The Woollahra Fire. Eakin Before Paddington Court
Before Mr. Payten, at the paddington police Court, this morning. Robert George Eakin. 40, was charged with having on January 25, at Wollabra maliciously set fire to…
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Following the Prahran Disaster. Another Fire Victim
Sydney Snow's Sydney premises, destroyed last week, damage £55,000; following the Prahran disaster, both results of lack of proper fire protection…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Risks. New York Methods Sectional Dividing Walls
Recent investigations of buildings under the charge of the Department of Charities of New York have lead to the ordering of fire walls to divide the large dormitories or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Melbourne Fire. Australian Paper Mills in Danger
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Messrs Artana and Co.'s three-story clothing factory, South Melbourne, was badly damaged yesterday afternoon by fire. The building was recently…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Ferry Boat Sunk. a Plucky Fireman. Rakes Fires to Save Passengers' Lives. Exciting Harbor Collision
Fireman Harry Taylor, of The Balmain Ferry Company's ferry boat. Me Mol, stood waist deep in water, and raked his fires to prevent the hollers from exploding. The vessel was at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"High Fliers" and Fire Traps. Mr. E. H. Buchanan Emphatic
Tall buildings have been given some very fantastic names, such as "skypiercers," "skyscrapers," etc. But Mr. E. H. Buchanan sprung a new one on N.S.W. master builders at their annual meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, February 2, 1914. Fire Epidemic
Sydney is rapidly earning a bad reputation as a fire centre. Against what our legal brethren, describe as "acts of God," we have no human remedy any more than…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Arncliffe. Shops and Dwellings Burnt. Narrow Escape of Inmates
A fire broke out shortly after 5 o'clock this morning in the grocery shop of Mrs. P. Regent, of Lyne-street, Arncliffe. The place was burnt out, and so was the shop…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Eighty Men Entombed. by Fire-damp Explosion. in a Westphalian Colliery
BERLIN, Friday Evening.-- An explosion caused by fire-damp, took place at teh Achenbach colliery, Westphalia. Eighty men were entombed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Seaside Fire Panic Among Campers. Victorian Picnic Resort Threatened. Melbourne
A fire which threatened to assume large proportion, broke ut at Chelsea in the early bourn of this morning. Only recently a disastrous are swept over a mile of the foreshore…
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Great damage has been caused by fire on the North Coast, many miles of fencing und thousands, of acres of grass being burned. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Camperdow. Cottage Burnt Out. Twelve Horses Escape
Elizabeth Lenihan, of the Raden Powell has in George-street, Camperdown, was sleeping in a room at the back portion of the premises is morning when she was awakened about a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Bush Hero. Battles with Bush Fires. to Save His Mother's Life
Aided by the fierce gale of wind that blow last Wednesday, a fire swept rapidly through the serub and timber of the Lower Myall River country, near Bulahdelah, Horses, and cattle…
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ARALUEN, Monday.--At 2 o'clock this morning an unoccupied cottage, Mr. Gregory Hickey owner, insured for £150, was totally destroyed by fire; and at 4 o'clock this morning the…
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KEMPSEY. Monday.--On Sunday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, a fire occurred in a two-storied residence occupied by Mrs. J.- G. Rowe, of Frederickton. It appeared to have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires. Outbreak at Arncliffe
A fire broke out at Arneliffe yesterday. Joseph Macnamarn, who manages a small grocery business owned by Mrs. Ellen Regent, was awakened by the smell of smoke, lie made a…
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The discovery was made at 12,45 tills' morning that a five roomed cottage in Larkin- street, Camperdown, owned and occupied by James Tumeth, was on fire. Before the blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Woolhahra Fire. Serious Charge
At the Paddington Police Court yesterday Robert George Eakln (40) was charged with having, on January 29, maliciously set fire to a shop situated at 126 and 128 Queen-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Woolahra Fire. Police Court Sequel
Robert George Eakin (40) was charged, at the Paddington Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. Payton, S.M., with having, on January 29, maliciously set fire to a shop situate at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great City Fire. Sydney Snow's Premises Gutted
Another of the great conflagrations in Sydney that will make the month of January, 1914, memorable occurred, on Thursday night, when the big…
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