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Several years have passed since an agitation was begun in Randwick for the establishment of a fire station. More than one site was selocted, and from latest developments it would appear that the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →French advices received from Liao-yang are to the effect that 100,000 projectiles were exchanged between the Russian nnd Japanese armies on August 30, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, September 2,11.5 a.m.—The Japanese during the fighting on Thursday used Russian cannon, against the railway station at Liao-yang…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A great conflagration is raging at Liao-yang, which is reported to have been occupied by the Japanese. It is believed that the Russians have fired…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A moving target adopted by the German army. In order to test the number of successful hits made by a force of riflemen upon a body of charging cavalry a target has been invented which consists of a number of life-size figures, painted on a moveable screen. Tho screen is connected with an immense beam securely fastened to the ground. By means of ropes passed over pulleys, inserted in the beam, the target is attached to a team of horses. The team is then [?]ot at full gallop, thereby drawing the target…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An extensive fire at Bairnsdale this afternoon resulted in the destruction of the Hallway Coffee Palace and two adjoining weatherboard residences. Mrs. Mersugrin, occupant of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A woolshed and its contents, including agricultural machinery and produce the property of Mr. Moses Woods, of New Wyregal, were totally destroyed by fire on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Details of the fighting at Liao-yang on Wednesday, August 31, published by Russian newspapers, prove that the Japanese exhibited astounding intrepidity. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The stables belonging to Mr. W. H. Brown, situated at the corner of Bunnerong-road and Doncaster-avenue, Kensington, were completely destroyed by fire last night, while three rooms…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At the inquiry, as to the origin of the fire which destroyed the stable and outhouses, the property of Mr. Archie M'Donald, at Royalla, the jury returned a verdict that the fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An American eye-witnees of the Russian stampede from Liao-yang testifies as to the heroism displayed toy the Sisters of Mercy in removing the wounded from the hospitals…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WHEN all the conditions are favourable, forest fires sometimes reach gigantic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. James Hicks, of Twin-road, North Ryde, discovered when he got up about 6 o'clock on Wednesday morning that his commodious stable and feed room,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out late to-night in a large kerosene bond near the city, and is now (midnight) raging fiercely. Details are not available…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →John Sandham, a Lytham tram conductor, left the following letter for his wife:-"My head is like a ball of fire. You…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The members of the Rockdale Fire Brigade Band tendered their Fourth Annual Complimentary Social to their supporters and friends on Friday evening,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An outbreak of fire occurred at the bakery of Rogers Brothers, 761 Darling-street, Balmain, on Sunday evening. The local branch of the M.F.B. was notified, and turned out quickly,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The M.F.B. was on Saturday called out to a small fire in the grounds of the residence of Mr. James Johnston, Albury-road, Petersham. A bush-house, containing ferns, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The quietness of Balmain West was last night disturbed by the hurrying of fire engines to the west end of Darling-street, where Messrs. Rogers Bros.' bakery is…
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