Motor Fire Engine. (To the Editor of "The Nepean Times.")
Dear Sir,âWill you grant me just a small spce in your valuable paper to put forward a proposal which I think will be of great advantage to all the…
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Wee Waa Blaze Fighting Fire With Buckets Several Stores Destroyed Wee Waa
A disastrous fire occurred in the mold street at 5 o'clock this morning, and resulted in the complete destruction of Spencer and Collott's general store,…
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A motor car caught alight in a garage in Castlereagh-Street last night through a light coming into contact with the petrol tank. Peter Cahill, in assisting to extinguish the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Early Morning Fire. Wee Waa Shops Destroyed
WEE WAA, Sunday.--A tire broke out at 6 a.m. on Saturday in the rear of Home's fruit shop. When the alarm was given a block of wooden buildings adjoining the Shop was in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Garage Man Injured in City
While Percival Cahit, 26 a company manager of George-street Dulwich Hill was filling the petrol tank of his motor car in a garage in Castlereagh-street last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Wee Waa. £10,000 Damage. Wee Waa
A fire at 5 o'clock this morning in Main-street totally destroyed Spencer and Collett's general store (insurance £1750 on the stock, and £600 on the building); Hornes…
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MANILLA, Monday.--As the result of a fire early this morning, E. Morris's hairdresser and tobacconist shop was burnt out. A subjoined shop, occupied by G. Tester, and office…
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A fire occurred early this morning, when E. Morris's tobacconist shop was burnt out. A shop adjoining, occupied by G. Tester, and offices occupied by A. C. Veness, were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Famous Fire Demosthenes Arrives from N.Z.
The famous imported fire Domonsthe[?] by Desmond from Carlin, who has been extremely successful in New Zealand arrived in Sydney from the Dominion by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Drake. Drake
A disastrous fire occurred here on Saturday morning. It originated at the Mount Pleasant Hotel, occupied by Mr. John Fraser. The hotel, a large two-story wooden building, was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Factory Damaged by Fire Automatic Sprinklers Give Alarm
A[?] sprinkiers gave the [?] when bee broke out in W. D. and H O Wills Tobacco Factory, in Tod[?] Avenue, Rensington, early this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Wellington WELLINGTON
A fire broke out early this morning at the premises of Murray Brothers, cabinet makers. Before the flames were extinguished the workshop and plant had…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In Odd Moments An odd moment is not necessarily a nod moment. Camp Fires
The blue smoke from their evening fire Went blowing softly higher, higher. Like Incense burnt to some old god It breathed warm thoughts of grass and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Living Torch Fireman Badly Burned Sequel to Phosphorus Fire
A phosphorus fire at Balmain to-day had its sequel in a fire brigade officer's clothing bursting into flames while he was returning to the fire station…
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Station Officer Gerrard, of the Rozelle first station, had a startling experience this morning, his clothes bursting into flames as he was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Her Splendid Sacrifice. Isabel Burton the Catholic. The Story of "The Scented Garden." Why a £6000 Manuscript Book Was Destroyed. A Roundabout Paper on "Cleaning Fires"
"Under the Library Lamp," in the "Freeman" of May 20, Miss Cecily Hamilton had an inaccurate and misloading version of the destruction by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fire in Church-street
The inquest on the fire which occurred on the 15th of May, in Kairey's confectionery factory, 252 Church-street, was of a searching character, but, after all, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Church St. Fire Verdict of Arson
The Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. H. Richardson Clark, held an inquiry on Thursday touching a fire which occurred on the 15th of May in premises in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Jinks of Josephus U.S.A. Naval Secretary Chestnuts and the Fire Mr. Daniels Severely Arraigned
It is regrettable that the public press should treat recent events in the Navy as a "controversy." The absurd opinion prevails that, when he submitted a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blaze at Woollahra Four Horses Destroyed
Three horses were burnt to death and another so badly injured that it was shot by a constable, in a fire which destroyed Mr. J. Donovan's stable in…
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