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The first annual sports meeting of the police and fire brigades is fixed for the Agricultural Ground on Monday, March 4 next, and promises to be a most successful event. Nearly 400 entries have been received…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →COALGATE (Oklahoma). Friday—A fire broke out in the Western coal Company's mine yesterday, and 80 men were cut off from the shaft, Many dashed for safely, and escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The recent fire, which destroyed the cotton stocks of the Japanese Trading Company lasted 12 hours, and was the most destructive in the history of India…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →ADELAIDE, Friday.--After noon to-morrow the whole of the cities and towns of South Australia wil' probably be without lire protection, except for such as can hastily be arranged by…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Henry Cullingford, a man of about 60, living in his own house in Essex (Eng.), was responsible for an extraordinary scene in the small hours of one morning last month. Cullingford,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An outbreak of fire occurred in a room used for demonstration purposes in the Pathological Department of the University Museum at Oxford (Eng.). The city fire brigade subdued the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A fire has swept the eastern section of Houston city, Texas, U.S.A., destroying 25 blocks, and rendering a thousand people homeless. Scores of big manufacturing plants were burned, and cotton valued at £400,000…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The year 1910 witnessed no fewer than 14,495 outbreaks in New York, an increase of about 2000 on the year 1909. The total loss is stated to have been £l,718,200, but the average loss…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Quite recently a disastrous fire at Wee Waa did damage to the extent of £40,000. That in itself would be sufficient cause for comment, apart altogether from the fact that it is but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A somewhat unusual case occupied attention of Magistrate Clarke in the North Sydney Police Court on Monday last, when Thomas Whitford Taylor, an ex-member…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Truth" readers will remember that last week I gave them particulars about the extraordinary "Christian" action of the Salvation Army authorities here in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the Coogee Bay Hotel the works contractor, who is effecting alterations, erected a large shed, on one side of which several thousand feet of timber are [?]ked, and on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ADELAIDE, Monday.—This petition in connection with the Metropolitan [?] strike is unchanged. A strong [?] have been posted outside the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Though the permanent firemen of South Australia are on strike sufficient volunteers have been secured in Adelaide to man three appliances. Several private motor cars have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A survey of the steamer Ethelwolf which put into Fremantle with a fire in her bunkers a fortnight ago, was made last Saturday. It was found…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A survey of the steamer Ethelwolf, which put into Fremantle with a fire in her bunkers a fortnight ago, was made yesterday. It was found that the vessel had sustained no very…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The sports meeting of all the police and fire brigades of the State, to take place next Monday at the Agricultural Grounds, will serve to bring under the notice of the pubilc…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →During the storm the roof of St. Matthias Anglican Church, Oxford-street, Paddington, was struck by lightning and the building set on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Adelaide to-day is without its full five brige[?] strength. The men who are fighting the Fire Brigades Board because the latter will not recognise their union if affiliated…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At about 5.30 the storm culminated in a terrific crash. Immediately followed by an appalling blust of thunder that seemed to shake every building…
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