Fires in the Suburbs
The M.F.B. had a call to Hansard-street, Waterloo, about 6 o'clock last evening, where a fire had broken out in a five-roomed weatherboard cottage, owned and occupied by…
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Broken-hill Mine Fires
BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--This afternoon affairs are progressing satisfactorily at the Proprietary, and if nothing unforeseen occurs Mr. Delprat expects to shortly have all the men…
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Shortly after 6 o'clock last evening a fiveroomed weatherboard cottage in Hansardstreet, North Botany, occupied by Mr. Greelan, was burnt down. The property was…
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Word has reached town that Mr.James Whitehad's residence at Taranale was destroyed by fire last night Everything was burnt, including money and valuables…
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LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--While dancing was going on in a ballroom over a stable at Fucecchio, Italy, the building caught fire and the floor collapsed…
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Ordinary raining operations were resumed at the Proprietary mine at midnight. All the men did not go in, but the majority did. Work proceeded on the usual lines, except in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Waterloo. a Cottage Destroyed, Others Damaged
A fire, which caused much damage, broke out at the residence of Mr. Dreelin, Hansard-street, Waterloo yesterday afternoon. It is said in to have originated in the kitchen, owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Sutherland. Sydney Man's Country Home Destroyed
The house of Charles Matthew Cullen, at Sutherland, was burned down at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, in distressing circumstances. Mr. Cullen, who works in Sydney, it appears,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Ballroom on Fire. Dancers Incinerated. London, March 6
While some people were dancing in a ballroom over a stable in Fucecchio, Tuscany, a fire broke out, and the floor collapsed. Eighteen persons were incinerated,…
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The position in regard to the fires in the mines remains pretty much the same. About 300 men per shift go underground and the now mill is kept going steadily. Fire-fighting…
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RIVERSTONE, Thursday.--Nellie Hodge, aged two years, was badly burnt yesterday through her clothes catching Are. She is in a critical condition…
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LONDON, Thursday, 2.50 p.m.—Six artillerymen have been sentenced at Odessa to from 10 to 20 years" imprisonment, and 24 others to shorter terms, for refusing to fire…
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BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--Block 10 despatches for the week amounted to 415 tons concentrates, leaving 430 tons on hand. Mr. E. A. Whitehead, resident engineer of the Water…
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The M.F.B. had a call to 75 Mount-street, North Sydney, this morning, where a smallgoods sh.p, occupied by Jagmer Jensen, was found to be ablaze. The fire broke out in a…
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The Proprietary management is now putting 10,000 gallons of water per hour on to the fire area. The winzes which are being driven from the bottom open cut are now down one…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Saving Spring. Story of a Canadian Prairie Fire
The horrors of a bush fire are well-known to all Australian readers, and do not seed elaboration. In a simply told narrative in the "Wide World Magazine" are recounted the experiences…
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It was reported last night that the well-known coasting steamer Dunmore, while coming from the south to Sydney, had a sensational experience off Long…
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A fire, supposed to have been caused by a spark from a railway locomotive, broke out in the Roman Catholic portion of Rookwood Cemetery on Saturday evening. The local…
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BROKEN- HILL, Sunday.--Operations of the Junction mine were suspended temporarily to-day at tho 490ft. level to allow the men to repair the M'lntyre shaft. Directly this is…
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The position in regard to the fire in the Proprietary mine has, according to the general manager, Mr. Delprat, somewhat improved. Yesterday the men working at the 300ft…
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