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BRISBANE, Sunday.--A terribly determined suicide took place at Mowbraytown, a suburb of Brisbane, about 4 o'clock this morning. The attention of neighbors was attracted by flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fancy-goods shop at 212 King-street, Newtown, occupied by Mr. H. C. G. Nelson, was severely damaged by fire early last night. Detachments from No. 5 station and headquarters…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It is certain that grass fires will be a source of danger, loss, and anxiety to settlers during the approaching summer. There is probably more grass in Australia this season than the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, October 19, 3.5 p.m.-A fire occurred last night at the house of Nathan Zausmer, a bootmaker, in the Hackney-road, London. Zausmer, his wife, and a daughter were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire occurred in the house of Nathan Zansmer, a bootmaker, of Hockey- road, London. Zansmer's wife and daughter were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. J. S. Bennett desires as to state that the fire which occurred in King-street, Newtown, on Monday night did not take place in his establishment at all, but in the shop next…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A fire broke out last night in a house in the Hackney-road, occupied by Nathan Zausmer, a bootmaker, Zausmer and his wife and daughter were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The house of Nathan Zausmer, a bootmaker, on the Hackney-road, London, was destroyed by fire last night. Mr. Zausmer and his wife and their daughter…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →And now I come to ah event in my narrative from which really dates what I may call the starting point of the real story. To be sure, the recital of what I have thus far told…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A call was received by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade about 9 o'clock last night to attend a fire in a building at No. 9 Queen's-place. The damage was chiefly confined to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Metropolitan Fire Brigade turned out at 9 o'clock last night to a small fire in a building at 9 Queen's place. The damage was chiefly confined to the workshop of Mr. H. Paul, stereotyper; the beaches, shelving,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire broke out late last night in the upper room of Bowes's Tattersall's Club, Russell-street. The room was used as a gymnasium, and the contents, together with the roof, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damp lampblack will ignite from the sun's rays. The same can be said of cotton waste, moist with lard or other animal oil. Lampblack and a little oil or water will, under…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →By a fire near Gisborne, two Maori children have been burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A motor car was the cause of an exciting and unusual scene in the Strand, recently (says a London paper). At about half-past 6 o'clock an automobile, belonging to a London motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire occurred at the house of Nathan Zausmer, a bootmaker, in the Hackney-road, London. Zausmer, his wife, and a daughter were suffocated. Five other children were injured, but escaped,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Elder's Hall, a large building in Union-street, pyrmont, was destroyed by Are at about midnight on Sunday. Acting-Superintendent Sparks, of the M.F.B., turned out a strong force of his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortly before 12 o'clock last night a fire broke out in premises known as Elder's Hall, situated in Union-street, Pyrmont. The alarm was sent to the head quarters of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Elder's Hall, the principal meeting place in Pyrmont, was destroyed by fire about midnight. The hall was situated in Union-street, and was a two-storied building, fronted by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WILCANNIA, Saturday.--Three men were today fined 23s 9d, at the Police Court, for the careless use of fire, through which the caretaker's residence at Meadow's Government tank…
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