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Hand grenades (the simplest form, of fire extinguisher), can be made at home cheaply and easily, and it is well to have at hand a simple contrivance for extinguishing a small fire before it has time…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →COWRA, Sunday.—A disastrous fire occurred on the railway premises on Saturday night, the engine shed being completely demolished, and four engines badly damaged. The fire was not seen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. H. J. C. Terry's residence at Iona, near Hillston, was burnt to the ground last night. The property and furniture lost were valued at £1200, and were not insured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COWRA, Monday.-Early yesterday morning a fire occurred on the railway premises and resulted in the engine sheds being totally destroyed and several engines badly damaged. When the flames were first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred at Mr. Terry's residence, Iona, yesterday evening. The whole of the buildings, containing 14 rooms, were totally destroyed. It is estimated that the loss is £1500. The property was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire broke out at premises situated at 528 George-street between 9 and 10 o'clock last night. The shop ia occupied by Messrs. Pattinson and Company, chemists and druggists, and is nearly opposite the Town Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An examination this morning of 528 George- street, the scene of a fierce outbreak of fire last night, showed that the city narrowly escaped a disastrous conflagration. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About 4 o'clock this morning the railway engineshed was totally destroyed by fire. At the time of the occurrence five engines were in the shed, and only one was removed intact, the others being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COCKLE CREEK, Saturday,—A shocking fatality occurred at Cardiff last night to a woman named Mrs. Outram, who with her husband and four children resided in a three–roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A sad catastrophe occurred at Cardiff at an early hour yesterday morning, when a married woman named Mary Outram and two of her children aged 8 and 5 years were burnt to death. It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following was issued as a supplement to the "Gazette" yesterday:-Whereas on the 12th fire was discovered in the underground workings of the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine: And…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The engine-sheds at the railway station here wore totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning, at about 5 o'clock. The four engines in the shed at the time were very severely roasted, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In connection with the recent fire in the underground workings of the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, in which three men lost their lives, being suffocated by poisonous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following proclamation was published in the "Government Gazette" yesterday:--"Whereas on the 12th ultimo, a fire was discovered in the underground workings of the Broken-hill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The inquest on the remains discvered on the site of the Denver City Hotel after the fire was, owing to the illness of Dr. Seed, the medical officer, adjourned on Saturday till Tuesday. Of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting of the Huretville Fire Brigade, presided over fey the Mayor (Alderman Sproule), was at held at the Council Chambers, Hurstville, on Monday night to consider the reply from the local…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Under date September 11, the San Francisco "Chronicle" gives details of the terrible railway accident which occurred in Colorado the previous day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →PARRAMATTA, Thursday.-A fire broke out this morning about 10 o'clock at the residence -of Mrs. Michaelis, in Macquarie-street The business of a laundry is carried on on the premises…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire occurred yesterday afternoon at No. 204 Rose-street, Darlington, a private house owned and occupied by a railway employee named James MacInnes. The Newtown branch of the M.F.B…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At about 9.45 this morning a fire broke out at the laundry of Mrs. Michaelis, Macquarie- street, Parramatta, just opposite the Wesleyan Church. The fire was apparently caused by heat…
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