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Evening Star, Issue 3324, 15 October 1873, Page 2

A family living in a clone, room in the Rue de Vaugirard, Paris, were lately saved from suffocation by a dog. The husband had lighted the carbon of a moveable stove, and, while leaning over it to watch something cooking, was overpowered by the vapor. His dog jumped at the window, breaking the glass, and then ran about howling so piteously that the neighbors were alarmed. The door was burst open just in time to save the Jives of the man and two children who were lying on the bed, all of whom were not resuscitated without great difficulty. Mr John Young, one of the leading contractors of Sydney, has had the spirit to break away from the ordinary routine, and to experiment in the free use of concrete, in some firstclass houses he has just built at Woolloomooloo. Py dispensing in this way with a large quantity of wood-work he has diminished the risk of fire. Jiy making the roofs slightly arched they are available as promenades or play grounds for children, and by making the passages and halls of tcsselated pavement instead of wood the labor of servants in scrubbing is considerably diminished. It is said that these improvements are effected without any increase of cost over a first-class style of buildings in the ordinary way,