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The electric light shed at Thargomindah (C.) and its contents were destroyed by fire recently The cause of the [?] but it is surmised that it was due to the lasing of an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Early, on Sunday morning smoke was seen issuing from a tram in the centre of the sheds at Fort Macquaric (Sydpey). It was discovered that a ball' of cotton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In those days, when it is possible to chat over the telephone with a person hundreds of miles away, we have no use for beacon fires, but in the old days they served a very useful…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →All that remained on February 2 of what were three busy factories in a three-storey brick building in Wellington-street, Chippendale, were the walls of the structure and a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Mayor of Manly, Alderman Keirie, is of the opinion that the ocean beach should at night be a blaze of light. His suggestion is that at intervals of 50 yards there should…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[?] this morning [?] destroyed the [?] hall, and a butchet's [?] a man is missing [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By a fire at Cambooya, Darling Downs, today, a hotel, hall, and butcher's shop were destroyed. A man known to have been In the hotel is missing, and it is believed he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The survivors of the British steamer Eavestone (1858 tons) report that the ship was sunk by shell-fire from a submarine. When the crow abandoned the sinking…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Referring to the suggestion that bush fires are caused by sparks from railway engines or when clearing by burning off the Railway Department yesterday explained the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The suggestion that bush [?] by [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE. Wednesday.--This morning a fire occurred at Cambeeyn, on the Darling Downs. Apparently it originated in the Commercial Hotel, which was totally destroyed. The flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Department yesterday issued a reply to statements in "The Dally Telegraph" relative to Urea said to have been caused by sparks from railway engines, or from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire at the offices occupied by the am[?] gamated Film Exchange of Australasia at Auckland destroyed a million and a quarter feet of film, valued at £28,000. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Wednesday [?] occurred at Cambooya, on the Darling Downs (Q), Apparently it originated in the Commercial Hotel, which was totally destroyed. The flames spread to a hall and butcher's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weddin Shire Council has decided to ask the Chief Secretary (Mr. Fuller), that the provisions of the Careless Use of Fire Act be not enforced in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sectarian fighting is still keen in Queensland. A few days ago Archbishop Donaldson (Anglican), addressing a meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This is a corner of Messrs. Martin & Griffiths' premises in the three-storied factory at Chippendale, last week. The picture gives some idea of the thoroughness to which the too spread.—("Mirror" Photo.)…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →AN American play, which, to quote the J. C. Williamson publicity man, "severs all diplomatic relations with gloom," scored a hig hit at the Criterion Theatre, Sydney, last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The cost of fire protection to Hornsby Shire amounts to £389, and to realise this amount the council has decided to levy a rate of one-ninth of a penny in the £ on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MME.SARAH BERNHARDT is the central figure of a remarkable film drama, "Mothers of France," which has just been exhibited privately, and will shortly be seen…
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