Miller's Point Fire. Sydney
An inquiry was held to-day into the cause of the destructive fire at Hentsch's Bond, Miller's Point, Sydney. on the 20th inst. Mr. Bruce, inspector of works, under…
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Fires & bushfires, 1903
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Fire at Calcutta
LONDON, Thursday.—The storing tanks at Calcutta belonging to the Standard Oil and other companies have been destroyed by fire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. Our Monopolistic Ferry Companies.—the Frenchman and His Unlicensed "Cafe."—australian Sailors for an Australian Navy.—another Danger in Regard to Fires in Sydney.—the Procession of the Stewards.—the April Fool Who Told Some Hundreds to Ring Up the Morgue. Sydney
The quickest way to get a bridge is for a ferry company enjoying a monopoly to get nasty. There isn't any bridge between Sydney and North Shore, or between…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Blaze in Eastern Europe
The position of affairs in Eastern Europe is approaching a critical phase. Each day it is becoming more evident that the atrocities which horrified…
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Commander Wells, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, London, has introduced a new device in connection with the new telegraphic fire alarm service. In case of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Novel Fire Escape
The most novel introduction in the way of fire-fighting weapons within recent years is perhaps that of Capt. Schapler, late of the German ,army, but now chief of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Some Big Fires
In writing of fires one's thoughts naturally turn to the great London conflagration of 1666, when 436 acres were destroyed and the damage was estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →West Wallsend. the Recent Fire
A public meeting was held in the Federal Hall, presided over by Mr. D. Evans, to devise some means for assisting those who were sufferers by the recent fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigades Act. Deputation to the Premier. Sydney
A deputation, numbering nearly sixty aldermen, representative of suburban municipal councils, was this afternoon received by Sir John See, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Fire at Sea
The new four-masted barque Saragessa, which reached Sydney on Wednesday night after a passage of 119 days from Liverpool with a general cargo, had a sensational…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire at Ottawa
LONDON, Monday.—A disastrous con[?]agration has occurred at Ottawa, Canada. About 300 houses have been burned, the value of property…
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A fire broke out in a four-roomed cottage, occupied by Mr. Murray, near the police station, Wickham, shortly before 7 o'clock last evening. The Newcastle…
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LONDON, Friday.—A disastrous fire has occurred Manilla, the capital of the Philippines. Two thousand native houses were…
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At the 25th annual general meeting of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Limited, held at Sydney en Wednesday last, the report showed, a profit for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigades' Association. Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Northern District Fire Brigades Association was held at the Newcastle West station last evening, the president Mr. G. J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fire Brigades
The announcement made at the meeting of the Northern Fire Brigades' Association on Tuesday that the Government has decided no to curtall the vote to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at a Wedding. Four Ladies Burned
LONDON, Wednesday.—During the progress of festivities in connection with a wedding at Arras, in France, a fire occurred in a ballroom…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Islington Fire Brigade. Annual Meeting
The fifth anniversary of the Islington Fire Brigade was celebrated in the Islington Mechanics institute last evening by a social gathering of the members and…
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On Thursday evening the members of the Lambton and Merewether fire brigades engaged in a cribbage contest. The local players won seven out of twelve double…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods and Fires. Loss of Life in America
LONDON, Monday.—The floods in Kansas have occasioned great loss of life and property. Burning lumber afloat in the Kansas River set fire to…
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