Balmain Sensation. Gas Explosion and Fire. Newsagent's Fight for Life
Stunned [?] tearfully [?] body John Thompson [?]…
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Bush Fires. Cattle and Grass Destroyed
ADELONG, Wednesday.--Sparks from a mail-train started a bush fire near Califat, but the outbreak was extinguished. Simultaneously a fire started further on, on Richardson's…
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Tuesday was a record here for heat. Several fires broke out in the afternoon. One about six miles from Culcairn started in the back paddock of Matchett's, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires in the Country Alburn
[?]first have been raging this week as the northern side of the district consu[?] large tracts of grass A heavy rainstorm arrested the flames. Landowners are concerned about the prospect of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pollen and Fire Brigades' Carnival
The arrangements in connection with the big carnival being organised by the police and firemen are nearing completion. The organisers (Inspector Wallace and Set. Baker…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Insurance Rates. Reduetions in queensland
The Queensland Minister for Justice (Mr. Fihelly), who is in charge of the government insurance scheme, stated last week that in connection with the work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Wheat Crop. B[?]rrigan
[?] broke out in Mr. J. B[?] wheat crop, [?] about 50 [?] being destroyed [?] was [?] cause [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Conflagrations Suspicious Cane Fires on the Richmond. Pour Outbreaks on One Farm
Mr. Anthony Gordon, a cane-farmer at Broadwater, on the Ricbmond River (N. S. W.). has bad four fires in his cane in a little over twelve months. The tires…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Work Under Fire. Huns' Cruelty to Girls
The Germans are forcing Belgian women and young girls to build concrete "dug-outs" under fire. This admission, writes Mr. Percival Phillips, is made by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →More Extensive Fires Over, 70,000-Acres of Grass Destroyed. in Western Victoria
One of the most extensive fires reported this season broke out on Monday morning on Mr. Austin's Eilyer Station, at Lake Bolac, on the western plains,…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--One of the largest fires that has occurred in the Glenorchy district broke out about noon on Wednesday, close to Mount Drummond. It spread with great…
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The Liverpool Coroner opened an inquiry at Liverpool on Saturday in connection with the recent fire in Campbelltown-road and Short-street, Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Murrumburrah. Murrumbureah
The Albion Hotel, and Assembly Hall, of which Mr. H. Bradford licenses, was totally destroyed by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →St. George Volunteer Fire Brigade
"F.H.G." writes as follows:—"I am giving hereunder an extract from the Sydney 'Daily Telegraph,' dated April 23, 1892, which may be of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chippendale Fire. Good Save Effected
A fire broke out in the ground floor of a three-storey building occupied by Messrs. Meyers, Sharp, and Sons, furniture manufacturers, in Chippen Street, Chippendale, at about…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Rosehill Fire. The Coroner Inquiring
The Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) held (in inquiry on Friday as to the origin of the fire by which the promises and contents belonging to Mr. Jenkins…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fires in the Rain. Cottage Burnt at Lidcombe Station Officer Injured
An early morning blase at Lidcombe resulted in a weatherboard cottage being destroyed, while an adjoining one was slightly damaged by fire and water…
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When the Lidcombe firemen were turning out to a fire about half-past 1 this morning a portion of the harness became loose, and one of the horses dragged Mr. Robert Holmes,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Fire Fifty Children Perish Vancouver
A message from Montreal says that more than 50 children perished in a fire at the Grey Nunnery, at which were also housed a number of wounded and returned soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Escapee Recaptured Desperate Bid for Freedom Police Fire Four Shots
A prisoner who escaped from Long Bay Penitentiary on February 10 made a determined bid for continued liberty, occasioned three police officers an exciting chase, and…
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