Motor Fire Engines. Built in Sydney
In an address last week Mr. E. H. Farrar, M.L.C, president of the Fire Brigades Board, described the remarkable progress made in the State in the…
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Fire in Merrylands. A Cottage Gutted
A four-roomed weatherboard cottage in Meakin-street, Merrylands, was completely gutted by fire on Friday night. The occupants Mr. and Mrs. R. Boucher, who…
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The inquiry into the report that considerable delay was experienced m getting into touch with the fire stations on the occasion of the fire at the…
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The Daputy Postmaster-General has forwarded to us the following statement:— With reference to the report published in the Sydney Pres[?] that considerable delay was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Chief and I.W.W. Recollections of Incendiary Fires Lively Anti-Conscription Meetings
JAMES MITCHELL, inspector-General of Police wad the first witness called this morning before Mr. Justice Ewing, who is sitting at Darlinghurst as a Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →I.w.w. Commission. Detectives' Evidence Reviewed. the Alleged Finding of Fire Dope
Detective-Inspector Leary. continued his evidence on Wednesday last (June 30) and detailed the part played by him leading up to the arrest of the I.W.W…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australians Under Fire
What is announced as an "uncensored series of front line battle pictures," showing the A.I.F. and their gallant leaders in action, will be presented for a week at the Theatre Royal, commencing on July 17, under…
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An automatic alarm warned Fire Headquarters early this morning, when a barrel of sweepings caught fire in H. H. Groth and Company's premises in…
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A storeroom, adjoining the boot factory of Messrs. L.J. Anschau and Son in Phillip-street, Parramatta, was burnt out, and its contents were destroyed, early yesterday morning…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Monday.--A fire commenced in a building containing a billiardroom occupied by Mr. Dixon in Prospero Street, South Murwillumbah, yesterday morning. The…
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A fire broke out early on Sunday morning on the premises of Messrs. L. J. Anschau and Sons, boat manufacturers, Phillip Street, Parramatta, and considerable damage was done to the…
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Elloen Sutherland I died on June 20 at her aunt's residence, Kingsland-road [?] from the effects of buring caused by he clothing catching fire…
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On Sunday morning the residence of James Vereket was destroyed by fire. The house was insured in the Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Company for £600, and the furniture…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Blacktown. A Cottage Destroyed
A two-roomed cottage, the property of Miss M. Flanagan, dressmaker, of Sars-field-street, Blacktown, was destroyed by fire on Monday afternoon…
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Mr. Richardson Clark, District Coroner, held an inquiry yesterday at the Parramatta Courthouse into the circumstances attending the death of…
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On Sunday morning, at about 4.40 a.m., a destructive fire broke out in the bulk stored of Messrs. J. L. Anschau and Sons, wholesale boot manufacturers,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Indian Cleavage Amritsar Report Europeans Support Dyer Women Add Fuel to the Fire SIMLA, Tuesday Night
The result of the Amritsar discussion has been received in India with mixed feeling. The whole of the Europeans still openly sympathise…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Not Sporadic Arson Fires on Concerted Plan Crown View of I.W.W. PRISONERS Opposing K.C Differs Vigorously
Mr. Flannery, K.C., continued his address at the Darlinghurst Court this morning. on behalf of the Crown, in the I.W.W. inquiry conducted by the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Conflagrations. a Blaze at Murwillumbah
A fire broke out in a billiard-saloon occurred by Mr. Dixon in South Murwillumbah (N.S.W.) on Sunday morning, and spread to the boarding-house occupied by Mr…
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