Immense Fire at Parramatta
A LARGE fire broke out on Thursday morning at Gregg's store, Parramatta. The whole block of buildings in Church-street was at one time likely to succumb to the flames; but, fortunately, the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1875
15 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
The Late Terrible Fire at Sea
"TOWN TALK" in the Sydney 'Empire' writes as follows:--"Never since the burning of the Amazon, a quarter of a century ago, has the sea sent us such a tale of horror…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Fire at Windsor. to the Editor of the Grafton Argus
SIR,--Some two weeks since a meeting was held at the Masonic Hall, Sydney, in order to consider the matter of raising a fund for the relief of the sufferers by the recent disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Bush Fires
DURING the past two days intimations of the existence and spread of bush fires have poured into our ('Singleton Argus') office. In the latter part of last week, a fire that…
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SOME few issues back we referred to the necessity of the establishment of a Fire Brigade in this city. The following article bearing on the general question we extract…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Windsor Fire. to the Editor of the Grafton Argus
SIR,--Cannot something be done by the citizens of Grafton to maintain their character as a benevolent people in the way of assisting to alleviate the sufferings of those…
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BY the arrival of the Tagus, at Plymouth, details are to hand of the recent dangerous accident that befel the Royal Mail Company's steamship Nile, Captain R. Revett,…
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THERE was a tremendous fire raging here on Sunday. The Albion Hotel, the Oriental Bank, and other buildings have been destroyed. All one side of Burrowa-street is gone. There are…
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A large fire broke out at Young at half-past 2 o'clock on Sunday, April 4th, by which the Albion Hotel, Oriental Bank, Smith's jewellers' shop, Hopkins and Gates' drapery…
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THE following information, with reference to the above, has been kindly furnished to the 'Tenterfield Star' by a passenger:--On Tuesday morning last, as the first train…
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NEW YORK, APRIL 29TH -- A Milwaukee special says that the fire at Oshkosh yesterday was the most destructive one that over occurred there, one square mile of…
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SIR,—Seeing that fire is able, and water ia willing, if we have volunteers, now is the, time, I think, for the storekeepers, young men of Grafton and others, to come forward and enrol their names and form a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wi[?]sky Fire in Dublin. (From the correspondent of the Times.) Dublin, June 20
THE most alarming and destructive [?]i[?] which has occurred in Dublin since the burning of the Custom-house stores, about 40 years ago, br[?]ke out last night in the Liberties. It originated in a malt-house, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Frightful Accident by Fire at Wallaroy
AT the inquiry into the circumstances attending the melancholy death of Mr Henry Lee, before J. C. Stanger, Esq., the coroner for Bathurst, the following evidence was taken:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Fire in the Evening News Office
THE office of this journal experienced a narrow escape from total destruction by the last night. As it is, so far as a hurried estimate can supply data, damage to something like £6000 or £7000 has been done to the…
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