Destructive Fire
There was a large fire at Tambo, Queensland, this morning. Messrs Corrie and Lenebarg's store was burned to the ground, £6000 worth of goods…
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Fires & bushfires, 1888
77 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 4
Bush Fires
Bush fires are still raging at Potts' Hill. Between twenty and thirty families were burned out yesterday, and most them have been rendered destitute…
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A FIRE at Broken Hill to-night destroyed several of the principal builddings in the town. The great majority of the structures being of wood…
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At a quarter to 12 o'clock on Saturday night (says the Herald) Constablo Plunkett, stationed at Canterbury, and a man named Thomas Foord, raised an alarm of fire. Messengers were quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fire at Broken Hill. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Broken Hill
A terrible calamity has befallen Broken Hill. A few minutes before six o'clock to-night a share-broker, occupying premises in Victoria Chambers, Argent-street, was alone counting out money in his…
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Five miles of fencing, the property of Messrs Simpson and Young; have been distroyed by fire at Nun[?]ham Park, Carcoar. The fire is believed to have been the work of…
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FURTHER particulars show that the fire at Broken Hill on Tuesday night was of a terribly destructive character. In Argentstreet, from the Government Reserve to…
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THE arrival at Newcastle of so many finelooking firemen, showily-dressed, to assist at the above display has created an unusual flutter in the hearts of the gentler sex in this…
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BROKEN-BILL, Saturday.—Great excitement prevails hero in consequence of more attempts made last night to fire the remaining side of Argent-street. At 10 o'clock a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destruction of the Evening News" Office by Fire. Great Damage to Propeety. (Herald of yesterday.)
The city was thrown into a great state of animation and excitement at 10 o'clock on Saturday night when the alarm of fire rang through the streets, and the glow of the atmosphere betokened some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. [From Greville's Telegram Co.] Sydney. Tuesday. Bush Fires
A telegram received from Rylstone to-day states that bush fires there continue with most disastrous results. In one place over 200 sheep were literally…
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Farther particulars that have been been received concerning the fire at Walhalla, show that 24 houses were burned, and that the fire originated…
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The city was startled on Saturday night last when news became known that the Evening News and Town and Country Journal offices were on fire. Very shortly after the alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. the Recent Fire in Sydney. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.) And we'll brithers be for a' that.—ROBBIE
SIR,—I am pleased with your sub-leader in yesterday's issue. It shows that the soul of humanity is not dead, but that you belong to the class of humanitarians who sympathise with the proprietors…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I," "Be just and fear not." The Singleton Argus. Saturday, December 1St, 1888. Protection against Fire
IN view of the abnormal dryness of the season and the foot that, of late, several destructive fires have occurred in the various colonies, the question of…
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A FIRE broke out in Nelson-street, Plattsburg, early on Sunday morning last on the premises of Mr William Jenkins, draper. It was not discovered…
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The inquiry into the cause of the fire at Wentworth House Hotel, by which two young men lost their lives, was continued to-day, and was further adjourned…
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