German Doctor Shot. More Incendiary Fires. Tientsin
Fourteen fires started simultaneously at the Mint,, and the valuable machinery was broken, looted, and burned. During the outbreak a German doctor was…
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Fire at Glaciarium. Melbourne
Another fire broke out this afternoon, when the temperature was 93.9 degrees in the shade, at the Glaciarium, immediately south of the Yarra. Dense volumes of smoke rose, but…
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BRISBANE, Monday.--There was a peculiar occurrence in the Bundamba district on Saturday night. Presumably as the result of the wet weather, a subsidence took place on the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire at Pittwater. Supposedly Caused by Rats
A seven-roomed weatherboard cottage, owned by Mr. Geo. Brown, situated at M'Carr Creek, Pittwater, was on Sunday night destroyed by fire. Mr. Brown was sitting in his…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Melbourne's Big Fire. Smouldering Debris Subdued. Melbourne
The fire which destroyed the greater portion of Messrs. Briscoe and Co.'s warehouse in Little Collins-street yesterday is now completely extinguished. The firemen were kept…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Female Desperadoes. Post Office Set on Fire. Riotous Suffragettes in Gaol. London
A suffragette carried a bundle of papers and other flimsy materials soaked in paraffin oil into the public hall of the General Postoffice and set fire to them. She then…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Lucky Escape. Katoomba Just Misses Big Fire. Streams of Blazing Tar. Katoomba
The boiling over a large cauldron of tar to-day at the intersection of Katoomba and Main streets caused a good deal of excitement. The tar was being used for some…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Melbourne Fire £40,000 Damage. City Block in Danger. Bank Premises Saved. Melbourne
A disastrous Are, which threatened to involve the destruction of one of the finest blocks in the city, broke out shortly before 5 o'clock this morning, at the premises of…
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GILGANDRA, Tuesday.--A fire broke out in the stable of the Royal Hotel early this morning. the second on the same block within a few weeks. Both were evidently the work of an…
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A fire brigade hose earl capsized while travelling at a gallop in Launceston (Tas.). and two of the six firemen were seriously injured…
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A large fire broke out in Little Collins-street early on the morning of March 4, resulting in the greater portion of Messrs. Briscoe and Company's ironmongery establishment being…
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MOULAMEIN, Wednesday.—One of the largest, of not the largest, fire known in this district occurred yesterday. The outbreak, the origin of which is unknown, started at…
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Another big country fire broke out on February 27 at Germanton a town 378 miles from Sydney on the Culcairn-Germanton branch of the southern line. Like other country towns…
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A fire that might have resulted in serious damage to property in the heart of the business portion of Katoomba occurred at the intersection of Katoomba and Main streets…
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A disastrous fire tool place at Germanton (N.S.W.) on Wednesday. Seven shop and two dwellings were destroyed…
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The largest fire in the history of the Moulamein district broke out early this morning, and raged fiercely for three hours. Its origin is unknown…
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A fire was discovered on Wednesday night at the Victorian Government Printing Office. £300 worth of Federal Government's stamp-printing paper was destroyed…
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WELLINGTON, Wednesday.—In moving the adoption of the report at the annual meeting of the Standard Insurance Company, the chairman (Mr. T. Fergus) said that one peculiarity…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Fire Float. Launched From Government Dockyards. Addition to Harbor Trusts Fleet
There was launched from the Government Dockyards, Cockatoo Island, on Saturday, a new [?] and fire float for the Sydney Harbor Trust, for use in Port Jackson…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Camp Fire Stories The Black Net Tale of the Binghi A Night of Horror
There were seven of us, five stockmen, a horse-tailer, and a cook. We were with a [?]roving plant, and we had made delivery of a mob of 10,000 weaners, and, after a [?] day…
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