Burnt to Death Fire in Humpy Mysterious Outbreak
One man was burnt to death and another seriously injured in a fire which destroyed a wooden and brush bumpy off Beaconsfield-road Longueville, last…
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Lockhart Railway Station Destroyed by Fire Lockhart
The railway station was destroyed by fire at 12.30 to-day outbreak was too sudden to prevent of the removal of any fittings, etc.,…
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A camp at Longueville was destroyed by fire early this morning, and the owner, Charles do Ray, burned to death…
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FEW fireman hare ever faced so appalling ft danger as did the deep-Ma divers who found themselves trapped far below- the surface of the water in a burning…
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The shareholders in this company are fortunate. The Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd., has offered to buy all the shares at 50- each. There…
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The Crown Stores, owned by Hyams and Co., and situated in Kendall- street, were totally destroyed by fire this morning…
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Lockhart railway station was destroyed by fire at 12.30 this morning. Everything appeared to be right when the officials left. There was no time to remove…
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At a fire which occurred in a wooden humpy off Beaconsfield-road, Chatswood, on Friday night, the owner, Charles de Ray, was burnt to death, and John Harris, a tinker, residing…
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Z[?] Bond in Filnders-street, Melbourne, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Portion of the two-storeyed building coliapsed…
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An exceedingly narrow escape from a very serious disaster occurred last night at halfpast 7 o'clock. A fire was discovered in the engine-room of an electric light plant at the…
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Damage estimated at at least £20,000 was caused by a fire which occurred yesterday morning at Zandor's No. 8 Free Store,' Flinders-lane, city. The store was well filled…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.-Considerable damage was caused by a fire which broke out yesterday morning in the free store of Zander's Bond, Flinders Lane, city. It is estimated by the…
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The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association this morning received a telegram stating that a fire had broken out in No. 1 hold of the Japanese steamer Madras…
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A shop occupied [?] Wilson, pastry cook, is [?] was severely damaged [?] this morning. Gordon, [?] who lives…
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The Exhibition Building, in Prince Alfred Park, caught fire last night, but only two doors were destroyed, firemen getting quickly on the scene and…
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A disastrous fire occurred at Bangalow early this morning, causing the death of two men. Four business establishments were completely gutted. The blaze…
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ALL that now remains of the picturesque clubhouse are the office and the billiard-room. The damage is estimated at nearly £20,000. It was on Wednesday afternoon that the fire broke out, and so rapidly did it spread that within less…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Golf Notes Royal Sydney Club House Destroyed Historic Relics Saved from Fire Australian Golf Club's Annual Report
At the 25th annual meeting of the Australian Golf Club at Aaron's Exchange Hotel last night, the annual report for the year ending February 29…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--A fire occurred thin morning among a quantity of cattle fodder on the Japanese steamer Madras Maru. lying at the King's Wharf. The outbreakwas…
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