Ships Great Battle Against Fire and Storm
The new barque Saragosso. on her maiden voyage arrived at Sydney on Wednesday after a sensational and prolonged passage of 119 days from Liverpool. On February…
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News by Cable. [Copyright.] Canada. Great Fire at Ottawa-thousands Homeless
LONDON, May 11.—A great fire has occur-red at Ottawa, Canada. Three hundred houses have been burned, and thousands of people are homeless…
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LONDON, Monday.--A great fire has occurred in Ottawa, the capital city of the Dominion of Canada, as a result of which 300 houses were burnt down, and 1000…
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A great fire has occurred at Ottawa. Three hundred houses have been burned, and thousands of people are homeless. The damage is estimated at 1,500,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Tenth Wonder. "The Fire That Is Not Quenched." the New Found Miracle of Nature
LONDON, April 3.--The last miracle of science that has just been announced throws all others, for the moment, into the background. "The Times" of the 25th March was the first to…
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Marlin M'Kay, the woman who was knocked down by a fire reel last night, died at the Adelaide Hospital this morning…
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"Engineering," reviewing the official explanations of the Colney Hatch Asylum fire, says that the lessons are manifold. One, they assume, has now been learnt, viz., that temporary…
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Mr. G. Stewart's [?]ngar Hotel was destroyed by fire last night. The adjoning premises were saved. BATHURST, Wednesday. Two Indian hawkers have been arrested at…
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NEVERTIRE, Wednesday.--G. Stewart's Ingar Hotel was totally destroyed by fire this morning. BATHURST, Wednesday. For the position of directors of the Stock and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stevedores at Valparaiso. Riots and Incendiarism. Police Fire on Strikers
LONDON, May 13.—Owing to a strike of stevedores, the trade of the port of Valparaiso, Chili (the chief port of South America),is paralysed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Capture of Sokoto. Desperate Charges of Fulani. Indifferent to Maxim Fire. London, May 13
Details of the capture of Sokoto by the force under Lieutenant-Colonel Morland show that, 6000 fanatical Fulani fought the British forces desperately for two…
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At the invitation of the Fire Brigades Board, a large and representative gathering assembled last evening at the Headquarters Fire Station, Castlereagh-street, to witness a special drill of…
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A report from Antwerp dated March 26 states that on February 26 the coal in the starboard banker of the German-Australian S.S. Company's steamer Of[?]enbach, form Sydney, was discovered to be on…
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The protection of life and property from fire is one of the first things considered in any well-organised community, and in a large city like Sydney it receives special attention. Last night, at the request of the Fire Brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Drill. an Interesting Display. at M.f.b. Headquarters
Few of the people who admire the smartness of the men of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, as they turn out in response to each alarm of fire, ever bestow a thought upon the amount of hard work…
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Insurance companies in England will doubtless look with considerable favour on one of the latest feminine recreations, fire drill now being a very popular-institution…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Friday, May 15. Fire Brigades Contribution
Alfred Webb, of the Fire Brigades Board, summoned the Borough of Drummoyne for failing to pay its contribution. Postponed, till June. 19th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society. Annual Meeting
The thirty-first annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Australian Mutual Fire insurance Society was held at the head offices, Pitt and King streets, Sydney, yesterday. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Parisian Lady's Dramatic Vengeance. Fires at a Fobkeb Lover. Her Brother Wounded in a Dued
Paris has something to talk about just now which beau pretty easily the most daring love stories of its novelists. M. Marcel Prevost was fired at by a young lady, Mdlle. Emma Touret,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Western Australia. Fire at a Hospital. Patients Hurriedly Removed. Perth
The Fremantle Hospital norrowly escaped destruction by fire yesterday. The wardsmaid temporarly set a tin of turpentine on the corner of a gas stove and left the kitchen, but on returning a few minutes later…
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