The Hokitiki Fire. What a Stone Did
The "West Coat Times," New Zealand, reports in connection with the fire at Hokitiki on December 18 that a small stone about the size of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires & bushfires, 1898
26 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
Disastrous Fire
ON Sunday afternoon last a fire broke out in a large outhouses used as a storeroom, at the rear of Miss A. Goodwin's premises in Thomson street on the top of Connell's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miss Caprice. Chapter Iii. Saved by Fire
She looks up into his eyes ; them is a set expression to be seen there, but his face is no whiter than before, although it must be a terrible shock to any, man t…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miss Caprice. Chapter III—(Continued). Saved by Fire
"Lady Ruth!—I thought you went out with the rent," he Rummers, with a guilty blush, for it chances that at the very moment he is thinking of her, and what…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Albion Park Jottings. Fire on Stockyard Mountain
A disastrous fire occurred on Stockyard Mountain on Tuesday afternoon last, when a dwelling house and a great portion of its contents belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Formidable Record. a Year's Fires in London
A year's fires in London is a formidable record. The number increases rapidly year by year, whereas with the great improvements in heating and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Roberts on Rifle Shooting. the Necessity of "Collective Fire."
WE have been requested by the Council of the New South Wales Rifle Association to publish the following latter received in Sydney from Lord Roberts:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire Fiend. Cottage in Barella-street Destroyed
Between 8 and 9 o'clock on Thursday night the townspeople were startled by the ringing of the fire-bell, and very soon afterwards a great sheet of flame in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire
Last night, just before going to press, we learned that a hay shed, with a large quantity of hay, belonging to Mr. R. Spinks, residing near Balgownie, was totally destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Mount Keira
On Wednesday night a four-roomed cottage situated under Mount Keira and occupied by Mr. A. M'Donald, was totally destroyed by fire. Mr. and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Mount Keira
Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon a four-roomed weatherboard cottage belonging to Mr. William Makin, fireman on the Mount Keira Company's locomotive, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Corrimal. Mr. Clark[?]'s Residence Totally Destroyed
Our correspondent writes:—This town was thrown into a state of great excitement on Sunday night last by the alarm of fire. Services were about to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Fire at Corrimal
Our correspondent writes:—A public meeting was held in Mr. Russell's new stores at Corrimal on Tuesday night to consider the best means of affording…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Meagher and Norton. Norton Fires a Revolver at the M.p. and Is Arrested
R. D. Meagher, M.P., about whom John Norton published a roost scurrilous article in Truth the other day, attacked Norton in King-street yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire at Redfern. Immense Damage Done. the Blaze Crosses Streets. Twenty-one Buildings Destoyed. 12,000 People on the Scene
ONE of the most disastrous fires that has ever taken place in Sydney occurred in Regent street, Redfern, shortly after dinner on Saturday last, The first intimation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Dapto Letter. Fire
At an early hour on Saturday morning, variously stated at from 1 to 3 o'clock, the inhabitants of Dapto were aroused by cries of "Fire!" and turning out beheld the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Notes from Sydney. the Redfern Fire
THE recent fire at Redfern, which proved so disastrous in its results, is still the subject of remark. Now that the debris has been removed from the street, and traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Mount Kembla
About 1 o'clock on Tuesday morning the general store occupied by Mr. William Monks at Mr. Kembla, and owned by the Mr. Kembla Company, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades and the Truck System
Every year for some time part £1000 has been placed on tho Estimates for an annual competition and carnival by Volunteer Fire Brigades of the colony, which usually takes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Redfern Fire
The Redfern aldermen are much concerned with regard to the kind of building which Messrs. Hudson and Company propose to srect in place of the structure…
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