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A fire broke out in the big Athletic Club block of buildings last night, and although every fireman in the city was on the scene shortly after the alarm had been given, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Missouri Athletic Club at St. Louis, a fine building, seven stories in height, was burned to the ground yesterday, and the scenes that accompanied the fire were of a…
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Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrible seenes were witnessed last night through a are which broke out in the big Athletic Club block of building, and great loss of life is feared…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire on Monday night destroyed a six-roomed weatherboard cottage off Smith-street, Botany, and occupied by War Lee, a Chinese market gardener. Lee and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- A fire in the city early this morning burned out the two upper floors of a cafe known as Covent Garden. Spreading across a ten-root right-of-way, the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →When Mr. Gerald Lester, a mall gatherer at Randwick Poet, Office, opened the door of the letter-box in front of the local Town Hall, shortly before 10 o'clock last night, he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Favored with delightful weather, the third annual games of the N.S. Wales Police and Fire Brigades, were very successfully decided on the Agricultural Ground, Moore Park, on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →PORTION OF THE SYDNEY METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE'S EQUIPMENT. In this parade there are four motor engines, one electrically-driven ladder reaching 85ft in height, and a petrol electric motor ladder reaching 80ft in height. Look on there pictures; then at the pictures on the opposite page. Apart from the striking comparison that the pictures afford, it is satisfactory to know that Sydney is right up-to-date in fire-fighting appliances. Horses have been largely displaced by motor-power. In the Metropolitan area there are now 26 permanent…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →A fire occurred in the heart of the city in Evans' Covent Garden Cafe, Swanston-street, at 3 o'clock this morning. The three-storied building was gutted. The cause of the fire is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flames bursting forth from one of the rooms of the top floor of the three-storey building occupied by Mrs. May Eichler, of 92 Surrey-street, Darlinghurst, caused excitement in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thomas James Geary, who is charged with having set fire to the premises of the Alston Soap and Candle Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Abattoir-road, Rozelle, on February 24, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The fire-engines pictured on this page we now on the "retired list." There was a time when Sydney itself was defended from destruction by fire by appliances of this description. The models we show were withdrawn only recently from country towns. They will now go into a Museum, and are destined for a long and honourable career as antiques. The Late David Anderson,…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →CETTINJE, Monday. -- An Austrian battalion crossed the frontier at Metalja and fired several volleys into the Montenegrin barracks. One soldier won killed and four wounded. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A [?] bedroom on the third floor of [?] chamber occupied by Mrs. May [?] in Surry-street Darlingburst was burns out about [?] o'clock this afternoon. The other…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The thir annual sports meeting conductea by the Police Athletic Club and the Fire Brigades at the Royal Agricultural Society's Grounds last Wednesday was well supported…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The case in which Thomas james Geary, a middle ages [?] was charged with setting are to the premists of the Alston Soap and candle [?] Co., Ltd. in Abattoir-road…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Suffragist methods were adopted by some person or persons unknown in Rand wick on Tuesday night. in that the contents of a letter box were set on are. and partly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?] have been used in no [?] to locale some of the bodies of [?] who perished in the terrible are in the Athletic Club block of buildings…
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