Fires
A coach house and contests at the rear of the dwelling of Edwin Cooke, Hercules-street, Willoughby, was severely damaged by fire on Friday afternoon. The flames were extinguished…
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Blaze at Stockton
A weatherboard cottage near the old Stockton colliery at Stockton, and occupied by three men, caught fire last night, and was completely destroyed. The fire brigade was greatly…
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A four-roomed weatherboard cottage, owned by Mr. Richard Hardy, in Martinplace Mortdale, was burned, together with its contents, shortly after noon to-day. The…
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A four-roomed weatherboard cottage in Martin place, Mortdale, the residence of Mr. Richard Hardy, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The local branch of the…
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Joseph Carruthers has returned to Sydney, his carpet bag being stuffed with material for red fire, to hide his land cracks…
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At 12.30 this afternoon a fire broke out in a four-roomed weatherboard cottage owned and occupied by Mr. R. Hardy, in Martin-place, Mortdale. The flames were greatly…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Caught in the Forest Fires. Railway Official's Ordeal. Rush Through Blazing Timber
THE Valley of Koolomel, in British Columbia was recently, as all our readers know, the scene of a devastating fire, which stands without parallel in the record…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spark From a Boiler Sets Fire to Scaffolding
A spark from the boilers of the donkey engine, [?] nine stories high, on the partly-constructed Commercial Travellers now club-rooms, at the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Admiral at Work Some Facts About Fire Control the Value of the "Spotter"
Some people imagine that an admiral has nothing to do but to walk the bridge of his own ship, like any ship captain, and that all that the other ships in his squadron or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire-resisting Paints
A Spaniard has recently perfected a fire-resisting paint, which has advantages over many of the paints in general use. The invention consists of a paste or paint…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suburban Fires. Cottage Burnt Out
A fire broke out in a four-roomed cottage in Martinplace, Mortdale, at 11,3S a.m. on Friday. The cottage was owned and occupied by Richard Hardie, and was constructed of weatherboard with an iron roof…
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A fire broke out at an early hour this morning in a four-roomed weatherboard cottage in Nowra-street, Canterbury, owned and occupied by George Kitt. The alarm was sent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →City Fires. Commercial Hotel Damaged
The brigades received two calls on Friday night to fires in the city. At about 11.12 p.m. a fire broke out in a front room on the second floor of the Commercial Hotel, at the corner…
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At about midday on Friday No. 3 station attended a fire in Hercules-street, Willoughby. A stable and coachhouse, said to be owned by Mr. Edmund Bartlett, was on fire, the contents of which were damaged…
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BROKEN HILL, Monday.—A fire last night totally destroyed a five-roomed building in Brown-street, owned and occupied by Elijah Lavender. The blaze was caused through a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Services on the Mines. Broken Hill
Year by year, the various mines in Broken Hill are perfecting their fire services. The Proprietary has a service and a special brigade combined, but the other mines rely on…
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LIVERPOOL, Monday.--Bush fires have prevailed in different parts of the district, and on Friday last a Chinese narrowly escaped being burned out by a fire which occurred in the scrub…
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The Marriekville Branch of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade were called out to a bush fire on a vacant allotment, near Coronation-avenue, yesterday. One bydrant was sufficient to extinguish the flames, but not before…
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A fire was discovered shortly after 2 o'clock morning in a shed at the rear of the premises of Arthur Wilkinson, 373½ Crown-street, Surry Hills. The outbreak was extinguished…
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The Metropolitan Fire Brigade were turned tart several times during the night to deal with small fires in the suburbs. A light brown down s supposed to have been…
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