Fire in the City
A fire broke out shortly before 6 o'clock on Tuesday evening, on the second floor of a building at 63 Market-street, city, occupied as a workshop, by H. Hussman, a cabinet maker…
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Surry Hills Incident. Night Watchman Fires Three Shots
At the Central Police Court this morning Percy Clifton, 23, painter, was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Peter Cooney, at the corner of Smith and…
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MUDGEE, Wednesday.—The town was thrown into a state of great excitement on Monday evening by an outbreak of fire in premises owned and occupied by Dr. Lester on a site…
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LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The underwriters assert that they possess proof that the Boston fire was the result of incendiarism…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Hell Fire Jack." a Driver of Fast Trains
Among many of his follow employees of the Railway Department Driver Milburn, who was in chargo of the first Bendigo engine, w[?] known as "Hell Fire Jack," because of the…
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Fire insurance underwriters assert that they possess proof that the recent disastrous fire which occurred at Chelsea, a suburb of Boston, was the result of…
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Dr. M. Perl, of Melbourne, one of the medical men who attended the injured at the scene of the smash, said that when he arrived at Sunshine the dead and injured were lying about all…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Fire on the Mongolia Skipper and Officers Baffled by Smoke Steamer Converted Into a Washer-woman's "Horse"
The P. and O. s.s. Mongolia, Captain Preston, carrying about 400 passengers, which, with her crow, brought the complement up to nearly 700 persons, at present on a voyage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Railway Calamity. a Terrible Toll of Dead and Injured. Killed, 43; Injured, 145. Gruesome Work of Identification. "Scenes That Were Simply Indescribable." Mounds of Wreckage and Mangled Bodies. Horrors of Fire. Did the Westinghouse Brake Fail ?
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The awful railway calamity that occurred, at Braybrook Junction, seven miles from Melbourne, late on Monday night, becomes a great deal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in a Bakehouse
At 3,53 yesterday morning the fire bridage received a call to a fire at 123 Miller-street, North Sydney, the premises occup[?]ed by M. Butler, baker. When the brigade arrived a…
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MUDGEE, Wednesday.--Dr. Lester's stables, coachhouse, and motor-shed were destroyed by fire on Monday night. The fire had gained great headway before it was discovered,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electric Box Fuse Ironmonger's Shop Fire
There was a brilliant pyrotechnic display under the verandah of shop No. 757, in George-street, city, occupied by Mr. M. Morris, Ironmonger, shortly before 9'o'clock last…
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MUDGEE, Thursday.—A fire broke out about 8 p.m. on Wednesday on the premises of Mr. D. B. Collins, a leading bookseller and stationer, at the Exchange Corner. The damage…
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TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday. -- The Danish steamer Cambodis, with a full cargo of coal from Newcastle for the East, put into Townsville flying signals of distress…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at North Sydney. a Bakehouse Gutted
Early yesterday morning a fire was discovered in the bakehouse of M. Butler, baker, 123 Miller-street, North Sydney. The local branch of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade were soon on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Australian Fire Tree. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In Tuesday's "Herald" is a note on the so-called Queensland fire tree, and it is stated that it is a native of the forests of Northern Queensland. Proof should be given of this;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →S.S. Cambodia on Fire. Beached at Townsville. Brisbane
The steamer Cambodia arrived off the breakwater to-day with a fire, raging in the bunker coal. The fire was discovered some distance' down the coast. She anchored off…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In Camp. Battle on the Island. Camdens Driven In. Artillery Fire Live Shell. Effect on the Enemy. the Battleground, Liverpool
The Camdens invaded Cumberland yesterday. They started out [?]stensibly for peace manoeuvres, and then suddenly crossed the border at Bulli Pass. "The blackguards!"…
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The Metropolitan Fire Brigade were kept busy answering calls yesterday and last night, and in at least two instances prevented serious outbreaks by prompt attendance. Early in the…
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Four small fires occurred after midday yesterday, of which were extinguised by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade without much trouble. Children playing with matches are supposed to have caused the fires in…
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