Fire-fighting Students. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 8
Sir,—I do not wish in any way to minimise the praise given by the principal at the distribution of prizes to the students at the Agricultural College, as reported in your paper this morning. All praise is…
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Evening News · Monday 9 April 1906 · page 9
The M.F.B. had a call on Saturday to a dwelling in Dean's Terrace, off Kent-street, between Bathurst and Liverpool streets, where some bedding was alight The blaze is believed…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 April 1906 · page 8
Mossrs. Edwards, Dunlop, and Co., Ltd., whose business promises were recently destroyed by fire, acknowledge in this issue their thanks to the general, public, a great number of whom…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lady's Clothing Catches Fire
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 April 1906 · page 8
ADELAIDE, Sunday.—While making pancakes yesterday Miss Bebee, of Gawler, sustained serious injuries about the body and limbs through a piece of wood falling out of the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australia. Fire at Adelaide. Adelaide
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 April 1906 · page 8
A fire was discovered in Charlick Brothers' grocery establishment, Rundle-street, this afternoon, and before it could be subdued by the brigades a large amount of damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Broken-hill Proprietary Fire Outburst of Gas. Two Lives Lost
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 7
BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--The task of combatting the fire in Block 11 is still attended with difficulty, which occasionally causes inconvenience in carrying on mining operations adjacent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Suspicious Fire
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 2
A small wooden tenement containing four rooms and connected with which was an outhouse situated on the Clarke's Estate, Woolwich, and belonging to Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Manly
Evening News · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 3
The Manly Volunteer Fire Brigade had a call yesterday to the wood and coal yard of J. J. Dargan, Henrietta-lane, off Sydney-road, Manly, where a fire had broken out in a shed…
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Evening News · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 4
The Balmain and Leichhardt branches of the M.F.B. attended an outbreak of fire at 53 Hornsey-street, Balmain, yesterday afternoon. The premises, a weatherboard cottage, were…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 10
BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--The Junction North shaft was unsealed at the 420ft. level for 10 minutes last evening, to enable the officials and Mr. Sheppard to make an examination as to its…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 10
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald
The premises occupied by the "Truth" and "Sportsman" newspapers in King-street were the scene of a small fire shortly before two o'clock this morning. A detachment from the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Melbourne Mills. Hill Smith v. Fred Preston. Long Bill Pulls the Fight Out of the Fire and Winds in the Seventh Round
Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 6
The promise of a good battle between Fred Preston, of Melbourne, and Bill Smith, drew a fair crowd to the Melbourne Cyclorama, on Tuesday night,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cigars and Fire Insurance
The Catholic Press · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 28
George Chaplin, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, bought a box of cigars worth £3, which he insured against fire for £5 He then smoked the cigars and…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Broken Hill Mine Fires. Position at the Proprietary. Broken Hill
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 5
The position at the Proprletary mine to-day was without change. About 377 men went underground on the morning shift. The general manager, Mr. Delprat, who leaves for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at North Sydney. Man Burned to Death
Evening News · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 4
James Mann, a carting contractor, met a terrible death at an early hour this morning. With two other men and a youth, he occupied a four-roomed weatherboard cottage in…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 8
A fatal fire occurred at North Sydney shortly before midnight, the victim being James Mann, 37, a carting contractor, who resided in Myrtle-street…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Fire. Cottage Destroyed at North Sydney. Man Burned to Death. Fruitless Attempts at Rescue
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 11
A fatal fire occurred at a house in Myrtle-street, North Sydney, shortly before 12 o'clock last night. The place, which is a four-roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sensational Fire in North Sydney. a Man Roasted Alive. in His Wife's House. a Bailiff in Possession. Several Suspicious Circumstances
The Australian Star · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 5
The Fire at North Sydney last night not only contained the elements of a good deal of the sensational drama, but wound-up with a tragedy of real life, and of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Richmond
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 5
Five shops were set on fire by the upsetting of a kerosene lamp in a cycle establishment last night at Richmond. The cycle shop was gutted, and all the rest were more or…
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