Fire at Randwick
A fire broke out last night in a six-roomed weatherboard cottage in Challi[?] Road, Randwick, occupied by Mr. W. Davis. The cottage, with its contents, was severely damaged, and…
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Conflagrations. Sussex-street Fire
All outbreak of fire occurred in the premises of the Federal Egg Company. Sussex-street, Sydney, on Friday night last. When the firemen arrived the doors were locked and had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Insurance of Wheat Stacks Lessons From the Recent Fires
After the Mirrool fire, the N.S.W. Wheat Board decided to insure the wheat-stacks against the risks of fire. This may appear like shutting the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on a Steamer. Melbourne
Wireless s.o.s. messages were received in Melbourne on Saturday from the oil steamer Cardium to the effect that while 300 miles from Albany, on a voyage from Singapore to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Randwick Cottage Severely Damaged
Considerable damage was done by an outbreak of fire at the home of Mr. Whitton Davis "Hawkburn" [?] Randwick last night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Boys Cause Fire in a Wheat' Stack
At a coronial inquiry held into the cause of a fire discovered at one of the wheat starks at Ardlethan a verdict was returned that the fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on a Steamer. Voyage of Mishaps
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Misfortune is dogging the steamer Cardi[?]m, 6127 tons, on her voyage to Melbourne from Singapore, which port she left on March 3, with a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Randwick Racing Ponies Scared Cottage Destroyed
A six -roomed weatherboatrd cottage in Challis -street, Randwick, occupied by Mr. Whitton Davis, was destroyed by fire early last night. The outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trains Delayed by a Fire [?] at Little River Station
There was [?] judgement at Little [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cheap Fire-break Cutting. a Road-Crader to Skim tho Surface
An interesting experiment has been conducted by the Deniliguin district forest staff, in using a mechanical road-grader ("Aurora" type) for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gundagai Disastrous Fire
One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Gundagai occurred on March 30, resulting in the destruction of nine business places in the heart of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cottage Destroyed by Fire
A five-roomed weatherboard cottage, occupied by Mr. William Richards, in Challisstreet, Randwick, was destroyed by fire on Monday night. The contents were insured in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on Oil Steamer. Perth
The oil tank steamer Cardium, which left Fremantic on March 31 for the Eastern States, took fire on Saturday night 100 miles east of Esperance, and is being towed to Albany…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at Kyogle. Lismore
A big fire occurred at Kyogle to-night. Four busniess places were destroyed. Junior and Chemins, general storekeepers, Readford and Amess, solicitors, James Martin, estate agent,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Cronulla. Three Shops Destroyed
A fire which broke out at Cronulla early on Wednesday morning of lastweek was responsible for three weather-board…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rioting in Delhi. Troops Fire on Mob
A Calcutta report says rioters at Delhi ejected passengers from tramcars and carriages and attacked the railway station. Troops fired on the mob, killing six and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Gas or Fire" The Rabbit It Is War! Tamworth Man's Idea
To "poison-gas" the rabbit is the idea of .Mr. T. li. Adamson, of Nemingha, Tamworth. Now that the poison-gas plans, apparatus, machines, etc…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Breaks Adrift. Oil Tank Steamer Cardium. Sequel to a Fire. Perth
The steamer War Soldier sent a wireless message on Tuesday that the oil tanker Cardium, which the War Soldier was towing to Albany, following an outbreak of fire, had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cairo Riots Troops Fire on Mob 9 Killed; 56 Wounded LONDON, April 8
A Cairo communique dated April 4 says:--"During yesterday's disturbances the troops were several times obliged to fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal on Fire
About 50 tons of slack coal in the yard of Meggitt's Oil Works in Parramatta caught fire this morning through spontaneous combustion. The fire…
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