Big Fire at Gosford Three Shops and Billiard Saloon Destroyed
Three shops and a billiard saloon were destroyed by fire at Gosford last night. The premises which suffered were…
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Country News Court Record Three Weeks at Dubbo Bush Fire Claims Dubbo
The sitting of the Supreme Court in Dubbo, now in its third week, already constitutes a local record. No previous sitting went beyond a fortnight. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Celli[?]ld on Fire Spectacular Blaze Stanmore Factory Gutted
Large quantities of celluloid provided the ideal fuel for a Spectacular blaze. when the Whiteloid Products Company, Salisbury Hond. Stanmore…
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Two sensational fires broke out in Sydney last night--one in a petrol-laden steamer in White Bay, and the other in a celluloid factory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blaze at Leeton Row of Shops Burnt Leeton
A row of weatherboard shops in Pine Avenue, Leeton, Owned by Mr.T.H. Dunn. was totally destroyed by fire. The shops were unoccupied Strenuous efforts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Gosford. Gosford
Shortly after midnight on sunday a twostoried brick building, owned by Mr. W. A. Huscombe, of Gosford, was destroyed by a fire which originated in refreshment-rooms…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cottage Destroyed Fire at Old Guildford
A weatherboard cottage, containing four rooms, in Orchardleigh-road, Old Guildford, was recently totally destroyed by fire…
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Early this morning Male Bros., [?]smiths, and Harvey's paint shop were destroyed by [?]A gas cylinder exploded during the…
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The police who investigated the fire, which on Sunday destroyed five shops, occupied by Beard Brothers, drapers and mercers, of Parramatta-road, Leichhardt, are convinced…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fierce Fire. Consumes Factory. Passers-by Alarmed
A fire which occurred at the factory of Whiteloid Products, Limited, 2 Salisburyroad, Camperdown, last night, destroyed the premises in little more than half an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire on Steamer. Smouldering Sulphur. Attacked with Steam
Detachmenta from fire headquarters and several other stations and the crew of the fire float Pluvlus were faced with an unusual problem yesterday aftornoon when called to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Blue Blazes Steam Fights Ship Fire Hatch Opened Smouldering Sulphur
A carelessly thrown cigarette butt was probably the cause of the fire which broke out in the sulphur cargo of the steamer Stanley…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire in Ship's Hold Great Clouds of Sulphur Smoke Dangerous Fumes
THE American steamer Stanley arrived in port yesterday after a voyage of 45 days from Galveaton (Texne). and when the hatch boards…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Additions to "The Force"--Ship Fire Fatal Car Smash--Winter Grips Vic
WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR.--63 constables, the first of a batch of 200, took this oath of duty at Police Headquarters this morning. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mitchell, is addressing the constables after the swearing-in ceremony. THE AUSTRALIAN RUGBY LEAGUE BOARD OF CONTROL which met in Sydney to-day. Left to right, are: J. G. Stephenson (Q.), H. Sunderland (Q.), W. Kuder (Q.), S. G. Ball (N.S.W. sec.), Sir J. J. Smith (Chairman, N.S.W.),…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Sulphur on Fire. Outbreak on Steamer
The fire in No. 3 hold of the American steamer Stanley, lying at the [?]lo wharf, White Bay, was extinguished yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"Fire in Pew As Well As " in the Pulpit" Moderator Says We Are Unrepentant Generation Mighty Changes
"To-day is the church's opportunity. We are on the eve of mighty changes," declared the new Moderator of the Presbyterian…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Redfern
Fire broke out in the boot factory of McMurtrle and Co., Ltd., Redfern, on Tuesday night. The outbreak started on the third floor near a gas jet, which had been left burning…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Suspicious Fires. Hotel Employee for Trial. Cessnock
Two fires which occurred on April 28 and 29 in a catherboard cottage at Aberdare, owned by Joseph St. Claire Noonan, licensee of the Strathfield Hotel, Strathfield, and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fire Engine Crashes Townsville Thrill Brisbane
A fire engine, answering a call at Townsville at noon to-day, crashed in to an electric light standard at the intersection of Stokes and Flinders…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FIRE! Cottage Destroyed
On Friday, at 7.30 p.m., a weatherboard cottage in Berwick-street, Guildford, owned and occupied by Miss Jessie Black, was totally destroyed by fire…
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