On Fire in the Snow
George Wallington. enginedriver. and J. Baker, miner, were drinking together at Walrington's hut, near Sunnyside, Victoria, on Thursday evening. While Baker went for a…
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The Outlook Connexional Fire Insurance
For some years past the question of the establishment of a Connexional Fire Insurance Fund has been introduced into both the General and Annual Conferences. The fact that we- pay away every year…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →City Fires. in Oxford Square. Narrow Escape of a Family
A fire which occurred early yesterday morning partially destroyed a grocer's shop in Oxford-square. The shop was occupied by Austin Kerrin, and was owned by Messrs. Saywell and…
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A new Are detector (says "Science Siftings") of unusual kind is a fine copper wire encased in fusible metal, which, in turn, is covered with insulating material and enclosed in a copper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car on Fire. a Dramatic Escape. London, June 25
A motor car, while travelling along Beachy Head, caught fire. Immediately after the occupants escaped the car backed over the cliff and fell 300ft…
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A fire which occurred at Three Rivers, on the River St. Lawrence. 78 miles north-west of Mon[?] devastated the business portion of the city. Three hundred of the finest commercial houses…
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A now fire detector of unusual kind is a fine copper wire encased in fusible metal, which, in turn, is covered with insulating material and enclosed in a…
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At 1.15 yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in an upstairs room of a house occupied by Mr. T. F. Faulkiner, at Boyce-street, Glebe Point. The flames were extinguished…
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At about 1.15 p.m. on Saturday a fire broke out at a house in Boyce-street. Glebe Point, occupied by Mr. F. Fitzgerald Faulkner. About £50 worth of damage was done, chiefly to clothing, jewellery, and silver ware,…
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A fire broke out at 1.15 p.m. yesterday in a house occupied by Mr. T. Fitzgerald Faulkener, at Boyce-street, Glebe Point, causing damage to the amount of about £50. In addition Mr. Faulkener lost many original…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Suffocated by Fire. Hot Brick in Bed. Melbourne
Sarah Teed, aged 92, has been suffocated by fire, or burnt to death, at Linton. The old lady went to bed on Thursday night, and took a hot brick to warm the bed. This evidently…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Unhappy India. Passenger and Goods Trains Collide. Carriages Take Fire. Fifteen Persons Killed and 270 Injured
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--A railway disaster has occurred on the Bombay-Baroda railway line. An express train, carrying a large…
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At about 6.15 p.m. yesterday a fire broke out in No. 361 Darling-street, Balmain, in premises occupied by Leonard Byers, tobacconist, and owned by Miss Walker, Little Darling-street, Balmain. The flames, which…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Driving to Fires Speed of the Engines the Right of the Road
When returning from a fire in Melbourne a motor pump engine collided with a tram in Flinders- street, and injured three passengers. Yesterday the driver of the fire pumo,…
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MELBOURNE, Monday,-- At the District Court to-day, George Robert Bell, driver of a motor fire pump, was fined £5 for, furious driving. Mr. Dwyer, P.M., .said, that although the Fire…
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On June 13 a collision took place in Flinders-street between a motor fire pump and a tramcar. The car was damaged, and three passengers were injured. The motor pump was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Oxford-street Fire
Mr. J. F. Austin, writes:âIn your report of the fire that occurred, on the premises of. Mr. Kerrins, 14 Oxford Square. you state that "the inmates got out on to the verandah, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Playing with Fire Lad's Life Despaired of Nairrabri
A lad named Cox, of Dangar Village, was playing with fire this morning, when he received such severe injuries that there are no hopes of his recovery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Granville Fire: Smart in Surance Work
On another page the attention of our readers is directed to the smart business methods of Mr. Henry G. Quinlan, insurance brother, of Lyndhurst Chambers, 84…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Murwillumbah Fire. a Unique Celebration. Murwillumbah
September 15 will be the first anniversary of the great fire which almost annihilated Murwillumbah, and the occasion will be celebrated in a fitting manner. Alderman…
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