial Railways' Responsibility and Bushfires
A verdict of the Full Supreme Court yesterday throws a curious light on the State Government's recent decision to limit the liability of the Railways Department to £2000 for damage caused by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →River Was on Fire
CRAWFORDSVILLE (Indiana) (A.P.). -- Blazing petrol floated down a stream near Crawfordsville,…
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