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45 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 3
AT about 6 a.m. on Sunday morning last a fettler on the railway line discovered a fire in the waiting room at the Shellharbour railway station." A hole about two feet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN inquest was held a" Shellbharbour on Tuesday last on the fire which occurred at the 8hellharbour railway station on the 8th instant (details of which were published in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TROOPER WOODS of Wollongong, in Waiting fr[?] the seat of a says;— Through some mistake we were taken too etose to a kopjo that was full of Boeer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We are indebted to Mr. E. Ramsay, of Woonona, for the following extracts from a letter received from his son Gilbert. The first letter is from Arundel, and dated 14th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first electric fire-engine of the firemen of Paris is now running on the streets and has already begun its work of saving life and properly. It is a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortly after 11 o'clock on Monday night the fire-bell rang out its dreaded alarm. Inquiry revealed the fact that Mr. J. W. Edwards' home at Garden…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The little 3 year old daughter of Mrs. Tom Stevens, Depto, was the victim of a serious accident through fire on Wednesday. The child becoming possessed of mathces,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As the project mooted by the Kiama Council for the formation of a local Fire Brigade has a genuine ring of determination about it, and le likely to result in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AFTER leaving Sydney on Monday afternoon, bound for Eden and other South Coast porte, the steamer Bega was found to be on fire. Captain Bishop put back…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Since I last wrote you our regiment has again been under the fire of the enemy. On Wednesday we left Bloomfontein, under the impression that we were to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Wednesday night last nearly 40 ratepayers of Kiama assembled in the Council Chamber to take part in the meeting convened by the Mayor (in response to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the Council Chamber on Wednesday night there was a large gathering of citizens interested in the proposed Kiama Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For those who are engaged in the [?] carrying trade, the report of the [?] Commission appointed to conduct Experiments as to the causes of spontansors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A GREAT fire hoe occurred at New York (U.T.) The outbreak hoe been traced to the explosion of a carboy of acid, which fired some cotton bales upon one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A great fire has taken place at Hoboken Docks, Now York. The explosion of a carboy of acid fired some cotton bales when 1500 visitors and workmen were in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gruesome stories have been published of boatmen refusing to save men drowning during the fire at the Hoboken Docks, New York. It is stated that crows of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MEETING of prospective members of the Fire Brigade about to be formed in Kiama was held in the School of Arts Games R[?]om on Tuesday night last, when there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MEETING of intending members of the Kiama Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday night last, when there were present :—Messrs. P. C, Davies (Captain,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire occurred at Dapto on Monday night by which a boarding house occupied [?] by Mrs. Rogan opposite the Smelting Company's works was totally destroyed…
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