Charge of Arson Draper for Trial Fire at Balmain
About 1.45 a.m. on January 5, a fire accurred at a draper's shop occupied by Harris Hunter at 485 Darling-street, Balmain…
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Bankstown Blaze Damage Oyer £1000
Damage estimated at well over £1000 was done by a fire yesterday which gutted a big cottage owned and occupied by Mr. Roland Kearns, in…
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A [?] owned and occupied by Row[?] Rerns in Chapel-road [?] was severely damaged by [?] Three other [?]…
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An outbreak of fire damaged the premises of the Sydney Shirt Factory, and Wheels, Ltd., at the corner of Blackfriars and B[?]land streets, Chippendale, last night…
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One cottage was destroyed and another was damagod by a fire which broke out in Chapel-road, Bankstown, at 12.25 p.m. yesterday. The damage was estimated at over £1000…
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At the conclusion of an inquiry yesterday regarding a fire, at two shops at [?] and 485A Darling-street, Balmain, on January 5, the city coroner (Mr. Jamieson) yesterday committed Harris Hunter, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Factory Fire Brigade Hampered by Crowd Chippendale This Time
Working under great difficulties among a Gowd of thousand in Chippendale last night, 22 firemen and brigades, from headquarters and George Street,…
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In accordance with the terms of the Washington Treaty the Dreadnought Monarch wan towed out into the Atlantic and bombarded by the Atlantic…
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A [?] occurred this evening during a performance at one of the largest theatre the Engiza, in the Akasnka district of Tokyo…
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Damage estimated at more than £1000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the premises of J. Jenkins. Contractor and plasterer, in…
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An explosion which occurred that night in the shop of Alfred John Rich, a blindmakers of Oxford-lane, City blew out the front plate glass window…
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The police are making inquiries concerning the fire in the shop of Alfred J. Rich, blindmaker, Oxford-lane, Darlinghurst, last night. It was reported…
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Through a lighted candle coming into contact with some bed-clothes in a house occupied by John Byron, at 42 Onslow-street, on Saturday evening, the front…
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At an outbreak of fire on Thursday night in Trenholme's [?]ile works in West-street, the new fire engine quite came up to expectations. It is the first fire…
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After 32 years service in the fire brigade, the last 16 of which he has spent as station officer at Woollabra. Mr. W. Whitnall was farewelled by…
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The discovery that the door of a fire-alarm box, at the corner of Queen and Alice streets, had been broken off was made at mid-day on Monday. The police…
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"All that I can say is that we are sorry to say good-bye to him." In those few words, Mr. W. F. Foster, Mayor of Woollahra, expressed the sentiments of…
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A fire broke out in an open yard at the northern end of the factory of Lewis Berger. paint and varnish manufacturers, Concord-road, Rhodes,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wilfully Caused Fires in Wheat Crops Forbes
Mr. A.A. [?] District Coroner held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the destruction by fire of two large areas of wheat on the…
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At Hornsby Council meeting last night the President, Cr. James, commented strongly on the dilatoriness of the local Fire Brigade, stationed at…
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