Big Blaze at Bloemfontein
Three military stores at Bloemfontein have been burnt down. The damage is estimated at £250,000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires & bushfires, 1905
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Disturbances in Poland. Troops Fire on Strikers. LONDON, Friday, 2.50 p.m
The disturbances in Poland still continue. Some lacemakers at Lodz wished to resume work, but the strikers interfered to prevent them…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Riot at Lodz. Military Fire on Strikers, who Reply with Revolvers. LONDON, Friday Afternoon
Some lace-makers at Liodz wished to resume work, but the operatives still on strike interfered to prevent them. The military, summoned to protect…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Escape of Imprisoned Artillerymen Who Refused to Fire on Sailors. Released by Socialists. London, Saturday Morning
Socialists at Sevastopol bribed a warder to release nine artillerymen who had been arrested for refusing to fire upon mutinous sailors when the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Relief. Lord Mayor's Fund
This fund is controlled by a committee under the presidency of the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Allen Taylor). The hon. treasurers are the Lord Mayor and Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires. Pambula
At about 9 o'clock last night the residence of Mr. W. Donnelly at Merimbula, was destroyed by fire. Mrs. Donnelly whilst going to bed discovered that the house was in flames,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An Eventful Voyage. Gales and Fires
The barquentine Hawaii recently had an eventful voyage from San Francisco to Kobe, with a cargo of fertiliser. She encountered exceptionally heavy weather, and the wind ripped six…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in a Boarding-house
JERILDERIE, Monday.—A wooden boarding-house in Wood-street, occupied by Mrs. Conroy, was destroyed by fire on Saturday evening. Very little was saved. The fire brigade prevented…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires. Jerilderie
'A' wooden building in Wood-street, occupied by Mrs. Conroy as a boarding-house, was destroyed by fire on Saturday evening, but little being saved. The brigade prevented the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forbes Fire Brigade's Demonstration
"Nozzie" writes:-Would you kindly grant me a little space, just to ventilate a few of the grievances, which volunteer firemen in the whole State of N.S.W. had to contend with in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Country. Hotel Destroyed by Fire
WELLINGTON, Monday.--Last night the Commercial Hotel, situated in Warne-street, Wellington, adjoining Bell River, was completely gutted by fire. When the alarm rang out the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fire Fiend. Historic Mansions Destroyed. LONDON, Monday, 2.43 p.m
Sir Charles Tennant's residence, "The Glen," in Peebleshire, Scotland, has been destroyed by a fire, which originated in the fusing of an electric wire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Rose Bay. Mr. Knox's Residence in Flames. Good Work by the Brigades
About a quarter to S o'clock this morning a fire broke put at "Rona," the fine residence of Mr.E. W: Knox. at Bellevue Hill, Rose Bay, and before it was extinguished did serious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Phosphorus and Bush Fires
In the course of a long report to the Government on the use of phosphorus as a poison for rabbits, Mr. J. C. H. Mingaye, analyst, states:— "As regards the use of phosphorus for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Men and Bush Fires
A letter has been forwarded to the Railway Commissioners by residents of the Towraog district, expressing appreciation of the work done by the local railway men, and also those…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Child in the Garden. After the Bush Fires
Lobelia fears there are many black gar[?] in the country just now. Even when the bush fires spared the homesteads the withering breath of the flames scorched the heart out of…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Country News. Fires. Collarendabri
Fernigear, the residence of Mr. F. W. Kemp, a selector, on Oreel station, was burnt to the ground last night. Nothing was saved. The origin of the fire is unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on a Dredge
As the steamer Pyrmont was coming up the Brisbane River on Sunday morning from the Richmond River flames were noticed in the forepart of the dredge Hercules, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A New Hand Fire Extinguisher
An exhibition was given at Hardiman's A.J.C. Athletic Grounds. Randwick last week of a new hand fire extinguisher, known an the "Minimax." It obviates the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Interstate Fire Brigades' Demonstration, Forbes
The Annual Interstate Fire Brigades Demonstration, held on 30th and 31st January at the show ground, Forbes, marks an epoch in the history of the Western Districts. Such…
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