At 9 o'clock last night the fine promises of Gibbs, Bright, and Co., shipping agents--Nos. 37 to 43 Pitt-street--were discovered to be on fire, and a few minutes after a battle between ...
Article : 1,227 wordsLONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The appeal lodged by W. N. Willis, of Sydney, in the Supreme Court of Natal against the magistrate's decision--which affirms that the ...
Article : 50 wordsMr. E. C. Andrews, geological surveyor, has theory as to the cause of earthquakes and the probable reason for the particular one at San Francisco. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 417 wordsLONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Bar silver was quoted to-day at 2s 5 13-16d per ounce standard. ...
Article : 17 wordsMilne, the well-known geologist, in his publication, "Earthquakes," on the subject of the connection between earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, states:--"When we consider that an ...
Article : 431 wordsThe whole of the building, which is owned by Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., and the stock were insured. A rough estimate of the insurances on the building is £20,000. The offices ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Hurstville-hall was crowded last night on the occasion of an address by Mr. W. M. Hughes, M.H.R., under the auspices of the Hurstville Labor League, his subject being ...
Article : 593 wordsThose who have had the terrifying and unique experience of what an earthquake is, have placed on record their sensations. The feeling has invariably been described as horrifying and ...
Article : 437 wordsIn view of the series of earth tremors that has made itself felt comparatively recently in various parts of the world, the question again arises as to whether there is direct sympathy ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 105 wordsThere seems to be a general impression prevailing in Sydney that Mr. George Musgrove's 'Sweet Nell' Company, headed by Miss Nellie Stewart and Mr. Harcourt Beatty, was playing ...
Article : 137 wordsSuperintendent Webb informed a "Daily Telegraph" representative last night that the chief of the fire brigades in San Francisco was Superintendent Denis T. Sullivan. The cable ...
Article : 135 wordsIn the complete records now kept of earthquake disturbances, it is shown that hardly a day passes without a shock in some part of the world. Though earthquakes accompany ...
Article : 789 wordsProfessor J. W. Gregory, formerly Professor of Geology in the University of Melbourne, in a publication, states that an earthquake is the shock due to a movement in the earth's crust. ...
Article : 375 wordsThe Premiers of New South Wales and Victoria yesterday forwarded the following letter to the United States Consul:-- "Sydney, April 19, 1906. Dear Sir,--hasten ...
Article : 214 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.--About the time that the earthquake occurred at San Francisco, earth tremors were reported from Aspendale, situated about 18 miles from Melbourne, near Mordialloc. ...
Article : 334 wordstinuous shell, any extra amount of contraction of the nucleus which causes a withdrawal of support from under the earth's crust at one part, and so leads to a sagging down of the ...
Article : 493 wordsIn case some alarm is felt by those who have friends travelling to other parts of the world by the 'Frisco route, it is explained that as a rule passengers only stay in the city for a few ...
Article : 405 wordsBefore the Public Service Association's Conference was concluded last night, an expression of sympathy was ordered to be forwarded to the American Consul, conveying condolence to the ...
Article : 205 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.--Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s steamer Guthrie arrived at Pinkenba this morning from Singapore via Batavia and Thursday Island. Captain Todd reports having ...
Article : 106 wordsMr. J. B. Sutton, of"the American Bar," says that in the sixties San Francisco had a bad name for earthquakes, and the buildings were for a long time built to two or three stories in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 679 wordsThe City Coroner held an inquest concerning the death of a child named Ellen Berkeley, aged 6½ years, who died at the Coast Hospital on April 12, from injuries received a few days ...
Article : 93 wordsSeen last night just before he left for Melbourne, Victoria's Premier, Mr. Thomas Bent, said he had learned with regret of the disaster. He expressed the view that it would be ...
Article : 96 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.--Great interest was taken in Archbishop Clarke's pronouncement to-day regarding the ritualistic practices followed at St. Peter's Church, Eastern-bill. On March ...
Article : 542 wordsAn inquest was hold by the City Coroner into the circumstances surrounding the death of John Schofield (75), was was knocked down by a horse, ridden by a man, in Elizabeth-street, ...
Article : 53 wordsSub-inspector M'Donagh was the first police-officer on the scene. His headquarters are at George-street North, and therefore he was practically within a stone's-throw of the burning ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 529 wordsWhen the news of the catastrophe reached the American cruiser Baltimore, which arrived yesterday from the East, much excitement prevailed, although in typical American fashion it ...
Article : 78 wordsWAGGA, Thursday.--The four-year-old daughter of John W. Cowsley was run over by a waggon load of wheat, driven by her father, at North Wagga, and crushed to death. Cowsley ...
Article : 72 wordsProfessor David has given some interesting views respecting earthquake shocks in Australia, and seismic occurrences elsewhere. In regard to the Adelaide earthquake, which ...
Article : 473 wordsLantern in band, dripping from head to foot, but as energetic and as fresh as ever. Mr. Webb was seen for a minute or two after the last vestige of flame had been hosed out of the burning ...
Article : 455 wordsTHURSDAY ISLAND, Thursday.--The Japanese squadron anchored outside last evening, consisting of the Sukushima, flagship, Vice-Admiral Shinamura, carrying 400 men all told; the ...
Article : 136 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--The Pacific Cable Board advises that San Francisco has been cut off by all routes. Communication was established several times this morning, and it was ...
Article : 61 wordsLONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--A supposed extinct volcano on Palma, Canary Islands, is showing signs of activity. Palma is one of the largest and the most ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Acting Deputy-Postmaster-General yesterday received the following communication from Bamfield Creek:--"Vancouver advises. Slow communication with 'Frisco." ...
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Advertising : 88 wordsThe greatest earthquake in Australia in the memory of a white man occurred at Adelaide on Friday, September 19, 1902. The weather had been cold and wintry, but Friday was ...
Article : 673 wordsSan Francisco claims the possession of one of the finest Y.M.C.A. buildings in America, built at a cost of many thousands of dollars. It is related of this building--of which no mention ...
Article : 122 wordsAs showing the comparative immunity of this State from earthquakes, it may be stated that the severest shock felt in the time of white men occurred at Cooma on July 23, 1901, when ...
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The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), Fri 20 Apr 1906, Page 6
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