Motor-car as Fire-engine
One of the latest developments in connection with the motor-car is auite in the line that might have been expected. The power at disposal is so xreat. and. as one may put it, so…
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2,206 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 111
While a Fire Was Raging
Complaints have been made to the police by the principals of some firms in York House, York-street, at which a fire occurred on Thursday night, that a large quantity of goods were…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →United States Marines Landing Under Fire
A picture specially drawn for "Leslie's Weekly," showing marines being landed to protect American interests in one of the smaller Southern Republics…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Brighton's New Fire-fighter: an Ordinary Motor Chassis Converted Into a Motor Fire-tender
The Brighton (Eng.) Council bought a four-cylinder chassis, and this' was converted into a motor fire-tender by Superintendent Lacroix. The whole of the work of conversion was done by the members of the briga de. The result is a combination of fire-engine, fire,escape, horse-cart, ambulance wagon, and chemical extinguisher. It can…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The York-street Fire. Valuable Furs Stolen
A sequel to the fire in York House, York-street, which occurred on Thursday night last, came to light yesterday morning, when the No. 1 police were informed that goods had…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Protector from Fire. Curious Festival in Naples
They hare many feast days in Italy, and none, perhaps, more interesting than that of St. Antonio, which was recently celebrated with great zest, as shown in the illustration…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The York-street Fire Insurances and Official Report
York House, the large warehouse situated at 50-54 York-stret, Sydney, where the big fire occurred on Thursday night, is owned by the trustees of the estate of the late John Solomon,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Under the Union Jack Smouldering Fires of India the Hatred of the English
"Gee! But she spreads a bit!" This was the, remark the -writer overheard a hard, world-stained American ejaculate as he gazed out of the window of a elow-moving Indian railway…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Woman's Terrible Act. Startling Discovery. Sets Fire to House. Cuts Her Own Throat. Fight in the Dark. Melbourne
The horrible burning tragedy at Chetwynd-street, West Melbourne, last night, in which L[?]n Ada Day, wife of Constable Day, lost her life, with her daughter Violet, aged 2…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A Demented Woman. Sets Fire to Her House. Mother and Two Children Burnt to Death. Another Child Severely Injured
MELBOURNE, Friday.--A fire, in which Mrs. Day, wife of Plain-clothes Constable L. Day, was burnt to death with her child, a baby girl, and in which her two sons, Cyril, aged 6,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Thefts at York-street Fire
Detectives Walker and Malone, Sergt. Whalen, and Constable Cox, are enquiring concerning the thefts from the York-street fire. It has been reported that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →West Melbourne Fire. Another Victim. MELBOURNE, Saturday Night
The remaining victim of the West Melbourne fire. Cyril Day, 6, died in the Melbourne Ho[?]pital yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Lighting Without Wood
When sticks of wood are scarce in a house paper will be found an excellent substitute treated in this way:--Take a sheet of newspaper and roll it tightly, starting from one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Vessel on Fire. Puts Into Mauritius
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The order writer's Association yesterday received a cable message from London, dated March 4, stating that the Pool Shipping Company's steamer Clearpool, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on the Clearpool
The Sydney Marine Underwriters' and Salvage Association, Ltd., have received advice stating that the steamer Clearpool put into Mauritius for coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Holiday Game. Fire on the Mountain
In this game there are two rings of players, one outside the other. The players forming the Inner ring sit or kneel down; those in the outer ring stand close beside them,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Castle Destroyed by Fire. Loss Estimated at £25,000
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Castle Freke, Cork, the seat of Lord Carbery, and a building teeming with historic associations, has been destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep and Wool Australian Wool From Sheep to Suit. (By "Fire-brand.") X.
Scouring is a process that all wool sooner or later has to pass through, but all scouring is not done by the same class of persons with the same…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hot Time Threatened. Out of the Frying Pan. and the Fire Neatly Dodged
The industrial laws of the State are full of pitfalls, traps for the unwary employer who fails to walk with the cafe and circumspection that are essential to safety…
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