Serious Fire at Gunning. Gunning
A great fire broke out shortly after two o'clock this morning, when Curtin's Frank-field Hotel was consumed. It was built half of weatherboard and half of brick. A…
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Fires & bushfires, 1897
143 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 8
Fire at Captain's Flat
CAPTAIN's FLAT, Saturday.—Mrs. Goggins's hotel caught fire this afternoon. The cause is at present unknown. The building was insured in the Phoenix Office. The fire was soon extinguished, four or five…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Latest. Sydney, Thursday, 2.55 p.m. Fire
BUT for the promptitude of the fire brigades the fire at the Adelaide Bond last night might have resulted very seriously. The premises belong to the estate of the late…
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AN inquest was held at the Court House, Gunning, on Friday morning, before Mr. N. T. Collins, coroner, and a jury of twelve, into the circumstances connected…
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REFERRING to the fire at the Star Office, Sydney, the Sydney Herald says:—The premises, which are owned by Mr. Alexander Dean, were insured in the Norwich Union for £1000, in the Royal for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Sydney, Friday, 10.37 a.m. Fire at the Australian Star Office
A FIRE occurred at the Star Office early this morning. It broke out in the upper floor, where some of the machinery was placed. Soon the whole building was ablaze, and…
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SHORTLY after midnight on Saturday a fire broke out on the premises owned and occupied by Mr. Walter M'Kenzie, stationer and news agent, Percival road, Stanmore. The building, which was…
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The offices of the "Australian Star" newspaper in Castlereagh-street were burnt down at five on Friday morning. The fire brokeo ut in the upper floor, where…
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THE offices of the Australian Star newspaper in Castlereagh-street, Sydney, were burnt down at five o'clock on Friday morning. The fire broke out in the upper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on the Oroya. Colombo, Aug. 12
A fire occurred on the R.M S. Oroya when that vessel was in the Red Sea. There was no panic. The troops who were on board did good service…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire on the Oroya. London, Aug. 18
The fire which broke out on board the Orient R.M.S. Oroya in the Red Sea was discovered on the 8th instant. The cargo is partially damaged, but the vessel is…
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SHORTLY after six o'clock yesterday morning symptoms of fire were observed in the vicinity of Darling's shaft on the Broken Hill Proprietary mine, and subsequently the outbreak was…
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Some 50 of the miners engaged in the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine on Sunday were overcome by the fumes from the hurtling timbers of the mine, which had caught…
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OPERATIONS were actively carried on on Monday in coping with the outbreak of fire in the workings at Block 12 of the Broken Hill Proprietary mince An official telegram received at the Sydney office of…
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BROKEN HILL, Sunday.—A little over two years ago, on a Sunday, the startling intelligence was flashed through to the various colonies that the underground timbers in Block 11 of the Proprietary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Strike in Pennsylvania. Officers Fire Upon the Mob. London, Sept, 11
Advices have been received in London to the effect that a serious conflict with colliery strikers has taken place in the United States, resulting in much loss of time…
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Reassuring news continues to come from underground at the Broken Hill Proprietary mine. The general manager stated on Tuesday that good progress had been made in blocking off and confining…
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So far as the general manager of the Broken Hill Proprietary mine could judge on Sunday morning, everything in connection with the fire in Block 12 was going on most satisfactorily. Men could work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Insurance.—Country Tariff
THE various fire insurance companies doing business in Now South Wales have come to an agreement as to rates to be charged on country risks. The new tariff, which will come into operation on October…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Board Ship at Newcastle
NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The barque Highlands, lying at No. 1 buoy in the stream, is fiercely burning, and her total destruction is inevitable. The outbreak occurred at 12.35 a.m., and it is not yet known…
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