Costly Traction Engine. Causes Bush Fires. Shire Council's Responsibility
THE Mitchell Shire Council (Wagga) finds itself in a somewhat serious difficulty with regard to the use of the traction engine during the…
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Causing Bush Fire. Extensive Damage Done. Sydney
At the Parramatta police court this morning William Brown was fined £10 for igniting a tree stump within ten yards of grass land, thus causing…
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A fire occurred to-night in the premises occupied by the North Sydney Drapery Company, right in the heart of the business centre of that suburb…
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The bush fires at Poverty Bay, New Zealand, are still raging. Many of the settlers are becoming exhausted through fighting the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinaman Runs Amok. Fires Seven Shots at Another Chinaman. SYDNEY
Two Chinamen created a sensation in Thomas-street, Sydney, this morning, one firing seven shots at the other, then attacking a…
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A DISASTROUS fire occurred, Miss M'Leod's shop and dwelling catching fire owing to a piece of wood falling on the kitchen floor. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Bush Fires Cottages Destroyed. Old Man Severely Burned. Sydney
The intense beat to-day caused several outbreaks of fire in the suburbs. A large amount of property and bush were destroyed…
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An inventigation into the outbreak of fire at Eunonyhareenyha took place at the Mucheli Shire Office on Saturday morning. After an…
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It has long been a well-known fact that the seeds of the various varieties of wattle require to be subjected to great heat before they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Constantinople. Hundreds of Buildings Destroyed. London
A populous quarter in Constantinople, adjoining the mosque of St. Sophia, was destroyed by fire. A hundred houses and shops were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Anecdotes of Mark Twain. His Version of "Presence of Mind" at a Fire. Mother a Real Humorist
A new, three-volume biography of Mark Twain by Albert Bigelow Paine, has a fascinating store of anecdotes which illustrate the…
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A suffragette has been arrested for setting fire to a train on the Great Central railway…
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Anglish and Company's establishment was destroyed by firer to-day. The adjoining buildings used as refrigerating rooms, were saved with…
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A great fire occurred in this city yesterday, destroying 3300 buildings. Fifteen thousand persona are rendered homeless…
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The dry storm out jugiong way on Monday was responsible for one of the biggest bush fires thai over run across the river country…
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A fire destroyed 3300 buildings in Tokio Japan, rendering 15,000 persnos homeless…
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The fire in Tokio originated in the Salvation Army hall. Many schools were destroyed. The damage is estimated at a million and a half sterling…
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A man named A. Cavanagh, with a horse team. was conveying his furniture, seed wheat, etc., from Coolamon to Lockhart on Wednesday afternoon,…
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Suffragettes fired the old Manchester Golf Club's Pavilion. A bridgade extinguished the fire. Suffragettes filled the keyholes of…
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