Cargo of Lime Takes Fire
A fire amongst the cargo of the ketch Lulu (60 tons) was discovered on Saturday night whilst the vessel was inward bound to port Adelaide from Moolbay. She had 300 bags of…
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Destr[?]etive Fire. Hackness Hall Burnt Down
LONDON, Monday Evening.—Hackness Hall, near Scarborough, the residence of Lord Derwent, has been destroyed by fire. The damage amounts to many thousands of…
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The desirability of prohibiting the use of phosphorus as an agent in rabbit destruction during the summer months, was the subject of an interesting discussion at the meeting of…
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Fierce flames and black smoke suddenly shut out from 3500 bass of copra slacked on the German whart at Circular Quay shortly before midnight last night. A big are…
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A fire broke out late last night on the German Wharf, Circular Quay. The origin of the outbreak was supposed to be due to spontaneous combustion in a stack of 3500 bags of copra…
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Shortly before midnight last night, and while a number of wharf-labourers were busy loading the German steamer Greifswald, a fire broke out among 3500 bags of copra, stored in…
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In a paper dealing with the question of spontan[?]ous combustion among ships [?]argoes, Professor J. Park, F.G.S., director of the Otago University School of Mines, says…
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At 11.26 . last night the George-street North Fire Station was apprised by a night watchman, named Poster, that there vas a fire at the N.D.L. Wharf, Circular Quay where…
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With the object of avoiding tho risk of fire, the Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral has decided to spend 120,000 upon the erection of another hot-air generating station…
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JERILDERIE, Thursday.—A destructive bush fire broke out last evening at Coree Station. It burnt furiously in a south-westerly, direction, through Tongaboo and Booroobanllly, and on…
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TOCUMWAL, Wednesday.--A big fire is raging near Finley. It is reported to have started at the Coree well, from where it burned about 3000 acres of grass on M'Allisters Myrtle Park…
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COOKAMBLE, Thursday.-A fire occurred in Wilga-Btreet, Coonamble West, on Tuesday night, by which a cottage and its contents were totally destroyed. The alarm was given about…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A destructive fire occurred in Murphy-street, Wangaratta-to-night. An auction mart, in which a large quantity of furniture was stored, two offices…
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BATHURST, Wednesday.--Speaking to-night at the meeting of the Bathurst Municipal Council, Ald. E. T. Webb said that the way the Fire Brigades Act was being administered…
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In view of the serious damage wrought each year by bush fires, the subject of organisation against such outbreaks is attracting much attention…
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JERILDERIE, Thursday.--A destructive bush Are broke out yesterday evening at Coree Station, and burnt furiously in a south-westerly direction through Tongaboo and Booroobanilly,…
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PENRITH, Thursday.--A fire broke out this afternoon in the stables and cart-sheds of Edward Haynes, general carrier. The local fire brigade attended, but before they arrived…
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A. series of fires occurred in the suburbs last night, and the fire brigades were kept busy. A school &t Concord was struck by lightning, and set on fire. Curiously enough, the school was…
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A fire broke out in the Synagogue at Wolverhampton, England, on December I2, and destroyed the whole interior of the Synagogue. Most remarkably, however, the Ark and the…
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