Crystal Palace Fire. Loss of £30,000
The winter garden and film department of the Crystal Palace presented a dismal appearance yesterday morning. Everywhere were charred furniture, broken windows, and…
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Crystal Palace Fire. Theatres That Are Invulnerable
Within the last month or two there have been two remarkable demonstrations of the truth of the claim put forward by the Greater J. D. Williams Co. that their theatres…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Madman in Nice. Fires Six Shots in Cafe. Landlord Killed, Others Wounded London, Wednesday, 9 p.m
Two Italian youths had a quarrel in a street in Nice to-day. One drew a revolver and the other fled. The one who had drawn the revolver…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Plucky Boy. Saves Two Children. Heroism at a Fire. London. Wednesday Evening
The pluck and presence of mind of a boy named Kaiser saved the lives of two children in a fire which occurred to-day at a building in Bish[?]gate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blaze at Annandale. Factory Burnt Out. Other Premises Damaged
A fire broke out late this afternoon in the factory of Hood and Co., oilskin manufacturers, of Trafalgar-street, Annandale, and destroyed the greater part of the premises…
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While the employees were [?] work shortly after half past [?] this afternoon [?] broke out in Messrs. T. Wood and [?] factory in Booth street, Annandale…
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[?] at the [?] of Mr George [?] Powell-street Hom[?] shortly after [?] this morning. The [?] is constructed of [?] with [?]…
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A fire broke out at Canowindra the other Sunday morning on Mr. Blatchford's property, and destroyed about 500 acres of standing wheat, also…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crystal Palace Fire. the Insurances
The list of insurance polices covering the Crystal Palace, where a disastrous fire occurred on New Year's Eve, is as follow:— Contents:—Norwich Union, £[?]000…
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LONDON, Thursday.--It is stated this morning in the "Daily Telegraph" that Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Scott's baronetcy is regarded as confirmation of the report that the Admiralty…
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LONDON, Wednesday Evening.--Kaiser, a boy aged only 14 years, carried another boy and a girl, aged 4 and 5 respectively from a burning building at Bishopsgate to the roof, whence…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Baronetcy for Brains. Sir P. Scott's Fire Director London
The "Daily Telegraph" states that the fact of a baronetcy, being conferred on Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Scott is regarded as confirmation of the report that the Admiralty has adopted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Naval Fire Director. Sir Percy Scott's Invention. London, Jan. 2
The "Daily Telegraph" states that the fact of a baronetey being conferred on Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Scott [?] regarded as confirmation of the report that the Admiralty has…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Engine Capsizes Bolts Down a Hill. Crew's Narrow Escape. Motor Smashes Into Fence. Round a Corner at 30 Miles an Hour
A sensational motor fire-engine capsize occurred at Woollabra on Thursday evening, four of the crew of six having miraculous escapes from death or serious injury, while the…
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About 11.30 a.m. yesterday the sparks from a copper fire at a dwelling-house in Powell-street, Homebush, caused an outbreak in the laundry. In a very short time the laundry…
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LONDON, Friday. -- The "Daily News" states that the Admiralty has adopted Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Scott's new fire director for use on all vessels of the Dreadnought class…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire Drill in Village School
Splendid discipline, which enabled 300 schoolchildren to leave the building in a minute, and The Feth-i-Bulend, a Turkish coast-defence battleship, was sunk in Salonica Harbor on the night of October 31 by a Greek torpedo-boat under the command of Lieutenant Votsls. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire in a Pillar Box
Owing to someone dropping a lighted match into a letter pillar box in Auckland (N.Z.) one night last week, a large number of Christmas cards and presents were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Annandale Fire. Factory Stock Burnt
Not many minutes after 3 p.m. yesterday, a fire broke out in the oilskin manufactory of Messrs. T. Hood and Co., Ltd. (Thomas Hood and A. E. Sanderland), in Trafalgar-street…
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A fire was discovered shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon on the premises of Messrs. T. Hood and Co., oilskin manufacturers, of Trafalgar-street, Annandale. The alarm was…
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