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  2. THE CATASTROPHE

    Many of the principal buildings in Oakland, across the bay, have been injured. The sea overflowed between Suisan ...

    Article : 137 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 3,249 words
  4. AUSTRALASIAN.

    Melbourne, Friday.—A Conference of Railway Employes' was opened to-day. A number of resolutions asking for better service conditions were passed. ...

    Article : 31 words
  5. OUTSIDE DESTRUCTION.

    Santa Rosa, Heldsburg, Geiserville, Cloverdale, Doppand, and Ukiah, places in the vicinity of San Francisco, have been destroyed, many deaths taking place. ...

    Article : 45 words
  6. THE UNIVERSITY JUBILEE.

    Melbourne, Friday.—The Melbourne University jubilee celebrations were commenced to-day. ...

    Article : 15 words
  7. STATE MINISTERS.

    Melbourne, Friday.—The State Premier (Hon T. Bent) and Minister of Agriculture (Hon J. H. Swinburne) returned to-day from Sydney after attending the ...

    Article : 28 words
  8. AN AUSTRALIAN INJURED.

    Amongst those whom anxiety was caused concerning the safety of friends in San Francisco, was Mr F. Bewley, of the E.B.R. Co.'s clerical staff, Burnie. His ...

    Article : 143 words
  9. SHOOTING ACCIDENT.

    Whilst out shooting with a companion at Casterton, Mr Walpole riddled his leg and arm with a charge of shot from a gun he was carrying. The charge in the ...

    Article : 41 words
  10. KILLED BY A FALLING BOUGH.

    A man named Oakley was seated with some companions eating their dinners near Lilydale, when without the slightest warning a large limb fell from the tree ...

    Article : 46 words
  11. GREAT EXTENT OF DISASTER.

    London, April 19.—Five persons were killed at Oakland, a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay. Many fatalities are reported from Santa Cruz, a ...

    Article : 142 words
  12. MOTOR CYCLES CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

    Mr W. Martin, a farmer in the Skipton district, while driving through the township homewards, sustained severe injuries there. His horse took fright at the ...

    Article : 60 words
  13. SYMPATHY FROM TASMANIA.

    Hobart, Friday.—The Mayor (Alderman Crisp) has sent a cablegram to President Roosevelt on behalf of the citizens of Hobart, expressing heartfelt sympathy for ...

    Article : 36 words
  14. FEEDING THE HOMELESS.

    Late New York telegrams state that allowing for hysterical reports it is apparent that the situation at San Francisco is becoming desperate. The fire is ...

    Article : 96 words
  15. NEW SOUTH WALES

    Sydney, Friday.—The Murray waters agreement between New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia has been signed. ...

    Article : 24 words
  16. AN AUSTRALIAN MESSAGE.

    Melbourne, Friday.—The Prime Minister (Hon A. Deakin) sent a cable message conveying the sympathy of the Commonwealth to President Roosevelt in the ...

    Article : 31 words
  17. SAN FRANCISCO.

    San Francisco is the ninth city in size in the United States and the metropolis of California. Important changes in form of government, the coming of ...

    Article : 491 words
  18. SHIPPING PARTIALLY ESCAPES.

    Later intelligence goes to show that the great volume of shipping in the harbor was not neatly so much damaged as at first reported. ...

    Article : 27 words
  19. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

    Sydney, Friday.—A fire broke out in the Austral Chambers, oWned by Gibbs, Bright and Co., and damage to the extent of £1,200 resulted. ! ...

    Article : 26 words
  20. CHURCH AND COLLEGE DESTROYED.

    The catastrophe struck heavily at the Asiatic quarter of San Francisco, which was destroyed. The Jesuit Church and College of ...

    Article : 50 words
  21. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY A STEPSON.

    A man named Harry Starr, aged 32 years, residing in Danks-street, Botany, was lying on the back of a waterhole in Bay street, Botany, when he was ...

    Article : 78 words
  22. CRUSHED LIKE EGGS SHELLS.

    The Grand Opera House and Spreckel's office, the finest building of the kind in the west, were crushed like egg shells. The Western Union telegraph office was ...

    Article : 41 words
  23. HOW THE CITY SHOOK.

    The "New York Journal's" correspondent states that the first shock tossed the city like a feather by a wind, making the buildings rock like poplars in ...

    Article : 160 words
  24. FOUR LOOTERS SHOT.

    A vigilant eye is being kept by the military on looters, and already four have been shot. The Mint is reported to be afire. ...

    Article : 52 words
  25. Tasmanian.

    Hobart, Friday.—Considerable interest is being aroused with respect to the continnous agricultural classes. The next session will commence at ...

