Fire at an Asylum. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE
A fire in the laundry of Kew Asylum to-day excited great alarm among the attendants and a number of idiot children. Considerable damage was done…
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A fire in the laundry of Kew Asylum to-day excited great alarm among the attendants and a number of idiot children. Considerable damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some military authorities at St. Petersburg suggest the possibility of the Japanese establishing a base on the estuary of the Amur, from which gunboats would be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In connection with the burning or Airs, watts clore and dwelling (in which also was the local post-office) at Prospect, it has been ascertained that the building was entirely destroyed, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A two-story weatherboard house, situated at the junction of Portland-place and Regent-street, New Lambton, containing 11 rooms, with a detached kitchen, was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Following the example of Sydney, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade of Brisbane has purchased a powerful fire engine of novel construction. The machine, which will shortly be put into service,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A request that the partially-paid system now in force respecting suburban firemen be extended to country brigades was placed before the Chief Secretary to-day, by a deputation of members of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When it became necessary four years ago to demolish the Police Barracks at Belmore Park, as the site was needed for the new railway station, the Police Department was informed that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Judging by what was said in the summons division of the Water Police Court this morning the lot of the local shipping firms is indeed an unenviable one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A deputation representing country volunteer fire brigades was introduced to the Chief Secretary yesterday by Mr. D. Storey, M.L.A., who said that its object was that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A house of nine rooms, belonging to Mrs. G. Williams, of Newcastle, was destroyed by fire this morning at about 4 o'clock. The premises were occupied by Nurse Cosgrove as…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A deputation, consisting largely of members of Parliament, was introduced to the Chief Secretary yesterday morning by Mr. David Storey, M.L.A., and the request was that the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The desertion of an Indian from the R.M.S. Himalaya led to the master of the vessel, W. L. I Broun, being proceeded against in the summons division of the Water Police Court to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Summons Division of the Water "Police Court yesterday. Captain F. W. Vibert, of the P. and O. Company's R.M.S. India, was charged with being the master of a vessel from which two…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Our report of the paper read by Mr. Gates, president of the Local [?]nsurance institute, on State Fire Insurance, has been reprinted in New Zealand, where it has attracted a good…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"I am the captain of this vessel," said Sou[?]estre, coming forward. "Who are you?" "My name is Charles Auburn. I was out rowing when the fog came up; I lost my…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →First Lady : "I was so disappointed on my birthday." Second Lady : "How was that ?" "I wanted a motor-car, and didn't get…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out at the premises of Messrs. Hancock and Gore, Limited, timber merchants, at the corner of Stanley and Ernest streets, South Brisbane, yesterday afternoon, about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hancock, Son, and Gore's timber yard, in Stanlev-street, South Brisbane, was totally destroyed by fire to-night. It contained a large quantity of timber, and the damage is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At 6 o'clock this morning the brick offices, in White's-chambers, of Mr. F. S. Stacy, solicitor were discovered on fire. The flames were extinguished. The inner room was burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dear Sir,—I regret that I have to again trespass upon your space, but the cause is Ald. Bowen's letter. He denies he is an…
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