More Bush Fires. Suburban Brigades Busy
Several bush and [?] reported in the suburbs this afternoon. In each case only slight damage was done [?] affected were small…
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Big Bush Fire. Week-enders in Danger
Early this week a bush fire started on the south-eastern shores of Cowan Creek, and is still burning fiercely. The fire started near Coal and Candle…
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A six-roomed cottage in Campbell Hill-road, South Granville, occupied by William Morgan a poultry farmer, was burnt out this morning. The Granville and Parramatta Fire Brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Fire. Lofty Blaze in York-st
At 6.30 a.m. yesterday a fire started among some packing cases on the fifth floor of a building at 97 York-street. This floor and several below are occupied by Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fierce Bush Fires. Raging at Kuring-gai Chase. Hundreds of Acres Burned. Strenuous Fight to Save Cottages
The story of grim struggles put up by a small band of cottagers to save their homes from being engulfed in the bush fires which have raged in Kuring-gai Chase during the week…
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Shortly before 10 o'clock last night a fire was discovered in an unoccupied four-roomed house at Perry-street, Randwlck, owned by Mr. G. Sparkes, Alfred-street, Mascot The flames had…
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A few minutes after 6 o'clock yesterday morning, a fire destroyed portion of the top floor of Lindsay Bros. five -storied building, No. 97 York-Street, city…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Blaze at Moorebank. 1000 Acres Alight. Homes Threatened. Liverpool
An [?] military area at [?] neaR Liverpool, this morning and had it not been for the Liverpool Fire Brigade, who went out…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Car Fire. Wagga
The engine of a motor car, the property of Meurant and Blake, caught fire while travelling between Upper and Lower Tarcutta roads. The engine became ignited and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swedish Fire Diver. a Thrilling Act
There was an immense crowd at the White City last night, when Miss Marie Thelin, the Swedish diver, made her first appearance in a thrilling and daring open-air act. From the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Randwick. Unoccupied Cottage Destroyed
Shortly before 10 o'clock last night a fire was discovered in an unoccupied four-roomed collage at Petty-street, South Randwick, owned by Mr. G. Sparks, of Alfred-street, Mascol…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fire Dive. a Sensational Act
At the White [?] Rushcutter's Bay, on New Year's Night the great attraction [?] Miss Marie Phelin, in her thrilling [?] Miss Phelin, [?] in a swimming costume,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mid-ocean Fire. a Steamer's Peril
Intelligence was received in England last month of a fierce outbreak of fire which occurred on board the large London steamer sowell in mid-ocean while on a voyage from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disastrous City Fire. How a Panic Was Averted
Damage to the extent of upwards of £30,000 was caused by a fire that broke out in Messrs. H. H, Groth and Co.'b new four-storied warehouse in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Bunkers on Fire. Outbreak on a Tramp Steamer
Last Wednesday, afternoon, while the steamer [?]ford was making her way front Bunbury (W.A.) to Acukland (N.Z.) with a cargo of Jarrah, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Melbourne. Printing Works Destroyed. Damage, £6000. MELBOURNE
The printing works of Asher and Co., the publishing office of "Table Talk" and the "Richmond Guardian," were gutted by fire this morning, and a valuable plant destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Spectacular Dive. Swedish Fire Diver at the White City
Last night, before a record crowd, Miss Marle Thelin, the Swedish diver, made her first appearance at the white City in an amazing open air act From the topmost window of a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Fatal Fire. in East Side New York. Eight Lives Lost
NEW YORK, Wednesday Evening.—Five men and three women have died as the result of a fire in a tenement house in the crowded East Side district. Four people jumped from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Inactive Brigade. Glendower Fire. "A Most Iniquitous Thing." Aldermen's Protest. Bathurst
Public indignation has been aroused at the system which the Bathurst Fire Brigade regarded as justifying them in refusing to turn out the other night to the fire which did…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in New York. Tenement House Destroyed. Serious Loss of Life. New York, Dec. 31
Five men and three women perished in a fire in a tenement house in the crowded East Side district. The fire started on the ground floor,…
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