Burnt Out, Now Flooded Out Plight of Settlers Vic Drenched Melbourne
ALMOST EVERY PART of the State hat had rain. Some parts of it even teem to be getting too much of it…
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Thieves Disturbed. Watchman Fires Shot
Watchman Neary, of Lidcombe, fired a shot at a motor car early on Saturday morning, when two men, whom he had disturbed near a shop, made off in it…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cockatoo Island Fire
The control house on top of one of the high electric cranes on the northern side of the dock at Cockatoo Island, caught fire last night through wires…
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Wires attached to one of the large electric cranes at Cockatoo Dock fused last evening, and set fire to the control house. Conquerable damage had been done when the…
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A motor car which was stolen from the city on Friday night was discovered in flames at Maroubra early on Saturday morning. The fire destroyed [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Narrandera Narrandera
A fire occurred in the factory of the Narrandera Fibro Plaster Works on Thursday evening, when about [?]50 of stock was destroyed, in addition to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Blaze at Sea. The Paparoa. Sunk in Mid-ocean. Capetown, March 19
The Federal Steam Navigation Company's steamer Paparoa, which was abandoned in mid-ocean owing to a serious fire, became derelict, and, after drifting, was finally sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Demon Whole Blocks Go Wellington (N;z.)
There has been an epidemic of fires In New Zealand. At Wairoa a block of fine shops was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Thrills Into Fireman's Arms Leaps for Life London. Sunday Night
There were thrilling sconce at an early morning fire which destroyed the three-storied Corporation Hotel, Grimsby. Six of the occupants were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cockatoo Dock in Peril Fire-float's Save Whole Industry in Danger
The largest shipbuilding yards in the southern hemlsphere--Cockatoo Island --were threatened by the last night, The early arrival of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires at Young. Young
Three fire alarms on Saturday night constitute a record tor the fire brigade here. The first outbreak occurred at 9 p.m., when the eightroomed weatherboard and pine house…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Three Shops Destroyed Newcastle Blaze Man Is Injured Newcastle
Three shops, with dwellings attached, were destroyed, and a man was injured by broken glass, during a fire at the Junction last…
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A two-storey building occupied by Alfred S[?]hoer, smallgoods merchant, of An[?]rum-street, North Sydney, was seriously damaged by fire at 2.30 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fires in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)
Extensive damage was done to property in the Dominion by four outbreaks of fire at the week-end. At Walrau, where there is no fire brigade, a block of five shops was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fires in N.Z. a Exciting Week-end Wellington
The week-end was marked by an extraordinary number of serious fires. Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, was visited by the second outbreak in six weeks. A…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Brigade Employees. (Before Judge Beeby.)
By consent, the judge extended the order made on January 4 last, to May 10, providing that the hours and conditions of all officers and fireman in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Site Purchased Fire Station to Come
The Fire Commissioners have, at last, made a definite move in the matter of an official fire station for wentworthville…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Sydney Fire In Small Goods Factory
A fire was discovered early to-day in Alfred Schoay's small goods the[?]ary, Ancrum-street, North, Sydney. The Crow's Nest and North Sydney Brigades attended, and found the.tap…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Industrial Arbitration. Court. (Before Judge Beeby.) Fire Brigades' Hours
The matter of the application of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales for an increase in the ordinary working hours beyond 44 per week was again before the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Under Cross-fire Mrs. Dykes in the Box Hodgson Divorce Case
As on the preceding days of the hearing of the Hodgson divorce suit, the Court was crowded yesterday and many seekers after sensation were…
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