Fire Alarm
Fire is, proverbially, "a good servant but a bad master," and the last phase of the proverb was very nearly being illustrated seriously at the…
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1,358 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 68
Sunday School Burnt Out
The Parramatta Baptist Sunday School, a large weatherboard structure adjoining the church, in George Street, Parramatta, was destroyed by a fire which broke out early…
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A fire broke out at 7.3 p.m. yesterday in the premises occupied by Messrs. Lyons and Nichols, grain merchants, at Hay-street, city. The [?]mes were extinguished by the Fire…
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Early on Sunday morning a fire broke out in the [?] Baptist Sunday School. a weatherboard [?] the church in George-street. Parrmatts. The flames…
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An outbreak of fire occurred in a fruit and confectionery shop owned by George Russo, in George-street North, at 1 o'clock this morning. The alarm was given at the…
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To-night's French official message says: A violent artillery attack in the sector of Nieuporte Les Bains (two miles from Nieuport), in Belgium, severely damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prisoner Fatally Shot Warder Fires on Escapee Wellington (N.z.)
Edward Alfred Walsh, aged 24, a prisoner serving three years reformative treatment for theft, attempted to escape at Invercargill. When he was crossing a water channel…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Miner Injured. Explosion of a Mis-fire Shot
While a miner named Joseph Wallace was working in one of the tunnels at the Yass River (N.S.W.) mines last week, he loaded three aliots, two of which went…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blind Man's Escape. From Burning Building. Fire at Mattraville
Mr. John Hamilton, who [?] and son to a dwelling a[?] promisers in Bunnerong, [?] had a harrow escaps from [?] death…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Fire and a Fatality. "One of the Finest Old Gentlemen."
DELEGATE, Monday.--John Jones, of M'Leod Crossing, dropped dead last night. His house caught fire, and he assisted in extinguishing the blaze and saving the building. Then he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fierce Gun Fire. Maintained in West. British and Enemy Losses Compared. London, Monday Evening
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig has forwarded the following despatch.— There has been considerable reciprocal artillerying southward of Ypres and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Holding the Austrians. Italy's Gallant Army. Britain Answers Russia on War Aims. Italian Fire, Destroys Enemy Defences. Mountain Position Taken. London, Monday Night
An official Italian report says:— Our artillery destroyed the enemy's complex defences at several points on the Eago plateau…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Hay-street Fire
In Monday's "Evening News" a paragraph appeared stating that a fire broke out on the premises occupied by Lyons and Nicholls, at its Hay-street City. On Sunday night and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Dunedin Fire. Wellington (N.z.)
The Dunedia defence stores and stocks have been seriously damaged by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →King's Medals. Fire Officers Honored. Reward for Meritorious Service
Two [?] of the New South Wales [?] Third officer Sydney Watson [?] John F. Ford—have been [?] medal. The medal was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Fires at Suspect
Two shots were fired at a man at Camper down last night About half-past 10 the Misses [?]sewarne, who live in Bridge-road,,Camper down, heard a noice at the kitchen window,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Is Hell Fire Material?
In a lecture on "Hell," Father Finlay, S.J., said: But in what sense is "fire" to be understood? "Worm," we have seen, may…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on a Steamer
Spontaneous combustion was probably responsible for a fire which was discovered about half-past 11 this morning amongst copra in a lower hold on a steamer of 3440…
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A fire broke out at 11 o'clock yesterday morning in the lower hold of a steamer lying at Margaret street wharf. A quantity of copra was…
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