Serious Fire Commonwealth Steamer Cargo of Wool Ablaze
Owing to a serious fire in numbers 3 and 4 holds the Commonwealth Government steamer Erriba, which left Melbourne on February 15, has…
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Woolshed Fire. Two Hundred Sheep Destroyed. Jerilderie
Further particulars regarding the burning of the Yanko woolshed show that preparations were being made to start crutching during [?] day. Towards evening a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Nest Causes Fire Surprise of a Sparrow Yerong Creek
A sparrow built its nest near the stove pipe of a weatherboard building used as a post-office. The heat from the stove is believed to have ignited…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at a Church Newcastle
About 7 o'clock last night the Cathobe church at Adamstown was reported to be on fire. When the brigade arrived it was found that the sacristy, a semi-detached…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on the Erriba. Big Wool Cargo
On Saturday the secretary of the Marine Underwriters' Association received the following cable message:— "Erriba Colombo serious fire holds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Joy Riders" Exciting Chase Police Fire Shots
Smart work by the police brought the exploits of four "joy-riders" to an abrupt ending last night after an exciting chase around city streets, during the course of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Irish Rebels Set Fire to Workhouse London, March 11
Armed rebels have burned down two wings of the Devlin Workhouse, after giving the occupants 10 minutes in which to leave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Big Haul of Irish Rebels Arrests in Britain the Fire Stick Again
The "Perly Express" states that Scotland Yard detectives and police carried out a series of raids in almost every borough in London…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigades' Band Picnic
The annual picnic of the N.S.W. Fire Brigades' Band at Clifton Gardens yesterday was largely attended, and proved an eminently successful outing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on the Erriba
The wool consignments wrich were reported to be on fire on board the Commonwealth Government steamer Erriba at Colombo, were shipped from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in Joinery Factory. Hobart
On Friday evening Risby Brotners' joinery factory was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Autumn Double Quiet Betting Market Fielders Holding Fire
Leading bookmakers in Sydney are not worrying themselves very much over the Doncaster and Cup, and antepost betting will be light this year…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Erriba Scuttled to Put Out Fire Colombo Strike
A cable has been received by the Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association, Limited, to the effect that the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Germans Shot Down French Troops Fire on Crowd Murder Reprisals Bloodshed and Terrorism in Buer LONDON, Monday Night
French troops fired on a crowd of Germans in Buer, killing five. The shooting followed the murder of two Frenchmen. Subsequently the French arrested many of the prominent residents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blaze at Leichhardt
About 3 a.m. to-day a fire broke out in residential quarters over the shop of Michael Cosgrove, grocer, at the corner of Edith and Marion streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ships on Fire Morning Blaze in Double Bay One Vessel Beached Alarm Given by Watchman's Dog
One of the most sensational harbor fires for years occurred at Double. Bay early to-day, when the collier Duroby was practically destroyed, and the Eden, lying alongside, was severely damaged. The Duroby was towed aground. The alarm was given by a fox…
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A weatherboard cottage, containing five rooms, and occupied by Sydney Case, at the intersection of Marion and Edith streets, Leichhardt, was completely gutted by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Steamer Erriba. Fire Extinguished
According to a cable message received in Sydney yesterday, considerable damage has resulted from the fire which broke out on the Commonwealth Government steamer Erriba,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire Does Great Damage
How the side of the steamer Dureby looked after this morning's fire had been extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mute Testimony to Fire Fiend's Fury
A general view of the dock of the steamer Duroby, burnt almost to the water's edge, and beached in Double Day this morning. She was used by the Illawarra Company for the stor age of coal... The origin of the outbreak is a mystery…
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