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THE guns of Sydney's criminal underworld blazed again last week, and two men, wounded in separate affrays, are in a dying condition. Police believe that gangsters' feuds were responsible for both crimes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attracted by the lurid glow of the flames, thousands of spectators gathered to watch a fire which broke out in St. Joachim's school buildings, Mary Street, Lidcombe, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →St. Joachim's school building, Mary "Street, Lidcombe, was destroyed by fire early on Saturday night. Hundreds of persons lined the roadway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →St. Joachim's school buildings, in Mary street, Lidecombe, were practically destroyed by fire on Saturday night. About 300 children will be temporarily without…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Sunday. -- When an oxygen works at Jarrow, Durham, caught fire yesterday, houses for miles round were damaged by flying metal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nuns of the sisterhood of St. Joseph had to leave the chapel in which they were at their prayers, when fire broke out close to them in St. Joachim's…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Two firemen were splashed by boiling tar and burnt while they were fighting a fire which caused damage estimated at about £2,600 at the premises of the Kenworth…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A fire which commenced in Cooly's garage, at Burcher, yesterday, completely gutted the building before any effort could be made to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →With a serious fire in No. 1 hold threatening the safety of 75 passengers, the steamer Hunter raced at full speed through the night from Newcastle to Sydney in the teeth of a south-easterly gale. Double…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LOOKING DOWN the upper hold of the Hunter, as the firemen, in curious attitudes, direct their hoses on the fire below…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Main) lost valuable personal records and family silver in the fire which destroyed his homestead, Retreat East, near…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →When the Hunter River Steamship. Company's vessel Hunter was oft Barrenjoey yesterday morning, en route to Sydney, a fire was discovered in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →While any danger appears to have passed, it will be some days before the fire in the bunker of the Greek freighter Stavros C[?]umantares, 5528…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On arrival at his home, Retreat East, near Diranseer, yesterday, to ascertain what could be salvaged from the wreckage left by the fire the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire which broke out about 3.15 am. yesterday in the bottom of No. 1 hold when the steamer Hunter was north of Barrenjoey, about half-way on her…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A fire started in the bunkers of the Greek steamer Stavros Coumantaros shortly after the vessel had arrived at Geraldton on Monday to commence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WHILE 75 passengers slept soundly in their bunks, the coastal steamer Hunter, bound front Newcastle to Sydney, steamed at full…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →UNABLE to rise when he stumbled into some burning rubbish in the backyard of his home today, Charles Augustus Powell, 77, of Brunswick,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The steamer Hunter, which reached Sydney yesterday morning with a fire in No. I hold. Alongside is the fire-float Pluvius, which fought the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →"The paspalum is feet high and is now in full seed, and I had to cut a pathway through in self-preservation, as the sticky substance on grass is ruinous…
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