Fire at Newtown
A chemist's shop at 190 King-street, Newtown, occupied by Mr. W. Turner, was severely damaged by fire and water on Monday after noon. An adjoining private dwellings occupied…
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Big Fire at Auckland
The New Zealand Shipping Company's offices and stores in Quay-street, Auckland, have been partly destroyed by fire. The damage to the building is £5000, and to the contents, consisting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DETECTOR. "Grown" Fire Alarm
The necessity for some absolutely trustworthy mechanical contrivance which can be depended upon to immediately detect and indicate the locality of an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in a Druggist's Shop
Shortly after 4 p.m. yesterday a fire occurred, at 190 King-street, Newtown, occupied by Mr. W. Turner, druggist. Before the outbreak was extinguished by the fire brigades, the front shop…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Zealand. a Destructive Fire. Wellington
The New Zealand Shipping Company's offices and stores at Auckland were destroyed by fire this morning. The buildings were insured for £3550 in the South British, which had reinsured. The contents…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Fires
An underground conflagration is one of the most dreaded catastrophes with which mines are visited. Outside, on the surface, a fire can generally be attacked from a number of vantage…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →The Ship on Fire
There was joy in the ship as she furrowed the foam, For fond hearts within her were dreaming of home;…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Attempt to Fire a Steamer
LONDON, May 5.—Stores of dynamite have been discovered at Uskub (39 miles E.S.E. of Prisrend), where a Bulgarian was arrested for attempting to fire the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Automatic Fire Alarm. a Successful Demonstration
The claims of the Crown's patent automatic fire detector and alarm were successfuly demonstrated on Monday to a gathering of commercial men at the offices of Messrs. Permewan,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Suburbs Fire Brigade. a New Station
Alderman W. Taylor, the representative of the suburban municipalities on the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board, has informed the Willoughby Council that the board has purchased a site at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempt to Fire a Steamer. London, May 5
Stores of dynamits have been discovered at Uskub (on the Vardar, 39 miles E.S.E. of Prizren) where a Bulgarian was arrested for attempting to fire the Messageries…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Epping
A four-roomed weatherboard cottage in Chester-street, Epping, owned by Mr. Miller, of Parramattta, and occupied by Mr. W. E. Beck, a packer in the employ of Lassetter and Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sensational Voyage. Battling with Fires and Storms. the Barque Saragossa Has a Narrow Escape. Arrives Badly Damaged. a Sailor Fatally Injured
When the four-masted barque Saragossa dropped anchor in Watson's Bay last night, after a voyage of 118 days from Liverpool, Captain Stevens had a thrilling story to tell of a battling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sensational Voyages. a Vessel on Fire on the High Seas. Safe Arrival of the New Barque Saragossa. an Eventful Maiden Voyage
The new barque Saragossa on her maiden voyage arrived at Sydney last night after a sensational and prolonged passage of 119 days from Liverpool. It appears that on February 24, when in lat. 31·15 S…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Randwick Fire Station. Proposed Change of Site
For some years past the Randwick Municipal Council has been endeavouring, with the help of the local Parliamentary representative, to obtain a local fire station, and at present there is every…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Destructive Fire
A destructive and somewhat sensational fire occurred at Epping between 9 and 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning, resulting in a four-roomed weatherboard cottage in Chester-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Something Like a Fire
SYDNEY, although she has had a fairly liberal baptism of big fires, has had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Brigades Board
At the last meeting of the Rockdale and Bexley Councils, a letter was read from Alderman W. Taylor, the suburban councils representative on the Fire Brigades Board, detailing the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Randwick Fire Station. Proposed Change of Site
For some years past the Randwick Municipal Council has been endeavouring, with the help of the local Parliamentary representative, to obtain a local fire station, and at present there is every…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fijian Fire-walkers. An American Tells His Story
The Fijian fire-walkers are again enjoying attention. An American professor has published many photographs in "Frank Leslie's Monthly." In the course of an…
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