Glue Blaze Cats' Mad Rush Factory Ruin
From Sydney's stickiest fire early this morning raced two cats--their fur singed, their paws sticking in a hot river of glue that flowed…
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2,577 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 129
Spectacular Fire. Glue Works Destroyed
Long's Glue Factory in O'Riordan-street, Alexandria, was destroyed by fire early this morning. It is estimated that the damage will amount to thousands of pounds…
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A five-roomed weatherboard house occupied by S. Morley and family, at Wodonga, has been destroyed by fire. It is understood that the house, which was owned by Miss Ryan, of…
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A fire occurred this morning at the [?]pery store of Charles Mack, at the corner of Vale and Commissioner streets, destroying a large quantity of drapery goods. Adjoining the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Suspicious Fire Man Faces Charge West Maitland
THOMAS Altted L[?]ke 83 has been remanded to Gresford Court on Tuesday on charges of having maitclously get fire to a dwelling, and having…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →3 A.m. Call Grandstand Fire Cigarette Cause ?
Damage estimated at £700, was caused by a fire which partly destroyed the grandstand at St. Luke's Oval at 3 a.m. to-day…
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TANGLED RUINS of Long's Glue Factory, O'Riordan-street, Alexandria, which was destroyed by fire early to-day. Blazing tallow vats and glue forced firemen from six stations under Chief Officer Nance to confine their efforts to preventing the blaze from spreading. (See story on inside page)…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →"Fat Was in Fire" Chinese Give Police Opium to Take Ashore
MELBOURNE, Sunday -- The police made a haul of 30 tins of opium, valued at more than £300, on the Taiping at Victoria Docks,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Kogarah
A mixed grocery shop, managed by Mrs. R. Don, in Wheeler-street, Kogarah, was extensively damaged by fire yesterday. Kogarah and Rockdale fire brigades…
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Police are investigating the origin of a fire which caused £700 worth of damage to the grandstand at St. Luke's Oval in the early hours of yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Tonic ! Show Opens in Blaze of Optimism Breath From Great Outback
It's a tonic ! You can feel the blood tingle in the veins under the spell of piled opulence, of canyons of riches of wealth that stamps and snorts and waddles and whinnies at the Royal Show to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Auxiliary Ketch. Destroyed by Fire. Hobart
The auxiliary ketch Stella was destroyed by fire near South Bruny lighthouse to-day. The fire was caused by the engine backfiring. The ketch was of 37 tons register, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Great Stores Ablaze Wagga Firemen Fight Fire in Relays
WAGGA, Monday.-- Fire broke cut to-night in the basement of Huthwaite and Co.'s Riverina stores-- one of the biggest general…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Death Spurts at 'Plane Fire Stream Current 'Kills Two VANCOUVER
Three were killed in an extraordinary accident when a 'plane became entangled in a high-tension wire at Ypsilanti (Michigan)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strance Bush Mystery in the North Man Held on Two Counts Tried to Murder Step-daughter Fire and Gun Maitland
Meagre details of a bush drama have reached Maitland from Chad's Creek, a tiny settlement north of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1 Dead in 4 A.M. Blaze Q'land Town Leap Off Balcony Rockhampton
JAMES M'DONALD, 53, was burnt to death when the Queen's Hotel, Jericho, near Rockhampton, was gutted by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatal Fire Man Burned to Death Qld. Hotel Mate Leaps in Flames
ROCKHAMPTON, Wednesday. James MacDonald, 53, was burned to death in a fire, which did £10,000 damage at Jericho,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire at Wagga. Department Stores Destroyed Firemen Overcome by Fumes. Wagga
Messrs. W. G. Huthwaite and Company's Riverina department stores, in Bayliss-street. Wagga. were destroyed by fire late last night It is believed that someone dropped a lighted…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fire Panic in Cinema 17 DEAD: 11 Injured Fight in Dark London
SEVENTEEN were killed and eleven injured as a result of a cinema panic at Licata, Sicily, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →From the Pagan Times. Easter Mountain Fires
Although in times gone by the Bishops issued severe edicts against the pagan custom of lighting the Easter fire on the top of mountains (the blaze to be…
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