An Adelaide Sensation. English Cricketers as Fire-Fighters
Sunday was the hottest dav of the summer in South Australia; in Adelaide the shade temperature was 105.7, The vice-regal residence at Marble…
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Cane Fields on Fire. Heavy Losses at Murwilumbah
Further particulars, concerning the big fire which raged among the cane fields at Murwill lumbah, go to show that a great dael of damage was d[?] The fire at Budges…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another New York Fire. Loss of £230,000
NEW YORK, Wednesday Evening.--A fire swept through a seven-story warehouse, occupied by the Terminal Warehouse Company, and situated near the North River…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Origin of Red Fire a Famous American Wheat
The best grade of Canadian wheat is known aa "Manitoba Hard," and the story of the origin of this. wheat reads like a romance. About the year 1842…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Osaka Fire. Three Millions' Worth of Damage
TOKIO, Wednesday Evening.--There was a recrudescence of the Osaka fire last evening, but it was finally extinguished at midnight. The damage caused is estimated at £3,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New York Fires. More Disastrous Outbreaks Million and a Quarter Damage. New York
New York has had two more big fires. One outbreak resulted in the destruction of a seven-storied warehouse on the waterfront; where £2,600,000 worth of merchandise…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Church-hill. Hotel Threatened. Wireless Installation Destroyed
A telephone message was received at the headquarters of the Metropolitan Firs Brigade yesterday just before 2.30 p.m., conveying the intelligence that a fire had broken out at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Canefields Swept. Perilous Fire. Planters' Losses. 3700 Tons Destroyed. Murwillumbah
Further news is to hand regarding the canefields fire. The fire at Cudgen plantation started about 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sueyic Fire. Vessel Arrives Safely. Hold Flooded. (Continued from page 6)
MELBOURNE, Friday Afternoon.—Messrs. Dalgety and Company have just received a wireless message from the White Star steamer Suevic, stating that the fire on board is still…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire! on White Star Liner. Suevie Alight. Outbreak After Leaving Sydney
MELBOURNE, Friday Morning.—A telegram was received by the Navigation Department from Wilson's Promontory that the White Star steamer Suevie, which left Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Before Port Arthur. Sea Covered with Mines. the Open Bridge. Deadly Shell Fire
Commander Nakasato, of H.I.J.M.S. Aso, is a modest man. He has passed through more "hairbreadth 'scapes and mining accidents"' than Othello. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on Board. Message From the Suevic. Passengers Being Landed. Cargo Ablaze. Melbourne
Just before 2 a.m. to-day the Central Telegraph Office received .an urgent message from the lighthouse keeper at Wilson's Promontory stating that the 12,000 ton White…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Engines and Bush Fires
The West Australian Railway Commissioner has ordered that less Collie coal shall be used, as there is danger from the sparks, which are given off freely from this coal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Binalong. Hotel Destroyed
YASS, Friday.--A big fire occurred at Binalong this morning, Regan's Hotel being burnt to the ground. The premises were insured in the New…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Cane Fire. Murwillumbah
Reports from Cudgen state that the danger of further destruction to the cane has passed. The swamp lands towards Chinderah, between Cudgen Heights and the river, are still on…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The King's School Fire. a Confession
On Wednesday morning, shortly after 5 o'clock, a two-storey storehouse was discovered to be on fire, and before the Parramatta Fire Brigade arrived on the scene the buildings and contents were practically consumed…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire at Sea. Outbreak on the Suevic
Considerable consternation was caused in shipping circles yesterday upon receipt of news from Melbourne to the effect that a fire had broken out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suevic Outbreak. Fire Completely Extinguished. Melbourne
The fire on the White Star line steamer Suevic has been completely extinguished. The vessel was brought alongside the Port Melbourne Pier early this morning, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Parramatta Fire. Allen Before the Court
At the Parramatta Police Court, before Mr. Addison, chamber magistrate, Gilbert Allen, 23, was charged with inces[?] at The King's School, Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Who Did It? Fire at T.k-s. a Man Accuses Himself
On Wednesday "morning a fire was discovered in the old stables of the, King's. School, situated near the gateway on the O'Connell-street frontafe of T.K.S…
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