Children and Fires. to the Editor
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 10
Sir, -- Will you lot me draw the attention of the mothers of this State to the terrible fact that every winter a large number of children's Uvea are sucrificed through carelessness about…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Tumut
Evening News · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 5
TUMUT, Saturday.-A. fire occurred at 1 o'clock to-day in a brick dwelling at tie intersection of Wynyard and Simpson streets. The cottage, which was owned by the executors of the Dodd…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Produce Stoke
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 14
At half-past 5 yesterday afternoon a [?] store, situated at the corner of Wattle and Thomas streets, Ultimo, and occupied by C. W. M'Farlane and Co., produce merchants, of 144…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Russian Commissariat. Hot Meals Without Fire
The Australian Star · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 3
Enormous herds of cattle and vast stores of flour are being concentrated at Harbin by General Pochinsky, the Russian commissariat officer in Manchuria…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society. Annual Meeting
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 18
The annual general meeting of the Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society was held at the head office of the society, King and Pitt streets, yesterday, at poon. Mr. S. H. Cary (chairman of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Fire in the City. Produce Store Burned. Damage by Flames and Water
The Australian Star · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 11
About a quarter to 6 o'clock last evening it was reported that a fire had broken out at a produce store. On making inquiries a "Stair" reporter…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Attack on Anju. Cowardice of Cossacks. Refuse to Face Fire. London, May 12
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 11
The attack upon the small Japanese garrison left at Anju was made by 500 Cossacks. The fight was fierce, and lasted for 12…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at Tumut. Tumut
The Sunday Sun · Sunday 15 May 1904 · page 1
The local brigade experienced the first fire at midday to-day, when an outbreak occurred at a brick dwelling-house at the corner of Wynyard and Simpson streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt to Fire Kronstadt Arsenal
Sunday Times · Sunday 15 May 1904 · page 8
A heap of shavings, which had been sprinkled with petroleum, was discovered ablaze in Kron-stadt arsenal, Russia. The fire was extinguished before it had time to spread…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires. Tumut
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 3
A brick building, containing four rooms, opposite the Presbyterian Church, the property of the Dodd Estate, was burned down on Saturday just after midday. The fire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Early Morning Blaze. Boot Shop Damaged
Evening News · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 4
At 20 minutes past G o'clock this morning the M.F.B. was informed that a fire bad broken out in a boot shop situated at 300 Crown-street, Burry Hills, and five minutes later the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Children and Fires. to the Editor
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 3
Sir,--Perhaps your correspondent, "A Country Mother," and many other anxious maternal souls, will be glad to know thai all risk of children's clothes, mosquito curtains, etc., catching fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Crown-street
The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 5
The M.F.B. were culled out during the early morning to a fire in the shop and residence of Mr. James Gardiner, at 300 Crown-street. Two rooms on the first floor were burned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Carlton. Household Burnt Out
The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 May 1904 · page 5
Mrs. Buck was the lady who brought out the firemen from the Illawarra suburbs last night early. She lighted a lamp in her comfortable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Surry-hills
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1904 · page 10
Shortly after 6 o'clock yesterday morning the premises occupied by James Gardiner, a bootmaker, at 300 Crown-street, Surry-hills, were discovered to be on fire. The alarm was sent…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Kogarah. a Cottage Destroyed
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1904 · page 9
A destructive fire occurred at Kogarah last evening, the private dwelling of Mr. R. H. Buck, in Macpherson-street--a five-roomed weather-board cottage--being t[?]ally demolished, with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Safety From Fire
Evening News · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 4
A meeting of the committee recently appointed to inquire into the condition of the theatres of Sydney, in the event of fire o[?]panic from other causes, was held at the office of the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Theatres. Precautions Against Fire
The Australian Star · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 11
Shortly after the terrible disaster at the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago, in which hundreds of lives were lost, a commitee was apopinted to inquire into the condition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dangerous Fire in New York. Brave Lift Lad Whose Coolness Saved [?]Ife
The World's News · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 7
Fifty young women hedged in on a roof and screaming in terror, the excited shouting of men, the sight of several firemen limp and exhausted being attended by ambulance surgeons,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires. Narrabri
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1904 · page 8
On Saturday evening a fire occurred at Killarney station, when a cottage and other outhouses belonging to Mr. W. F. Buchanan were destroyed. The damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →