Steamer on Fire. Liner Abandoned in the Atlantic
A cable from New York states that the United states liner Northern Pacific has been abandoned on fire and sinking of the Jersey Coast Wireless signals…
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Fire Board Figures. Aid. Taylor explains the Position
Aid. Taylor, Representative of Suburban Municipalities on the Fire Board, attended at Hurstville Council on Thursday last and gave an account of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Forbes. More Than £7000 Damage. Great Explosion of Gas. Forbes
One of the biggest fires in Forbes for a number of years occurred at about 3 a.m. on Wednesday. It started in the grocery store premises of Messrs. Adams and Hudson, situated…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mysterious Fires. Murwillumbah
An extraordinary occurrence is reported at the Standard Sawmllllng Co.'s premises South Murwillumbah. When the employees arrived this morning, it was noticed that fire…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Darling Point Fires Detectives' Inquiries
The report of the analytical tests made by Dr. Cooksay of furniture and other articles which were burnt under startling conditions at the residence of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Mutual Fire
A profitable business period was reviewed by Mr. S. H. Cary, chairman of the board of the Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society, in his address to shareholders at the fiftieth…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Country Fires Motor Car Destroyed Albury
A motor car, owned and driven by Mr. W. P. Kinney, proprietor of the Albury Hotel, was destroyed by fire on tho road at Kiowa, while the party was proceeding to tho Dederang…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Australian Wood Fire Co
In their interim report, which covers the half-year ended December 31 last, the directors of the Australian Wood Pipe Co., Ltd., state that the profit made during the period under review,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Series of Fires. Not a Mystery. Police View
In an Interview yesterday Inspector Leary said that no mystery now surrounded the serica of fires which occurred at a house in Darling Point on Tuesday last…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire Commissioners City Council's Votes
A special meeting of the City [?] will be held on Monday afternoon, to decide how the council's four votes for the [?] of a member to the Board of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Ordnance Store Fire Adjourned Inquiry
The Coroner (Mr. P. S. Poolman) resumed the inquiry on Saturday, the 4th inst., concerning the recent fire at the military ordnance store, the inquiry being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Holbrook's Factory Saved Fire in Back Yard
A serious fire at Holbrook's factory in Danks-street. Radf[?]rn. was only [?] this afternoon by the promptness with which five brigades responded to a call…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inquiry About a Fire MR. C. L. Wainwrioht's Shop Adjourned, for Further Evidence
The district coroner, Mr. A. Judges held an inquiry at the Penrith Court House on Tuesday into the fire that occured at Mr. Claude L. Wainwright's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Caught in Bush Fire Dash to Safety MELBOURNE
Mr. W. Scott, his wife and two children, were driving towards Dromalia last night when bush fires closed in on them from both sides of the road, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blaze in a Factory Yard
The promntness and efficiency of the fire brigade was responsible yesterday afternoon for the prevention of a serious fire at Holbrook's factory in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in King-street
A fire, the origin of which is unknown, broke out in a workroom above the premises of R. Gibson, tailor, in King-street, early last night. The fire brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Racecourse Alight Grass Fires in Adelaide ADELAIDE
Several grass fires occurred this afternoon at Cheltenham racecourse, where races wore being held. Two fire reels and men and boys with bags…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires. Damage in Victoria. Melbourne
A disastrous bush fire broke out in the Yea district on friday. It is supposed to have started on Fernside, the property of the Messrs. Chisholm, at Mobyboyn. It swept…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flameless Fires
Flameless fire is a scientific curiosity that is now becoming of practical use, with a prospect of flameless heaters for homes in the near future. Such [?]eaters have already been tried,…
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