Big Fire on a Wharf
BRISBANE, Thursday. -- About 2 o'clock this morning the A.U.S.N. Company's Wharf, at the foot of Marry-street, was destroyed by fire. It was only yesterday the wharf was quarantined, and a…
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Fire at Lloyd's Paper Mills
LONDON, May 17, 4.12 p.m.—A destructive fire has occurred at Messrs. Lloyd's paper mills. Six new machines were seriously damaged. (Messrs. Lloyd's, Limited, the proprietors of the…
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A fire has occurred at Messrs. Lloyd's " Daily Chronicle " paper mills, and six new machines were Seriously damaged…
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A large fire occurred shortly before 2a.m. to-day by which a shed on the A.U.S.N. Company's Mary-street wharf, with about 200 tons of general cargo, was completely destroyed. The goods shed…
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By a fire which broke out at Lloyd's paper mills six new machines were seriously damaged…
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The Minister for Mines, Mr. J. L. Fegan, M.L.A., returned to-day from an official visit to Gunnedah Colliery, where a fire is raging. It was found that the work of sealing down the mine, with a view to…
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A fire occurred on Messrs. Howard Smith and Sons' steamer Peregrine at about 8 o'clock on Friday evening. The vessel was lying at Cowper Wharf, Woolloomooloo, discharging cargo, having…
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When the news of the reported relief of Mafeking was received at the headquarters of the M.F.B., on Thursday night, the bells were set ringing. All hands turned out and gave three cheere. At…
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GUNNEDAH, May 10.—A sensational mining accident has occurred at the Gunnedah Colliery Company's mine, about five miles from town. The manager (Mr. J. Watson), on…
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The question of how garbage can be best disposed of being before all municipal bodies of Australasia, the following paper on "Refute Disposal and the Results Obtained from a Six Months Working of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1158 →Gunnedah Colliery Fire. the Mine Closed Down
GUNNEDAH, Saturday Afternoon.—Under the supervision of Mr. Dickson, Inspector of Coal Mines, the Gunnedah Colliery has been completely closed down, bags of sand being used for the…
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A fire has occurred at Messrs. Lloyd's " Daily Chronicle " paper mills, and six mew machines were seriously damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Crowds in the Streets. Mail Boats Fire Salutes
"There is intense excitement," said the cable from London, published yesterday, among the crowds which wait an official confirmation of the reported relief of Mafeking. In Sydney the…
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Shortly after the arrival at Cowper wharf, Woolloomooloo, last night of the steamer Peregrine, from Melbourne, an explosion occurred amongst some drums of sulphide of carbon stored…
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A fire of an unusual character occurred last evening on Messrs. Howard Smith and Son's steamship Peregrine while lying at Cowper Wharf, Woolloomodoo Bay. The vessel arrived from…
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At an early hour yesterday morning a fire broke out in a cottage at the corner of Forest-road and Botany-street, Hurstville, occupied by H. Swanston. The cottage, consisting of three rooms, was completely burnt out…
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SINGLETON, Tuesday.—During the past two months no fewer than four mysterious fires hare occurred here, one of which destroyed completely a newspaper office. On Sunday afternoon another…
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SINGLETON, Tuesday.--The fourth fire of a mysterious character, during the past two months, occurred here on Sunday afternoon, when a teacher of a class in All Saints' Church noticed…
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CROOKWELL, Wednesday.—Mr. G. E. Cansdell, proprietor of Tattersall's Hotel, lost a valuable stack of straw yesterday by fire. The stack was situated at the western side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Relief of Mafeking. Supplies for the Town. Surrender of Commandant Eloff. Boer Leader Fires on His Men. London, May 22
Lieutenant-Colonel B. T. Mahon, who entered Mafoking on Friday last, took 20 waggon loads of supplies for the town. The official report issued from tho War…
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