Fire Trap in a Chicago Hotel
A DESPATCH from Chicago, dated the 4th December, reportes:—Fourteen men met death by suffocation this morning in a fire which occurred in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1903
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Shamrock III. Damaged by Fire
A MESSAGE from London states that Shamrock III., Sir Thomas Lipton's new challenger for the America Cup, had a narrow escape from being…
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AT 12.36 yesterday (Friday) morning the local Fire Brigade received a telephone message from Daly's Terminus Hotel, South Lismore, that a fire had broken out at Smith's Railway Cash…
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AN injury was operat by the Distric Coroner (Mr. F. G. A lrian, P.M.) at the "Teruions" hotel on Saturday afternoon last, to enquire concering the destruction by fire of Smith's…
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THE adjourned inquiry touching the fire by which Mr. E. D. Smith's Railway Cash Store at South Lismore was destroyed on the morning of the Kith, was resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ingenious Fire alarm
ADMONSTRATION of Robertson's patent fire alarm was given on Wednesday afternoon at the office of Messrs. Chas Mark[?]ll and Co., O'Connoll-streut, and those…
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A DEMONSTRATION of Robertson's patent fire alarm was given last week at the offices of Messrs. Chas. Markell and Co., Sydney, and those present…
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THE applianees of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade have been increaaod by two land steam fire engines, one having a pumping capacity of 350 gallons per minute, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Yerkes Telescope. Magnificent Instriment Destroyesd by Fire
IT was reported by cable that the great telescope presented to the State of Wisconsin by Mr. Charles T. Yerkes, an American millionaire, had been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lismore Fire Brigade. Annual Social
THE Lismore Fire Brigade held their annnal social on Thursday evening. Several visitors were present by invitation. The Mayor (Aid. Lockett) occupied the chair, and Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire at Miller's Point. Hentsch's Bond Burned Out
ON Friday evening a fire broke out in the substantial block of buildings in Argyle-street known as Hentsch's Bond. Four hours later a ragged outline of charred and blackened bricks…
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LAST Friday night a tremendous fire took place at Milter's Point, completely destroying Hentsch's bond store. The fire originated in the fifth floor, The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miller's Point Fire. Damage Nom Estimate at —250,000
TUESDAY'S morning paper says:£Although the engines have been withdrawn from the Scene of the Miller's Point fire, a detachment og firemen is still employed in…
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ABOUT 5.20 a.m. yesterday, an alarm of fire was given, at which time flamea were noticed issuing from the roof in the row of premises occupied by Messrs. P. Howlett, C. Dulzielf,"…
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An extensive fire occurred in Prince-street at 3 o'clock on Friday morning, by which Mrs. Henderson's residence (occupied by Mrs. Leonard), Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire at Eton School. Attempts at Rescue
A LONDON cablegram says the fire at Eton College, which resulted in the loss of two lives, is attributed to a defective fl[?]e in one of the chimneys…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Armed Burglars in Brisbane. Fire and Wound a Constable
EARLY on Saturday morning the police received [?] telephone message from the residence of Mr. Flower[?] solic[?]tor, of Lntwy[?]he, that a burglary had just been committed at his house, and a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Ball of Fire from the Sky
ONE of the strangest freaks in electrical phenomena that has ever been reported occurred in Northern California recently. During the day the thermometer had…
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LAST Thursday evening, Mrs. Ryan, of the Freemasons' Hotel, gave a social entertainment to the members of the Lismore Fire Brigade in recognition of…
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The barque Earl of Dunmore caught fire while in Sydney Harbour, on the 14th inst., and it has proved most disastrous for the whole…
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