Fires in Sydney
Four fires occurred on Sunday in different parts of the city, but none of them were of a very serious nature, and owing to the efficiency of the fire department were extinguished before any great…
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Fires & bushfires, 1886
77 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 4
Singleton Fire Brigade
NOT a little stir was created in town yesterday. The fire engine having arrived, and Captain Brooker, representing the firm from whom the engine was procured, being in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Extensive Fire. Cameron's Tobacco Factory Totally Destroyed. Damages Estimated at £111,000. House Buried in the Ruins. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
One of the largest fires that has ever been in Sydney took place at 10 o'clock last night, when Cameron's Tobacco Factory, in Liverpool and Pitt streets, was totally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trial of Steam Fire Engines at Manchester
After careful examination of a number of machines of various descriptions, the Manchester Corporation have recently purchased from Messrs. Merryweather and Sons, of London, two of their…
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A PLEASANT little re-union took place at Mr M'Alpin's Caledonia Hotel last evening, when the members of the Volunteer Fire Brigade, in the view of…
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An immense fire took place among the property belonging to the London Oil Storage Company, situate in Dungeon's Wharf, Manchester-road, Isle of Dogs, on Aug. 20. Dense volumes of smoke were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Novel Steam Fire-Engine
A novel floating steam fire-engine, which has just been completed for the protection of the Port of Alexandria, was recently experimented with at Greenwich and on the Thames Embankment, with…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Fire Brigades' Demonstration
Crowds of people assembled in the streets last night to witness the torohlight procession of the fire brigades. The procession, which numbered 81 brigades and some two thousand…
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A SHOCKING calamity is reported from Radua, in the south east of Hungary. At that place there is a celebrated shrine. which is the goal of a constant stream…
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A large fire occurred at one o'clock this morning on the premises of Me[?] Precious and Co., corner of King and York streets. The building was gutted, but offices of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Jerry's Plains. Magisterial Inquiry
On Saturday afternoon last, Mr R. H. Mathews, J.P., held a magisterial inquiry at the Post Office Hotel, Jerry's Plains. It appears that on Tuesday,…
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SIR,—The time has arrived when both police and public should be on the alert to prevent fires. The country has not had such a coating of grass for years and it behoves…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Large Fire near Melbourne. (Argus, Dec. 16.)
A fire, which destroyed seven houses and seriously damaged four others, occurred about 11 o'clock on Wednesday morning at Frederick-street, Windsor. The houses were all of wood, roofed with iron, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Fire at West Maitland. Six Buildings Destroyed. Other Premises Damaged. Loss of Human Life
That dread enemy, fire, with which we seem to [?] so ill-prepared to cope by reason of the inefficient means at our disposal for obtaining a ready supply of water in times of great emergency, has been a…
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ONE of the most serious fires which have occurred in West Maitland for many years broke out there about 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, resulting in the…
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After lunch yesterday the Coroner summed up in an exhaustive address. Mr. Vindin reviewed the whole of the evidence, pointing out apparent contradictions and points of interest, and directed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Disastrous Fire in High-street. the Inquest
The inquiry into the circumstances attending the destructive fire in High-street, West Maitland, on Sunday morning, was resumed before the Coroner, Mr. Alfred Vindin, on Tuesday forenoon, at ten…
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