Fires in California. Beauty Spot in Danger. London, Friday Afternoon
Forest fires are sweeping along the famous Yosemite Valley, California, and threaten to eat up the giant redwood trees in the valley…
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Financial. Record Fires
Despite persistent warnings, Sydney has kept fairly free of disastrous fires. Wheather this is due, as some experts would have us believe, to sheer good luck, or to the efficiency…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Forest Fires in America. Yosemite Valley. London, Aug. 21
Forest fires are sweeping along the Yosemite Valley, California, and threaten the giant redwoods. The Yosemite Valley, on the west slope of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Maitland. Hairdresser's Shop Destroyed
WEST MAITLAND, Sunday.--A destructive fire occurred last night, a shop in Paskin's Arcade, occupied by Phillip Bible, tobacconist and hairdresser, being completely gutted. When the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yosemite Valley on Fire. Cedar Forests Threatened
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Forest fires are sweeping along the Yosemite Valley, and threatening to destroy the giant redwoods. The Yosemite Valley is a cleft in the West…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire-brigade Review. the Gallop Past. Forty Thousand Spectators
High-spirited, free-actioned, horses, attached to the red-and-gold steamers, galloping past the saluting-base, opposite the Art Gallery, in the Domain on Saturday morning, thrilled…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Brigade Parade. Large Crowd in the Domain. Men, Horses, and Engines
A huge crowd drifted into the Domain between 10 and 11 o'clock on Saturday for the purpose of watching the parade of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, arranged in honour of…
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Disastrous as was the recent fire at the Canadian town of Three Rivers, which is said to have destroyed 300 buildings and to have done £400,000 worth of damage, it is…
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About 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon, in George-street City, opposite the G.P.O., an electric trolly pole came into contact with some of the overhead decorations. Portion of the…
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Portions of the decorations in George street, near the Post Office, caught fire shortly after 5 o'clock last evening through a spark from the trolley pole of an electric…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boat Race Arranged Fire Brigade V. Louisiana
The crew of the U.S.S. Louisiana, which defeated a crew of the U.S.S. Illinois yesterday, has accepted the challenge from the Fire Brigade, and the race will take place…
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WELLINGTON, Monday.--A fire occurred in Levy's buildings late on Saturday night. The fire is supposed to have originated in a room at the rear of a hairdressing saloon kept by J. R…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Great Fire in Stamboul. a Whole District Destroyed. London, Aug. 24
A fire broke out in the Stamboul quarter of Constantinople yesterday, and at night was still burning. Fifteen hundred shops and houses have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Naval Boat Race. Fire Brigade's Challenge Accepted. Louisiana Crew Will Row
When the two crews from the U.S.S. Louisiana, and the U.S.S. Illinois finished their race yesterday the Fire Brigades' whalers' crew, who were present for the finish of the race,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Destructive Fire at Stamboul. Still Burning on Sunday. Fifteen Hundred Shops Destroyed
LONDON, Monday.--A fire which broke out in the Stamboul quarter of Constantinople bad not been extinguished up to last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Boat Race. Fleet's Champion Crew. Will Meet Sydney Fire Brigade. a £100 Prize
A boat race between the Louisiana (the champion crew of the American Fleet) and the Sydney Fire Brigade will be rowed to-morrow afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Skeleton Discovered. Supposed Relic of a Bush-fire
BOMBALA, Tuesday.--The skeleton of a human being has been discovered in the bush near Rocky Hall. and it is thought that the remains are those of a man named Rawlinson…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at Junee
JUNEE, Wednesday.—A weatherboard cottage, the property of Mr. H. Costin, at Old Junee. was burnt down last night about half-past 6. It is thought that one of the children…
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There was a large crowd, estimated, at between 40,000 and 50,000, among them many, sailors from the visiting warships, in the Domain on the morning of August 22, to witness…
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The residence of Mrs. Barwick and family has been entirely destroyed by fire. Nothing of any consequence was saved, and the occupants had a narrow escape…
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