Marine Mishap. Bassano with Fire in Bunkers
Yesterday morning the EllermanBueknall steamer Bassano returned to port at Fremantle, with a fire in her bunkers…
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Steamer Puts Back. Threatened Fire. Timely Discovery on Bassano. Fremantle
The steamer Bassano, laden with a heavy consignment of cargo for South African ports, Balled from Fremantle on Sunday afternoon, but has returned to port. An examination of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Lack of Water Building Burnt Morisset Blaze Wyong
The School of Arts at Alor[?] to which was attached a library, picture show, and bililard room, was totally destroyed by fire early…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bag of Dead Fowls Policeman Fires Revolver
While on duty in Denmark street, Merryland's, at 2.30 a.m. today, Constable Bagden noticed a man carrying a bag. Becoming suspicious, he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early Morning Fire. Tweed Heads
A fire occurred early this morning, when [?] butcher's shop, controlled by to Chandler Company, was burnt to the ground. The premises were owned by Mrs. Rose, of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bed on Fire Novel Extinguisher Visitor Burned
A novel way of extinguisher a candle was probably the cause of a fire in a bedroom of a house in Constitution-road. Petersham, occupied by Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bad Rioting Twelve Killed Soldiers Knifed Fire on Crowd London, Wednesday Evening
The Salonika correspondent of the "Daily Express" reports serious rioting there, owing to a lockout as a result of a cut in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Ramsgate
At 1.20 a.m. on Wednesday last the Kogarah Fire Brigade received a call to attend a fire at Ramsgate Road, Ramsgate. On their arrival they found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Station Fire. Bogan Gate
About 3.20 p.m. on Tuesday an outbreak of fire was noticed on the property known as Kadina, owned by Mr. T. H. Lister, of Trundle, and occupied by Mr. T. C. Dollar. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Breaks Out in Ammunition Dump
BL[?]HAREST, May 29.--A fire has broken out in an ammunition dump a the centre of the city. Numerous explosions occurred and created much…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Hoodoo on Ship's Cargo Three Times in Fire FREMANTLE
There seems to be a hoodoo on the cargo loaded into the steamer Bassano at Brisbane recently. Originally it was intended for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Early Morning Blaze
Residents in the centre of the town were startled about 6.30 o'clock on Monday morning by the clanging of the fire-bell. The brigade turned out with their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Current News Fire
A fire broke out on Thursday, May 22, the ticket office of the new Pendle Hill railway station, presumably caused by a spark from the engine of a passing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Campsie Woman's Narrow Escape
Rad in not been for a chance passer by Mrs. Elizabeth Swift, an elderly woman, residing at Homer Street Campsie, would probably have been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Campsie. Woman's Narrow Escape. Timely Rescue
Elizabeth Swift, aged 81 years, had a narro[?] escape from being burnt to death last night, when a weatherboard cottage of 11 rooms at Homer-street, Campsie, of which…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Fat in the Fire Butter Rivalry London, May 29
A question in the House of Commons drew attention to the fact that every menu on every restaurant table at Wembley Exhibition proclaimed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Bassano. Fire in Bunkers. Hold Flooded. Fremantle
A fire broke out in the coal bunkers of the steamer Bassano late yesterday afternoon, and every effort waat made to confine it to the [?]atch. It had been anticipated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Timber Mill Fire £15,000 Damage Melbourne
A fire at "W. R. Brook's timber mills, between Caulfield and Malvern, last night caused damage estimated at £15,000. The mill, building, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Mine Explosions Awaken Sleepers NEWCASTLE
Redhead mine is idle to-day as the result of a disastrous fire during the night, which destroyed the blacksmith's and stores shops. The mine is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Another Victorian Timber Works Blaze Damage is Estimated at £50,000--Brooks' Caulfield Joinery Works are Completely Gutted
MELBOURNE, Sunday--Damage estimated at 150,000 was caused by a fire which completely gutted the tunber and joinery works of Brooks and Co…
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