How Fire-walkers Perform Their Feat
The rite of fire-walking, known among the natives of Tahiti as nmuti, is described and explained in a recent Press bulletin sent out by the American Museum of Natural History…
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2,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 119
III-Fated Cars Fire and Wreckage
Several motor cars have come to grief of late within the vicinity of Penrith. An Alvis car was ascending…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Chimney Falls at Meggitt's a Relic of the Fire--silo Explosion Leads to Wreck. Outbreak of Fire
Residents of Parramatta living in the vicinity of Meggitt's factory were startled by a heavy explosion yesterday afternoon…
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Fire which broke out in an unoccupied furniture factory in Jabez-street, Marrickville, yesterday afternoon, did damage estimated at £2000. The…
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A building, recently used as a joinery, in Jabez-street, Marrickville, was partly destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The damage is estimated at…
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Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by a fire which practically destroyed a building in Jabez Street, Marrickville, on Saturday afternoon…
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A fire broke out in a joinery works situated in Javez-street, Marrickville, on Saturday afternoon, and damage was done to the promises amounting to the extent of about £2000…
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The City of Singapore ([?] which caught a fire at Adelaide on Saturday with 700 tons of undischarged petrol and other oils from New York. One firefighter was killed and two are missing. Thirteen others were injured, some seriously. The [?] was taken in Sydney when she passed through about three week ago…
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The steamer City of Singapore, which arrived at Port Adelaide last Monday from New York, via ports, with 2600 tons of cargo to discharge,…
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A fire-bug seems to be loose in the irrigation area. Following the recent blaze in Leston's main street, Three fires have occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fireman's Find After the Fire Sovereigns and Jewellery in a Tin Box--Mrs. Larkin's Luck in
Following a fire at the residence of Mrs. Larkin, in Stanmore Road, Marrickville, on Saturday, one of the members of the fire brigade which…
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The steamer, City of Singapore (6567 tons), owned by Messrs. Ellerman and Bucknall, which was berthed at No. 2 Quay, Birkenhead, Fort Adelaide, with 700 tons of undischarged petrol and other oils from New York, caught fire at 8 o'clock on Saturday night. At 11 o'clock, there was an explosion on board which resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →collision in a tunnel. Two London Trains. Rescue Work in Semi-darkness. Danger From Fire. London, April 26
An electric train this morning crashed into the rear of a special excursion train which was standing in a tunnel about a mile outside Euston terminal station (London.) Four people were killed and 50 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Oil Cargo Burns Fiercely Terrific Explosion One Killed: Two Missing Heavy Toll of Fire-fighters Port Adelaide Sensation ADELAIDE
A terrific explosion during a fire on the cargo steamer City of Singapore, with thousands of cases of oil aboard, took a terrible loll at Port Adelaide last night. One fire-fighter was killed outright, and his body was…
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HILLSTON. -- The Club House Hell, occupied by Mr. B. Morris, was destroyed by fire on Sunday night. Swansborough's boot repairing business was also…
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BRISBANE, Monday. One of the most disastrous fires in the history of the central west broke out shortly after 10 o'clock to-night…
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LEETON, Monday.--No light has yet been thrown on last week's mysterious early-morning fire in Leeton's main street, when £3,500, representing…
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The third big fire in the last few months occurred at Coolangatta yesterday morning, when "Koleela," a big boarding-house, owned by Mr. P. W…
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A motor car, owned by Mrs. B. A. Broadbent, of Boyce-street, South Randwick, burst into flames in Bunnerong-road, Matraville, last night…
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The scene of the fire which occurred at Port Adelaide during the week-end on the oil ship City of Singapore, presented a dismal picture to-day. The fire has now been…
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