Small Fires
The fire brigade had a quiet time during the week-end, only two calls being [?] Through some unknown cause a fire broke out in a bedroom at the residence of Mr. Oswald…
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Fires in the Frost. Girls Trapped
CHICAGO, Saturday.--The Transit Hotel has been destroyed by are. The guests escaped to the roof. A number of girl employees were trapped on the top [?]oor,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Brock's Mansion Burned. Big Blaze at Mona Vale. Beautiful Landmark Destroyed. Damage Estimated at £12,000. No "Fire-fighting Appliances Available
"La Corniche," a mansion at Mona "Vale, which occupied a commanding position on the road between Manly and Newport, was destroyed by fire early this morning. Flames…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese Incinerated. Fire in the City
Early on Saturday morning a fire occurred in a Chinese cook-shop, situated at 82 Dixon-street, Sydney, resulting in a Chinese, named Ung Gow, 40 years of age, being burned to…
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BROKEN-HILL, Sunday.--About 9.20 o'clock on Friday night the Central Fire Station responded to a call to a four-roomed wood and iron house in Cobalt-street. The brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese Burnt to Death. a Haymarket Fire
At about 5 a.m. on Saturday, after the fire at the Chinese cookshop in the Haymarket had been extinguished, Fireman H. Muir, in making an examination of the r[?]ins, discovered the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Near Manly. Brock's Mansions Destroyed. Damage Over £30,000
A big fire occurred at Mona Vale 14 miles from Manly, early this morning, and the fine structure well known as "Brock's Mansions" some years [?] but latterly, changed to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Mona Vale. Damage Estimated at £10,000. Sleepers Rudely Awakened
The occupants of a large boarding establishment at Mona Vale, near Newport, known as La Corniche, were awakened by the smell of smoke, accompanied later by tongues of fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush and Scrub Fires
The customary summer fires of scrub and bush are being frequently reported. Half an acre of bush off Frenchman's-road, Randwick, was destroyed by fire this…
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An outbreak of fire occurred last night in a steward's cabin on the Messageries Mari-times steamer Pacifique, lying at the company's wharf, Miller's Point. A quantity of…
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A fire train out in the third-class stewards quarters on board the French mail steamer Pacifique, Miller's Point, on Monday evening about [?] o'clock, but fortunately, it was [?]…
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A slight outbreak of fire was reported on the steamer Pacifique last evening, now lying at Miller's Point wharf. The fire broke out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Talking Strike. Fire-fighters Discontented
Although they have had their conditions improved slightly since the inception of their union, the firemen of the State are by no means satisfied with their lot, and, according…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blaze at Mona Vale. "La Corniche" Destroyed. Damage Estimated at £10,000
A fire, attended with disastrous results, occurred at Mona Vale, near Newport, about 20 minutes past 12 yesterday morning, when a three-storey brick and weatherboard building…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Fighting. the Bill for 1912
At last night's meeting of the Burwood Council a communication was read from Mr. W. Taylor, municipal representative on the Board of Fire Commissioners, giving some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wanted a Fire Brigade. Hornsby's Predicament
Hornsby Council some time Ago decided lo ask one of the residents, Major Jenkins, if he would be prepared to organise a volunteer the brigade for Hornsby and Waltara. Major…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Kitchen Hints for the Amateur, The Heat of the Fire
The fire for grilling [?] be very chair and intensely hot. The proper utensil for grilling is a gridison the bats of which are greased and heated…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Brigade Estimates. Expenditure for the Year. Decrease of £4600
In a communication to the Marrickville Council, Mr. W. Taylor, M.L.A. (municipal representative on the Sydney Fire District Board), stated that the estimates of…
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