Testing Fire Ladders. Union Secretary Ordered Off
Mr. W. McNamara, secretary of the N.S.W. Fire Brigades Employees' Union, states that when he went to the Fire Brigades headquarters at Sydney to watch in…
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Ships Afire Double Bay Blaze Duroby Burned to Water's Edge Eden Damaged Dog Gives Alarm
DING! Dong! Ding! Dong! Ding! Dong! The dismal tolling of a ship's bell, sure indication of something amiss, beat its insistent summons over the waters of Double Bay at 3 a.m. to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Erriba Scuttled Cargo Damaged by Fire and Water
The Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association yesterday received a cable stating that the Commonwealth Government steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Country Confused Signal Fire Brigade System BATHURST
In consequence' of a confused signal received at the Bathurst Are brigade when two wooden cottages were recently destroyed, a strong demand is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Excitement in the Ruhr French Fire On Crowd. Number of Germans Killed. Decisions in Brussels
Excitement is growing in Buer, where, following on the murder of a French officer and railway expert, five Germans in a crowd have been killed by a French patrol…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Midnight Blaze Box Factory Gutted
Hundreds of people witnessed a spectacular blaze at Enmore at midnight last night, when a box factory in Phillips Street, owned and occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at a Factory
About 3.30 a.m. yesterday the automatic alarm indicated a fire in the sawmill at Lever Brothers' soap factory, Balmain. The fire, caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ship on Fire Fireworks Display
The barking of his dog at 3 a.m. yesterday awakened William Simpson, keeper of the steamer Duroby, who discovered a fire on the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£750 DAMAGE Fire at Enmore
The damage caused by last night's fire, which gutted the box factory occupied by Alfred John Mack, in Phillip-street, Enmore. is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Enmore. Box Factory Gutted
A box factory in Phillip-street, Enmore, occupied by Alfred Mack, was completely gutted by fire late last night. Owing to the inflammable nature of the contents the flames spread with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Parramatta Two Buildings Damaged
A fire broke out at the rear of the dwelling and general store conducted by Mrs. Laura Horder, of Church-street, Parramatta, this afternoon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on the Erriba Cargo Being Discharged
The Commonwealth Government liner Erriba, which put back to Colombo with her wool cargo on fire and was scuttled in the harbor there, is now discharging her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Bunkers Australian Liner in Trouble
The Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association yesterday received a cable stating that the steamer Canadian Seigneur had arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Steamers Duroby and Eden. Outbreak in Double Bay
The steamer Duroby, moored in Double Ba[?] was severely damaged by fire at an early hour yesterday morning, and its complete destruction was only averted after a strenuous fight…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire on Andromede
The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association yesterday received a cable message, stating that the French steamer Andromede was at Colombo, with her bunker afire…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Andromede Fire. Arrives at Colombo
The French steamer Andromede arrived at Colombo on March 14, with her bunker coal afire. The vessel was, en route from Noumea to Dunkirk and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Bunkers Andromede at Colombo
A cable was received by the Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association yesterday, stating that the French mall steamer Andromeda had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Caught by Bush Fire Perth
Bush fire sare raging in the southwest. Near Boyup a young farmer, Roy Cross, with two horses and a dray, was caught by the fire in thick jarrah…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Caught in Bush Fire. Perth
Roy Cross, a farmer, while driving two horses attached to a dray, was caught in a bush fire sweeping through the jarrah red gum forest, [?]r Boyup Brook, in the Bunbury district…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Pictures in the Fire
The night was moonless and starless. Round the beach fire a story of a fain prince who had slain dragons and climbed fiery mountains was just ended…
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