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MELBOURNE, Friday.--Shortly before 2 a.m. to-day news came to Melbourne from Wilson's Promontory that the White Star Company's steamer S[?]ovic, bound from Sydney to London…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Considerable anxiety was aroused by the announcement this morning that a fire had broken out in No. 1 hold of the White Star Liner Suevic during the voyage from Sydney. I…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Whilst on her way from Sydney to Melbourne a fire broke out amongst the copra in the No. 1. hold of the Suevic. The fire tug Nyora left Melbourne to meet her, but on her arrival was told that the fire was out. Later,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The copra which suffered by fire on board the Suevic will not be re-shipped, as it is too sodden to be of any use. It is thought the vessel will not leave this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Eighteen officers and men were injured by an explosion which occurred this week on H.M.S. Orion, in Portsmouth Dockyard. The Orion, although not the largest, is the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Mr. Winston Churchill is said to be the only First Lord for over a century who has actually been under fire…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Fire Brigade was called upon to extinguish several minor outbreaks during the week end. At the premises of C.E. Waters and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.--At an early hour this morning a fire broke out in a storehouse at the rear of James Dalley's residence, in Rosa-street, containing paints and oils and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two rooms were damaged by fire at Mr. J. Turribull's cottage, "Harcourt," Campsie, yesterday afternoon, the supposed cause of the outbreak being the throwing down of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. M. H. Fitz[?]ing held an inquiry at the Parramatta Court house this morning. [?]ing the fire which destroyed the stables and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About noon yesterday sparks from a chimney set alight the roof of a hack bedroom at Mrs. A. Samuels's boarding-house, "Bomera," Wylde-street Potts Point. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TORONTO, Sunday.—A fire destroyed the Alian Manufacturing Company's block of buildings last night. Three firemen were badly injured during the course of the fire-fight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Saturday.--The Suevic berthed alongside the Port Melbourne pier to-day. The fire was completely extinguished, but it was not till 10 o'clock this morning that the last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TORONTO, Saturday Afternoon.--A fire has destroyed the Allan Manufacturing Company's block of buildings. Three firemen were badly injured…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It was like a day at Coney Island, and [?] was like a night there, too. For Manly, though it lacks some things that go to make up the fame of the American seaside resort,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Melbourne architect, Mr. H. W. Tompkins, has been commenting on the subject of sky-scrapers and fire risks. Recently Mr. Leo, the chief officer of the fire brigade in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →PORTLAND, Monday.—A fire broke out here about 3 o'clock last night, by which three business places in Woigan-street were completely gutted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At 2.45 o'clock this morning another devastating fire broke out in Narrabri, when 11 buildings in the main business portion of the town were burnt to the ground, and the bulk…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →NARRABRI, Monday.—A disastrous fire occurred early yesterday morning on the east side of Maitland-street, the business centre of Narrabri, about half the entire block between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Glenbrook, a Blue Mountain town 40 miles from Sydney on the Main Western line, is among the many growing towns and districts without a fire brigade, and this morning it…
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