Systematic Fire Prevention
The proprietors of a large carpet-weaving factory in New York have adopted a novel idea to protect their property from fire, and at the same time lessen their rates of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1882
46 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 3
[?]isastrous Fire. Great Destruction of Property. (Newcastle Herald.)
About twenty minutes to 3 o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered on the wholesale produce storehouses of Mr. John Burke, adjoining Gibson's Ironfoundary,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Sydney. (From the S. M. Herald.)
On Saturday evening, at about half-past 11 o'clock, a fire was discovered in the back store of the premises at the rear of No. 809, George-street South, lying between…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Extensive Fire in Sydney. (From the S. M. Herald.)
The most extensive fire that has occurred in the city for a long time past took place early on Sunday morning, and resulted in the loss of thousands of pounds' worth of…
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A fire, resulting in the complete destruction of a dwelling-house with its contents, occurred at Anvil Creek, near Greta, on Monday evening. The building was built of…
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About three o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. E. Butler and Co., merchants, near Mrs. Williamson's Bank Hotel, Melbourne-street,…
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A great fire has just taken place. The International Exhibition Building, otherwise known on the Garden Palace, was burnt down this morning. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire in Sydney. the Garden Palace Destroyed. [By Telegram From Greville's Company.] Sydney, Friday morning, 10 a.m
A great fire has occurred. The International Exhibition, Garden Palace, was burnt down this morning. Intense excitement prevails in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Garden Palace Fire. (Saturday's Echo.)
It is seldom that thousands of people look upon ruins with the almost affectionate regret with which a continuous crowd yesterday and to-day have beheld what is left of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Destructive Fire at Timaru, New Zealand
The Timaru correspondent of the New Zealand Herald reports that, on September 19, another very des ructive fire occurred in the Main South-road about three o'clock a.m. I[?] was first noticed close…
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Garden Palace Fire. (S. M. Herald.)
Numerous conjectures are hazarded hourly as to the cause of the late fire at the Garden Palace, which is justly reckoned a national calamity. The other day a correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at West Mait[?]
About 4 o'clock yesterday morning [?] of what was thought by residents livin[?] ern end of the town to be a fire of large[?] was seen in the neighbourhood of St. An[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fire in Little Hunter-stre (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I have great pleasure in thanking M stenholme for getting up steam, and giving of the best supplies of water we have eve[?] West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fire in George-street, Sydney, and Loss of Life. (From the S. M. Herald.)
A magisterial inquiry was opened on Tuesday afternoon, in the coroner's office, by Mr. Pinhey, J.P., into the cause of the death of Mrs. Bridget Wright, who lost her life on Monday evening in connection…
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Our columns on Saturday showed how remarkably short are our provisions for fighting fire. On that very heavy hot-wind day when Mr. Capp's large house at Winderm[?]r[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Fire at West Maitland. the Fire Bells Condemned
On Saturday forenoon an inquiry respecting the recent destruction of two cottages by fire, the property of Mr. Michael Troy, situate in Northumberland-street, West…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Fire and Loss o[?] Life in Sydney. (From the S. M. Herald.)
The magisterial enquiry into the cause of the death of Mrs. Bridget Wright, who lost her life at the late fire in George-street, was on Friday morning resumed in the Coroner's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extraordinary Fires at Toowoomba, Queensland. (From the Tenterfield Star, October 7.)
No less than three fires broke out on Monday night in the main street of the town. The first was discovered a little after midnight, when flames were seen breaking through the…
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At a few minutes to seven, last evening, the glare of a fire was noticed in an upstairs workroom at the rear of Mr. J. G. Chapman's establishment in High-street, West Maitland. An alarm was quickly given,…
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