Fire Brigade Meeting
A public meeting of those interested in the reestablishment of the local Five Brigade was held at the Council Chambers lost Wednesday evening, the 5th…
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Ship on Fire
The fire on board the Mount Stewart destroyed many thousand pounds' worth of valuable cargo. Although it was discovered before it had made any great…
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The British ship Mount Stewart caught fire at Parbury's Wharf, Sydney, on Friday morning. Before the fire was subdued considerable damage was done to the vessel and cargo, and…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Fire in Mines
A fire has broken out in the Brilliant mine, Charters Towers, and spread to all the other mines in the vicinity. All work in the nones has…
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Mr T. S. Marshall, chiel officer of the Country Fire Brigades' Board, visited Chiltern to-day, and to-night invested members of the local brigade…
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A disastrous fire has broken out in the workings of the Brilliant P.C. gold mine, and several deaths have resulted. About 1.15 this morning fire…
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Field Marshal Oyamia reports that General Oku's left repulsed six attacks on Sunday. The correspondent of the "Standard" A telegram received from Harbin states that the Russians on Monday night made another advance expelled the Japanese from six of their…
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The well-known winery at Bankside Vineyards, one of the oldest in South Australia, belonging to Thomas Hardy and Sons, was completely destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon…
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A fire broke out yesterday in a lenument at King's Cross. suffocating six persons and injuring three others…
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A fire broke out this morning in the underground workings of the Brilliant mine, Charters Towers. The flames, which came up the shaft, were extinguished by the fire…
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The Grand Hotel at Rotorua is on fire and no hope is felt of serving it. The building is insured to the amount of £14,500…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Russian Baltic Fleet Fires on British Fishing Boats. An Astounding Outrage. One Boat Sunk and Many Damaged. Two Fishermen Killed and Many Wounded and Missing. Great Excitement in England. LONDON
An astounding outrage on a British fleet of fishing boats was committed by the Russian Baltic fleet on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. a Ship on Fire
Howard Smith and Co.'s s.s. Peregrine Brisbane at 1 o'clock yesterday for Keppel Bay, Flat Top, and Townsville, with a full cargo and…
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Early this morning a fire broke out amongst the uncongenial surroundings of Chubb's lock and safe establishment in Clarence-street. A good deal of…
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A disastrous fire occurred in a tenement at King's Cross, London. Six persons were suffocated by the smoke, and three were severely injured…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Large Fire in New Zealand. Grand Hotel at Rotorua Destroyed. Auckland
The Grand Hotel at Rotorua, one of the largest and best equipped hotels, in New Zealand, was totally destroyed by fire this morning. The fire originated in a small…
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A fire occurred yesterday morning in a kapok factory in Gawler Place, Adelaide. The alarm was given by a small boy…
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A fire broke out last to-night on the steamer Chingta. The wessel only arrived yesterday from Kobe and had been berthed at…
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A cable message from London has been received by the marine Under writers' Association of Victoria, intimating that a fire had broken out…
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Shortly before noon to-day an outbreak of fire occurred in the basement of the State public offices. The smoke was soon issuing from the room in…
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