Fire at Buenos Ayres
BUENOS AYRES (ARGENTINA). Tuesday Evening.—A number of warehouses and Customs sheds have been destroyed by fire at Buenos Ayres. The damages is estimated a…
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Collision and Fire. Train Passengers Killed. and Injured
LONDON, Wednesday Morning.—The Paris-Breat express came into collision last night with two trains at a crossing at Courtville still all took are. Eight persons were killed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Concrete Fencing Posts. White Ant and Fire Proof
The relying entirely upon timber for the whole or chief material for fencing in this State cannot be looked upon as satisfactory by my progressive mind. That there are serious…
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A fire destroyed a number of warehouses and some of the Customs sheds in Buenos Ayres, the damage being estimated at £175,000…
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Irish names are conspicuous in the list of the victims of that disaster which saddened Christmas for many households in Chicago—the awful fire at the Stockyards in which…
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Messrs, A and A Hordern, of the Haymarket, Sydney, fancy drapers, narrowly escaped loss by fire on Wednesday night. When the premises were closed at 6.30 p.m., everything…
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The Unionist members of the House of Commons are appointing a committee to examine in special sections all Government bills, and to prepare amendments…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Unions Registering. Fire Brigade Employees. Melbourne
Application for registration of the Federated Gas Employees' Industrial Union was lodged with the Industrial Registrar on Saturday. The constitution of the union purports to embrace…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Smash in France. Many Killed or Injured. the Wreckage on Fire. Paris
A dreadful railway smash occurred at Courville, in the north-west of France, last night, when two expresses simultaneously dashed into a freight train that was being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Awful Scene at a Fire Two Children Burned to Death. Frantic Father Fails to Rescue
AUCKLAND, Thursday.—A fire occurred at 7 o'clock this morning in a shop in Ponsor by road, and occupied by a family named Porteoun, The inmates rushed from the bedrooms on the…
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A fire occurred on Thursday evening at half-past at premises situate at 22 Belmont-street Alexandria, occupied by Mr. Abraham P. Abrhame, reman and owned by Mrs. Cooper,…
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A small fire occurred last night at 23 Belmont-street, Alexandria, the residence of Mr. Percival Abrahams, a member of the M.F.B. He was away from home at the time with his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Freehold Versus Leasehold. Out or the Frying Pan Into the Fire
Mr. John Gardner, Beeehwood, New South Wales, writes:— I see in the "Farmer and Settler" that the Minister far Lands has stated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Awful Scene. Children Burned to Death. at an Auckland Fire. Parents Frightfully Injured
AUCKLAND, Thursday.--A fire last night destroyed premises at Ponsonby, occupied by Charles Porteous, his wife, and four children, and Bert Mountford and his wife. All were…
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A terrible tragedy occurred in Ponsonby' Road, Auckland, this morning, two children bring burned to death in front of their mother, who was unable…
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Serious bush fires are occurring in many parts of the North Island. There has been an absence of rain for several weeks, and the country is very dry. A considerable…
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A fire occurred at the Burderkin Hotel, Oxford-street, City occupied by Mr. Andrew Flanagan about 5 o'clock this morning. The brigades were soon in attendance, and extinguished the…
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At 5 o'clock this morning a fire was found in the bar of Andy Flanagan's Hotel in Oxford-street. The cause of the blaze is supposed to have been the throwing of a…
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Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in Mr. T. B. Warland's ship-repairing yard at Stockton. The flames broke out in the blacksmith's shop, and quickly spread…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A New Machine Gun. Prone Soldier Fires 400 Shots a Minute
Expert mechanics are at work in the United Stales Government shops st Springfield, Mass., perfecting improvements on a French gun substitute for the Maxim quick-firer, which can be carried by a single soldier…
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