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Up to the present no reliable estimate of the damage wrought by the bush fire which swept the country between Bankstowa and Belmore on Thursday afternoon, can be obtained, but it…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →An interesting trial of a fire escape took place at the new Stock Exchange Buildings, Pitt-street, last week. The escape consists of a long canvas funnel made in angular sections so as to check the descent…
Continued on Trove, page 357 →A proposal is under consideration to add a storey to the fire brigade station at Chatswood, the new premises to be used for residential purposes. The additional accommodation that would…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Last week, at the Royal Exchange, Pitt-stret, a very interesting experiment was made by way of testing an invention called the Robbidge-Hollingdale automatic fare and burglar alarm,…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →A disastrous fire occurred last night at Mr. P. M. O'Sullivan's Lovely Bank farm, Little Plain. Mr. and Mrs. O'Sullivan were in front of the house about 6 o'clock when the former went into the house and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Saturday night there was a pretty big thunderstorm. An old negro named Henry W[?]shum lives at 551 Jefferson street There was no one in the house…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The sketch shows the disastrous fire which recently occurred on the Liverpool Overhead (Electric) Railway. As a train was about to draw up at the Dingle terminus, which is an underground station approached by a long tunnel, the passengers were greatly startled by a loud explosion and dazzling electric flash from the fuse-box in the rear compartment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →HOW IT STRUCK OUR ARTIST…
Continued on Trove, page 357 →The alarm was given yesterday afternoon that a fire had been caused by a spark from the engine of the train which is due at Eskbank at 3.30 p.m. No time was lost by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GUNDAGAI, Monday.—More bush fires have been reported this week. On Wednesday evening an outbreak occurred within a mile of Mr. E. Brennan's, Eurobin, when crops, grass, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A bush fire started on Billaplap station yesterday, and is still burning. 7000 acres of grass were burst. The fire has travelled 10 miles. Green Hills station is now on fire, and several small holdings have been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →GERMANTON, Saturday.--Bush fires are still aging. On Friday a fire started at the Woomargama Gap and burnt direct to Anandale homestead. A high wind was blowing at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A[?] was anticipated, further trouble has arisen from the bush fires which were raging round the Jenolan Caves at the end of last week. A very graphic description of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir.--I wish to draw attention through your columns to a continual danger in the more sparsely settled municipalities of the metropolitan area. I refer to the large unoccupied areas of ground…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—I wish to draw attention through your columns to a continual danger in the more sparselysettled municipalities of the metropolitan area. I refer to the large unoccupied areas of ground that,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire broke out in the camp of road men employed near Gudgenby-road on Thursday, destroying five tents, one sulky and harness, several guns, one bicycle, saddlery, wearing apparel, and money…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A four-roomed weatherboard cottage, owned by Mr. Rowland B. Hill, was destroyed by fire late on Thursday night or early on Friday morning. It was situated on the North Rocks-road, at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trouble is perennial on the Victorian railways. Last week an engine caught fire and disorganised the suburban service for nearly an hour. Two more engines have caught lire, one at Seymour…
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