Fire in Auburn-street
ABOUT 11 o'clock on Friday evening a person passing Mr. Davis's fruit shop in Auburn-street, which adjoins Mr. James Oliver's shop, was startled by the cracking of glass. He discovered that the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1895
201 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 11
Fire in Auburn-street
AT 10.45 p.m. on Friday a fire was found burning in the fruit-shop occupied by Mr. Davis, adjoining Railway House, in Auburn-street. The discovery was made by Mr. J…
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ABOUT three o'clock this morning a fire was discovered on board the steamship Victoria, lying in Johnson's Bay, and gained great headway. The flames poured through the port holes and caught the…
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AN inquiry into the fire at Croker's woolshed will be held at Mr. Croker's residence, Windellama, at half-past nine to-morrow morning…
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AN inquiry into the recent fire at Windellima by which Mr. Croker's wool-shed was burned down will be held at Windellima this (Saturday) morning at half-past nine o'clock…
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The country between Kempsey and Port Macquarie is a sheet flame from bushfires. Many farmers have been ruined during the fire. Warneton church caught alight but…
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WOLLONGONG, Sunday.—The most destructive fire ever experienced in this district broke out at a quarter to seven o'clock to-night in a shop in Crown-street, occupied by Mr. Allek Osborne,…
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ON Saturday at Mr. J. J. Croker's, Pleasant Hill near Windellima, Mr. H. O'Brien held an inquest as to the origin of a fire on the 3rd instant which consumed Mr. Croker's…
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The most destructive fire ever experienced in this district broke out at a quarter to 7 o'clock on Sunday night in a shop in Crownstreet, occupied by Mr. Alick Osborne, baker…
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MANY of the sufferers by the lire in Wollongong on Sunday night have been left homeless and penniless. A public meeting has been called by the Mayor of Wollongong to consider tile best means of…
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A DWELLING-HOUSE, the property of Alderman A. Sparks, in the course of erection on Lord's Estate, North Botany, was set on fire about mid-day on Sunday by a bush fire. The North Botany…
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WOLLONGONG, Sunday.—The most destructive fire ever experienced in the district broke out at a quarter to 7 o'clock to-night in a shop in Crown-street, occupied by Mr. Alick Osborne, baker. The…
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A FIRE broke out in the main workings of the Seaham colliery on Saturday, and it was still raging on Sunday. The attempts by the Newcastle brigade to put out the fire at the Seaham colliery were…
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A seed and grain warehouse, at Hambury Wharf, Blackfriars, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £200,000. The Mildura oranges brought by the R.M.S…
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ON Saturday last the coroner, Mr. H. O'Brien, held an inquest on the recent fire at Windellima which destroyed a wool shed and contents belonging to Mr. J. Croker. The inquest was held at the scene…
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DR. HOLLIS is introducing a Fire Brigade Bill to amend the Fire Brigades Act, 1834; to provide for the constitution of fire brigades boards in country districts; to declare valid the constitution of certain…
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ADVICES from the country districts state that bush fires are still burning fiercely. Around Wingham on Wednesday the fire broke out afresh on the showground, where…
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ABOUT 7 30 last evening Mr. A. Wilson, cabman, gave the alarm at the fire-station that a fire was burning at the rear of the superior public school in Bourke-street. The fire-bell…
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AUCKLAND, Friday.—Early this morning a fire caused by a defective lamp, broke out in a draper's chop at Hawera, and spreading with great rapidity, owing to a gala blowing at the time, destroyed the…
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A vigorous ringing of the fire bell about 7.30 on Thursday evening brought out a strong body of the brigade to deal with a small blaze on the roof of a bush-house at the rear of Mr. W. Carey Taylor's…
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