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What threatened to be a serious are broke, out at the Military ordnance Stores at Liverpool last night. Splendid work by the local fire brigade and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of the block of buildings used as ordnance stores at the Liverpool Carnp, caught fire shortly after 8 o'clock last night. Being mostly of wood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A military ordnance store at Liverpool, belonging to the Commonwealth Government, was destroyed by fire on Saturday evening. It was a brick and wood building, with an iron…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A peculiar accident befel Frederick Stanwix (19) to-day. He had been out shooting, and was lying on the ground with a loaded gun beside him. His dog stepped on the trigger, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →If not one single spectator had occupied a seat in the pavilion at the Show Ground on Saturday night, the grand Scout corroboree would have been a howling success--literally…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortly after 7 a.m. yesterday a fire occurred in a weatherboard dwelling of five rooms and kitchen, in Park-street. The occupier. Mr. Harry Dobell left on Monday night for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Chief Secretary, who has charge of the administration of the Fire Brigades Act, notifies that the triennial elections of members of the Board of Fire Commissioners, by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →During a storm on Thursday night lightning struck a pine tree on Mr. A. Milga[?]e's "Rockvale" property. Although 130 points of rain fell during…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The outer walls of the Town Hall-had a wash this morning -- the first for many years past -- and the building is now looking especially clean…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A fire followed upon two explosions in a Swanston-street cafe shortly before midnight last night. One of the proprietors was found dead, and an…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The citizens of Sydney gave the Civic Refers Party as unmistakable mandate to "clean up" the Town Hall. This morning the cleaning up of the outside began in a most literal erase—with the aid of the Fire Brigade. There is no question of making the place a whited…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A message from Wagga: A demonstration of the value of organised fire-fighting brigades was given when a fire broke out on Robt. M'Micking's block…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Reports reached Wagga this evening of a bush fire having broken out in Norman's paddock, adjacent to the railway line, on the Wagga side of The Rock. Voluntary fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A fire broke "out in a building occupied by Mr. W. L. Manton, auctioneer, in the Prince's Highway. Fortunately it was discovered by a passer-by, who gave the alarm, and the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A fire at the Bordeaux stores of the Compagnie Trans-Atlantique destroyed large quantities of rubber and sulphur. The damage is estimated at 3,000,000 francs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It was stated at Macdonell House to-day that an inquiry into the grievances of employees in the fire brigade would be started this week…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Proceded by two loud explosions, a mysterious outbreak of fire in the early hours of this morning gutted in the spice of a few minutes the A.B.C. Cafe, a three-storied brick…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A case, which caused considerable interest throughout the district was heard yesterday, when the Coroner held an inquiry into the origin of a fire near Orange Plains Station on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A house was burned down on Monday, only a small portion of the furniture being saved, it is supposed a plece of wood fell out of the grate during the temporary absence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →This morning at 3 o'clock the old-established store premises, known as Manning Stores, situated at the corner of Victoria and Manning Streets, were found to be on fire. A large…
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