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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
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Three fires occurred at the Sydney railway stationâtwo on Saturday, and one on Sunday. The first fire broke out at about a quarter past 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About a quarter to two o'clock on Thursday morning a fire broke out in an outhouse of a wooden tenement in High-street, near the Long Bridge, West Maitland, occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I think the time has come when the Fire Brigade Board should erect a bell of such a size, and in some central place, that it could be heard all over the town. On the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A.fire broke out at Messrs. H. and R. Lyo[?] tralian steam Bedding Manufactory, Queen's-place, at about 6 o'clock on Saturday morning. Owing to the absence of any telegraphic communication with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A disastrous fire, by which the whole of Mr. J. E. Pemell's residence at Randwick was totally destroyed, broke out at about half-past 12 o'clock this morning. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A disastrous fire occurred at 3 o'clock this morning on the premises of Messrs. Marshall and Co., Bundle-street, wholesale and retail drapers. The fire was first observed about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A few days since a series of interesting experiments on a practical scale were carried out in the grounds of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, with asbestos paint, in order to test its qualities as a protective covering…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The first annual gathering for inspection, competition drill, and reunion was held to-day in the Garden Palace. The brigades, comprising members of the city, suburban, a[?]d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hamilton Spectator of Saturday reports:— "Warm weather on Thursday was succeeded by a furnace-like gale at night, and this fiery blast continued the greater part of yesterday, when dense…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out in the western end of the top story of one of the three stores occupied by Messrs. E. Row and Co., wholesale druggists, No, 45, Lower George-street and Atherden-street, about a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New York papers are calling on inventors to bring forward some more efficient plans than are now in force, for the saving of human lives when lofty buildings crowded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne, Wed[?] The competitions in connection with the Fire Brigades Demonstration commenced at the Agricultural Society's ground to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A very destructive fire occurred at the Government Printing Office, situated at the rear of the Treasury Buildings, at about 11 this morning. In consequence of the public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The inaugural proceedings in connection with the annual fire brigades demonstration took place this evening, and consisted, as usual, of a torchlight procession, the weather…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We have been favoured by Mr. J. T. Tegg, the Maitland agent, with the report of the Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society, which was adopted at the annual general…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Passing Union Square the other day I witnessed a trial of a new fire escape of a rather peculiar kind. It was an escape and a water tower in one. At first there was what seemed to be an enormous hoop-skirt…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →According to details received from Bealetz, a Jewish town in the neighbouring government of Bessarabia, in which a conflagration broke out last week, and, continuing during…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The new market at Aberdeen was totally destroyed by fire on April 29. The fire broke out in the vicinity of a basket store, and in a few minutes the whole storey was in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →H.M.S. Inconstant was nearly destroyed by fire in the beginning of last month while lying at anchor in Simon's Bay, Cape Colony. The fire is thus described in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The correspondent of the Brisbane Courier sends the following particulars of the serious fire that occurred there on the morning of July 1:—"About 2 o'clock this morning a…
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