Fires
LIVERPOOL. Tuesday.--A fire occurred recently on the premises at what is known as "Taylor's Farm," Hoxton Park, occupied by Mrs. Senior, and resulted in the total…
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New Year's Eve Blaze. Fire at Wyalong. Five Buildings Destroyed
WEST WYALONG, Wednesday'.—The dose of I the old year was marked by a disastrous conflagration in the main. street. Several buildings were completely destroyed, and It was only…
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There are domestic fires burning in York shire to-day which have never been out for hundreds or years. At the old-fashioned farmhouses In the dales of Yorkshire peat is still…
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The number of calls-received, by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade during 1907 'Was a record, to-tailing 814 calls, as against 658 last year. The aggregate exceeded that of any previous year…
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Early on Christmas morning a big fire broke out in the manufacturing district of Hindmarsh, and raged until daylight, with the result that about £50,000 worth of damage…
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Mr. Webb, superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, stated this morning that the year 1907 provided a record as regards the number of calls received by the brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Bonfire Fiend. Larrikins Take Charge of a Street. Dangerous Blaze in Paddington
Although, little actual damage resulted in the metropolitan area from fire during last night's celebrations, still the bonfire Send was abroad in many of the suburbs, and, in some in…
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The returns of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade for the last 12 months, which were issued early this morning, disclose a record year's work. The number of calls received…
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A fire started at Thoms's Globe Hotel, in Main-street, West Wyalong, this evening. It quickly took possession of the block, comprising the hotel, Louden's store, Thoms's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Late Cable News Received This Morning. a lady Burglar. Sensational Arrest. Fires Six Shots at Gendarmes
LONDON Tuesday Evening.—Anna. Kunmer, a fashionably dressed girl of 18, belonging to a good German family, has been, with a male companion, arrested at Lucerne. Switzerland,…
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A number of the police doing duty last night in Woolloomooloo, where things were particularly lively, were subjected to a brutal attack in consequence of their efforts to…
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YASS, Thursday.— The bush fires which have been raging in the Yass district since Christmas Day have been got under control, and practically extinguished, and an estimate of the…
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A fire this afternoon destroyed two small cottages in Hillside Blocks. One was owned and occupied by Mr. C. Holland. The other was owned by Mr. Slocum, and occupied by…
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BYRON BAY Thursday.— The residence of a ma n in[?] Horsey, a dairy farmer, a few miles from Byron Bay, was des[?] by fir with all its contents. The occupants were…
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Much has been said of late anent Rome's love for the Bible, and considerable indignation has been expressed toward those wicked Protestants who dared to refer to…
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WYALONG, Wednesday.--The close of the old year was marked by a serious fire in the main street, when several buildings were destroyed. The fire originated in Massey's Globe Hotel…
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Shortly after 8 on New Year's eve a fire, resulting in heavy loss of property, broke out in the main street of West Wyalong, in premises known as the Globe Hotel, of which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Young Girl Burglar. Fires at the Gendarmes. a Sensation in Switzerland
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Anna Kunmer, a fashionably-dressed girl of 18, belonging to a good German family, has been arrested with a male companion at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Defeats Picnickers. Refuge in the Sea. Melbourne
Picnic and camping parties on the 90-Mile Beach, near Orbost, had a most trying experience on Thursday. A bush fire broke out shortly after noon, and blazed along the coast…
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Before Mr, Macfarlane, S.M., at the Paddingion Police Court this morning. Otto Wilson, 16, described as a buggy boy by occupation, was charged with wilfully damaging a…
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