Telephone Wires Cause Fire
During a thunderstorm last night the telephone wires leading to the residence of Mr. M. E. Bradley, Sunnyside, Allison-road, Randwick, were struck by lightning. The…
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Lightning Causes a Fire
During the height of last evening's brief storm a heavy flash of lightning in the vicinity of Randwick was responsible for the burning of the telephone wires at the residence of M. E…
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At the magisterial inquiry held as to thei cause of the lire at the Gunning flour mills the verdict was that there was no evidence to show how the fire originated. The…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire on a Steamer. Newby Hall Puts Into Port. Fire in the Main Hold
CAPETOWN, Friday.--The steamer New by Hall, bound from Australian ports to South Africa, has put into Lorenzo Marques (Delagoa Bay), and reported that a. fire, the…
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The announcement of the arrival at Lorenzo Marques of the s.s. Newby Hall, which loaded in Australia on behalf of the Ellerman-Bucknall Lines,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a College. Principals Lose Their Lives
A fire gutted St. Joseph's College, Granby, Quebec, yesterday. The Father Superior and the assistant, superior aided 30 students and teachers to escape…
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TWENTY-NINE girls and one boy were burnt to ashes, 23 other girls were injured, and a property loss estimated at…
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VANCOUVER, Friday.--St. Joseph's College, at Grandby, Quebec, has been destroyed by lire. The Superior and Assistant-Superior…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Tram Car on Fire. Overhead Wire Breaks. Brilliant Scene at Railway Station
A tram caught fire at tho Central Railway Station yesterday morning, with the result that the traffic on tho Pitt and Castlereagh streets tram lines was hold up for about a quarter of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire Fighters Union. Wages Board to Be Asked for Dissatisfaction in City and Suburbs
A firemens' union embracing the majority of the five-fighters of Sydney and suburbs was formed on Friday night and immediate application is to be made for registration under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Mortlake Gasworks
About 3.30 yesterday afternoon a fire occurred at the Mortlake Gasworks, caused, it is stated, by hot coke coming in contact with some sulphur. The Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lodging House Fire. Six Fatalities. Vancouver, Saturday Morning
A five-storey lodging-house in Chinatown, New York, was demolished by fire. Six fatalities occurred. A hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Madam Madeline. Gleans at Grace Bros. and Big Tonal Gathers Her In. a Silly Mothre's Stupid Shoplifting. Fires and Finger Prints Contrasted
A little woman, of sandy complexion and repentant men named Madeline Turner, 41, was charged before Mr. Barnett, S.M., at the Glebe Police Court on Thursday,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girls Leap From Factory Windows. Twenty-two Deaths at a Fire. Awestruck Bystanders. New York, December 3
At least 22 girls were either burned to death or killed in leaping into the street at a factory fire at Newark, New Jersey, this morning. Forty others were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Fire-fighters' Union. to Secure Better Working Conditions. Formed and Registered Yesterday. No Danger of a Strike
The latest Trades Union, formed on Friday night and registered yesterday morning, is that of the firemen of the city and suburbs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrible Holocausts. a Church Burned Down. Seventeen Worshippers Perish. and Eighty Others Injured. Miniature Hell in a Sacred Edifice. Fire Caused by Ignited Decorations. Mexico City
Reports from Hacienda Ranch show that [?]table, calamity, occurred there yesterday, when a church was accidentally burned down and a number of the…
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Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning premises in Goulburn-street, city, occupied by Mr. M. Symonds, pawnbroker, Were discovered to be on fire. Before the outbreak was…
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This afternoon John Malvern, a fireman at Paddington Station, was passing from one of the stalls to another when he was kicked and severely injured by a horse. He was…
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A light thrown down is supposed to have been the cause of a fire in the Government Medical Superintendent's office in Phillip-street, City, about 4 o'clock this afternoon…
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A light thrown down caused a to at the rooms of the chief medical officer for [?] ment Railways Dr. Taylorl, 55 Philip-street City this afternoon. The fire brigade was…
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