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The mad gallop of the horses covered a good half-mile of the track before there was any diminution or speed; the wind was in their teeth on the exposed upland, cutting the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SINGLETON, Wednesday.--Mr. F. D. Anderson's brick, dwelling of seven rooms was destroyed by fire this morning. The bulk of the furniture was saved. The house was Insured…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A fire broke out in the kitchen of Charles Wheeler's residence, Liverpool-road. Enfield this afternoon. Miss Ettle Wheeler, who attempted to extinguish the flames, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A report from Syracuse dated Feb. 6 states the fire which broke out on board the Albany in November caused a considerable amount of damage, it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →They reached the high road, leaving the moor behind them. A mist of rain or seafret was sweeping over the cliffs. Bess drew rein and looked downwards where the sea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joseph Hendy Shephard, a well-known auctioneer at Kurri Kurri (N.S.W.) has been committed fut trial on a charge of having set fire to shop premises owned by him. The fire also destroyed Mr. Fred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A young Wesleyan minister joined the R.A.M.C. in October, and, having made excellent headway in training, he is already at the front. The following are extracts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A significant silence that may be the prelude to great things is being maintained with respect to the operations in North-east France and belgium. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Thursday.—Ten shots were tired at the steamer Flaminian (3500 tons), which was sunk off the Scilly Isles on Tuesday, and finally she was torpedoed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →She sprang out of bed, und began burriedly putting on some necessary clothing. The sense that something had happened, that to-day would be different from yesterday had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Doings of the British troops in the present war deeply have impressed the defence authorities in Australia with the value of rapid fire, and it is probable that in future the demand…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mrs. Tower, The Ranch, Auburn Park, North Bankstown, wrote to the Auburn Council with reference to the recant disastrous bush fires on her husband's, her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs. Fraser and Company's sawmill, situated near the railway station, was burned to the ground early this morning, with the contents. A spark from the furnace is supposed…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →In attempting to extinguish a fire in the kitchen of her home in Liverpool-road, Enfield, on Thursday, Ettie Wheeler a young woman, was burnt about the right arm and left hand,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A little food and a hot drink soon restored Bess to her normal condition, except for a certain not altogether unpleasant weariness—a weariness which was accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Albert, King of the Belgians has awarded three British nurses, Misses Thompson. White, and Waite, the Order of Leopold, for their brave conduct…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Sydney Pickles, the Australian aviator, has been flying under shell fire at the front. Writing from Dunkirk to his parents in Sydney, he says:--…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In his review of the temporary set—back [?] the french on the river aisne, which oncurred late in january, the military expert of the "Navy and Army makes some very…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Last week the cables told us of the expulsion of Dr. Sven Hedin, the famous Swedish expidrer, from the ranks of the British Royal Geographical Society. This drastic step was taken…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed premises owned by the Gympie Gas Company, and occupied by J. Goldburg, outfitter; and Anderson, fruiterer, at the corner of Mary and…
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