Fire at Echuca
The Murray-bridge Hotel at Echuca was destroyed on Sunday by fire, not withstanding the stremous efforts of the fire brigade, all its contents being…
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Traveller. a Prairie Fire
Dick looked around: in the thin smoke he smelt fire, and noticed that little cindrous particles were falling round him, like the first few flakes of snow that herald a blizzard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Grenfell
A Grenfell correspondent writes:—"A disastrous fire occurred in Lower George-street resulting in the complete loss of three buildings and the contents the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Over the Kitchen Fire
ROAST LAME should be cooked, served very hot with mint sauce, and good vegetables. A roast joint is not worth consideration if badly cooked and served with…
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APRICOTS STEWED IN SYRUP.—Wipe the down from young apricots, and stew them as gently as possible in a syrup made of four ounces of sugar to half a pint of water,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Zeehan
A great fire occurred at Zeehan (Tasmania) at midnight on Saturday. Starting in the premises of Messrs. Craw Brothers and Creed it quickly spread to…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Fire Brigades Board
The annual report of the Fire Brigades Board for 1895 was presented to Parliament last week. The document is concise but not without importance. It…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Fire at Corowa. Narrow Escape of King's Australian Hotel
ABOUT eight o'clock last night the firebell rang out an alarm, and in a few minutes was heard the rattle of the brigade's engine and apparatus as it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Corowa
There was a most unusual excitement in Sanger-street at about 8 o'clock on Thursday evening last, when a loud and rapid tolling of the fire bell suddenly announced…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →An Alleged Horse-stealer. His Sensational Escape. The Police Fire on the Accused
There was some commotion (says the Spectator) among the residents of Hillston on Wednesday night about 7 p.m. when the Mossgiel police drove a mob of thirteen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Mudgee
Mr. Latimer's general store at Leadville, near Mudgee, was discovered recently to be on fire. The outbreak was first discovered by Mr. Coates, who gave…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →A Train on Fire
The passengers by the afternoon down train from Toowoomba to Brisbane on Saturday had an exciting experience owing to the train catching fire on two…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →A Destructive Fire
A very destructive fire broke out in Flinders—street, Townsville, on Monday morning between 6 and 7 o'clock, resulting in the destruction of nine buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Euston. July 19. FIRE
Mr. J. W. Freeman, a homestead leesee on Meilman, sustained a serious loss last week, his house being burnt to the ground. From particulars gleaned from Mr. Freeman who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Corowa Fire Brigade
THE monthly meeting of the above was held at the station on Monday night. Present--Captain Ritchie (chair) and 14 firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japanese Atrocities. Fire and Sword in Formosa. London, July 20
A special commissioner writing to "The Times" from Hong Kong gives a startling account of the barbarities perpetrated by the Japanese in Formosa since the cession of the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Great Fire at Belfast. Shipping Works Destroyed. London, July 27
A disastrous fire occurred to-day at Belfast, by which the workshops of Harland and Wolff Limited, the great shipbuilders, were totally destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Fire in France
A disastrous fire has taken place at Nantes, Fiance, by which several large warehouses have been destroyed. The damage done is estimated at over a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE. Tuesday. Death From Fire
Mrs. Mary Gobel, of Avoca, yesterday accidentally dropped a kerosene lamp. The oil becoming ignited set fire to her clothes burning her to death…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Ilfracombe. Thirty Shops Burned. London, July 30
A destractive fire has occurred at llfracombe, the popular bathing resort in Devonshire. Thirty shops were burned down, the total loss being estimated at £100,000…
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