    Article : 84 words
  26. SWEPT INTO THE SEA.

    The famous Cliff House, a fashionable resort overlooking the Golden Gate, and which cost several thousands of pounds, has been swept into the sea. ...

    Article : 28 words
  27. THE LOSSES.

    The damage done to property by the earthquake and its attendant disasters is put down at between £30,000,000 and £40,000,000. The fire insurance ...

    Article : 41 words
  28. EIGHT SQUARE MILES ABLAZE.

    Up to 8 o'clock last night the fires extended eight square miles, involving several hundreds of the city blocks. The damage is at least one hundred million ...

    Article : 132 words
  29. CONFERENCE OF ELECTORAL OFFICERS.

    Hobart, Friday.—Mr P. C. Douglas, Chief Electoral Officer, will leave for Melbourne to-morrow via Launceston for the purpose of attending a conference of ...

    Article : 48 words
  30. DEATH ROLL AMONG THE POOR.

    Reuters' Agency has received a wire stating it is impossible to trace individuals and their whereabouts, in view of the confusion existing. As Englishmen and ...

    Article : 91 words
  31. TEACHERS' TRAINING COLLEGE.

    Hobart, Friday.—The Training College for State school teachers, under the control of Mr John A. Johnson, will be opened on Monday at 9 a.m. at the ...

    Article : 39 words
  32. PETITION AGAINST MR LEATHAM.

    Hobart, Friday.—Mr J. G. Brown has lodged a petition against the return of Mr Leatham, for New Norfolk on the grounds that Mr Leatham was the ...

    Article : 113 words
  33. DISASTER "COULD NOT BE WORSE."

    London, April 20.—The Mayor of San Francisco telegraphed to the President on Thursday morning that the city had practically been destroyed, and that the ...

    Article : 178 words
  34. TOPPLING HOUSES.

    One thousand buildings have been destroyed. The greatest less of life occurred in the cheap tenements near the water front. ...

    Article : 123 words
  35. Licensing Reform.

    The Government has a fine opportunity of using its talents and power in effecting a wise, necessary and called for measure of temperance reform. Local ...

    Article : 124 words
  36. TO-DAY'S WEATHER FORECAST

    Hobart, Friday.—Following is Mr Kingsmill's weather forecast for April 21 and after:— "An Antartic depression, No. 12, is now ...

    Article : 90 words
  37. CAUGHT IN THEIR SLEEP.

    Most of the citizens were asleep when the shock occurred, and they rushed from their beds into the streets in their night attire. Buildings were tottering and ...

    Article : 113 words
  38. LIBERAL DONATIONS.

    President Roosevelt has appealed for private contributions to alleviate the sufferers. The appeal is not without result, and the Wall street (New York) financiers ...

    Article : 76 words
  39. LAUNCESTON.

    Launceston, Friday.—At the Police Court today Charles J. Miles, for not filling up his ability tax form, was fined 5s and costs. ...

    Article : 31 words
  40. How to Get Immigrants.

    Fremantle, Tuesday.—Sir James Graham, who is returning to Sydney after a trip to England, reached Fremantle yesterday in the R.M.S. India. Speaking on ...

    Article : 214 words
  41. Launceston Mail Table.

    We publish below the times fixed for the closing of ship mails it the Launceston Post Office, as well as the days on which the arrival ef ship mails is ...

    Article : 67 words
  42. THE ADMIRALTY COURT.

    Launceston, Friday.—The Admiralty Court sat again, when the evidence of the plaintiff in the case, Captain Boxall, of the barque Queen Mab, v. U.S.S. Co., was ...

    Article : 37 words
  43. THE FIRE SPREADING.

    The Mayor of San Francisco wired at 4 p.m. yesterday (Thursday) that there was no change in the progress of the fire, but a private telegram two hours later stated ...

    Article : 92 words
  44. LITERARY AND MUSICAL COMPETITIONS.

    Launceston, Friday.—This afternoon's retails at the literary and musical competitions were:— Recitation, girls under 12: ...

    Article : 84 words
  45. DETAILS OF THE HAVOC.

    The roof and small towers of the City Hall, costing seven million dollars, collapsed. The Post Office was shattered, and the Valencia Hotel and ...

    Article : 188 words
  46. Mining.

    The Karori shipped at Burnie for Sydney yesterday £220 bags Mt Farrel ore ...

    Article : 17 words
  47. NO HOPE FOR THE CITY.

    The Pacific and San Francisco hospitals and the College of Physicians were saved from the fire by dynamiting all the surrounding buildings. The commanders of ...

    Article : 129 words
  48. YESTESDAY'S QUOTATIONS AND SALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 33 words
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