Iron Rust and Fire
When oxide of iron is placed in contact with timber excluded from the atmosphere, and aided by a slightly increased temperature, the oxide will part with its…
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Calamitous Fire. 126 Girls Burnt
LONDON, January 13.—A disastrous fire has occurred at a spinning mill at Osaka, Japan. One hundred and twenty-five girls, who were at work in the mill, were burnt…
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At the Balmain Cottage Hospital on Monday afternoon the Deputy City Coroner, Mr. W. T. Pinhey, held an inquest into the circumstances attending the death of a young man named Benjamin James…
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LONDON, January 6.—A destructive fire occurred at Liverpool to-day. It broke out in a cotton warehouse, and before it was subdued the building in which it broke…
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A great fire has occurred, in Liverpool, where it was discovered that some cotton in one of the stores was in flames. Before the conflagration was stayed,…
Continued on Trove, page 72 →The City Mutual, Fire Insurance Company
THE balance-sheet of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Limited, for the year ended 31st December, 1892, shows balance at credit of profit and loss account, £6327. An interim…
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These competitions came off-after many; postponements, on Saturday last, on the. New lands Estate, Parramatta North, before a large [?] of fireman and the general public…
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LONDON, Friday.--A fire, attended with a fearful loss of life, has occurred at Osaka, a city and port of Japan. It broke out in a factory where a large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Factory. 125 Girls Burned to Death. London, January 13
News has been received of a terrible fire which has occurred in Japan. The fire broke out in a factory at Osaka, where a very large number of girls were employed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. Calamitous Fire in Japan. Hundred and Twenty-five Girls Burnt. London, Jan. 13
A disastrous fire has occurred at a spinning mill at Osaka, in Japan. One hundred and twenty-five girls, who were at work in the mill, were burned to death…
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JUNEE, Monday.-Large bash fires were reported on Saturday to be within five miles of Junee. The wind being very high carried the flames along very rapidly. About 60 acres of…
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JUNEE, Saturday.--Large hush fires were reported yesterday within live miles of Junee. The wind was very high. The flames were carried along rapidly, and about 60a…
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GRAFTON, Saturday.--A little before 2 o'clock this morning a lire broke out in a large shed owned by Mr. C. Duggan, butcher, and situated at the rear of Mr. L…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Structural Fire Plans for Cities. "Exterior Surrounding Risk." an Invaluable Guide for Fire Insurance Offices
Of all the dangers which beset a city or town, the "lire fiend" is undoubtedly one of the worst." Anything therefore which tends to lessen the risk of conflagration, to…
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NARRANDERA, Monday.—Bush fires are breaking out in all directions in the Riverina district. On Friday evening James Andrews, of Grong Grong Station, had 6OOO acres of grass consumed…
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TEMORA, Tuesday.-Bush fires are raging on Sebastopol Station. Mr. Heffernan has lost 300 bags of wheat and 60 acres of standing crop. FORBES, Tuesday.-A large bush fire is now…
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CONDOBOLIN, Monday.--Many selectors on Byguloree lost the whole of their grass and a good quantity of fencing in the bush fires which raged about the beginning of the…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.—At 1 o'clock on Sunday morning, a fire was discovered in a six-roomed house in. Brunker-street, Adamstown, the property of Mr. Summers. Before the fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attempted Arson. Fire Averted at Cowra, COWRA
An attempt to set a store occupied by I. Kops, in Bridge-street, on fire on Sunday night was discovered in time to he checked. Had it not been discovered one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cowra Fire. Kops in Court. COWRA
Re the attempted fire at Cowra, Kops was charged at the police court, before Mr. N. Connolly, P.M., with attempting to commit a felony, and was remanded until…
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