Fire in Sydney. Damages £1000
A FIRE occurred on Tuesday night at the corner of York and ; Barrack Streets, Sydney, in the premise occu pied by Messrs Newport and Sons,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1901
238 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 12
Fire
A destructive fire broke out in town about 9 p.m. on Wednesday evening, by which the house at the up[?] end of the town, occupied by Mrs. Fucker, was totally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chess Players and a Fire
A fire broke out in the Bradford Cafe, Bradford, Yorkshire, recently, at a time when two local chessplayers wore engaged in a tournament game. The building was speedily filled with smoke, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Very Latest. London, Monday afternoon. a Destructive; Forest Fire
Damage to the extent of ton thousand pounds has been caused by forest fires in Russia…
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The Pinnacle mine, twelve miles from Broken Hill is on fire. No particulars are yet to hand. Later. A further wire in regard to the fire at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Destructive Fire
Three buildings were destroyed by fire at Lucknow this morning, including the residence of the Rev. W. Walker, of the Australian Church. A fourth building was pulled down to prevent the fire spreading…
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A telegram from Kalgoorlie (W.A.) states that the handsome block of buildings known as Palace Chambers, east of the Palace Hotel, Kalgoorlie,caught fircon Friday. A strong hot westerly wind was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Mirror Fire-place Screen
Get an old bed-room looking-glass; it may have been discarded on account of cracks, or dark spots on it (the latter owing to the quicksilver at the back…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fire on the Papanui
The fire which broke out in the No.3 hold of the steamer Pap[?]ui, now at Vigo, Spain, has been extinguished. All the cargo was badly damaged. The papanui is discharging the frozen carcases of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suspicious Fire. a Postmaster Arrested. [By Telegraph]. Sydney
WITH reference to a fire which recently occurred at the Wrightville Post Otlice, near Cobar, news is to hand to the effect that the postmaster…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Lever Bros' Soap Works
About three o'clock this morning a fire occurred at the oil and soup works of Lever Bros.', Balmain, owing to a quantity of hot ashes being scattered about by the wind penetrating the building. Fearing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News by Cable. London, Oct. 2. Fire in a Colliery
A fire occurred at the Vancouver Island colliery, British Columbia, and fifteen miners were imprisoned, Four explosions occurred in the mine after the men were entombed, and hope of their rescue alive has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dreadful Fire in a Colliery Fifteen Men Imprisoned. No Hope of Escape. [By Cable.] London
A DISASROUS fire has occcured in a colliery in Vancouver Island. Many of the miners working in the colliery effected their escape, but…
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This morning the last of the claims in connection with the Haymarket fire were paid over to Mr. Samuel Hordern by the insurance companies. The total number of policies was three hundred and…
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It has now been learned that the entire contents (38,000 carcases of sheep) of No. 3 hold of the Papanui, which put into Vigo with that held on fire were destroyed. Water, which was poured into No…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Very Latest. London, Monday afternoon. a Railway Van on Fire
A luggage van on the Highland express train Inverness to Perth, got on fire. The guard took refuge outside and sigualled the driver with a red lamp. The smoke obscured the signals, and when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Rapid Fire Pistol
The latest and most formidable small arm is the pistolet. Available either as a revolver or magazine rifle, it has been pronounced a success after the severest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News by Cable. London, Oct. 20 Fire at Cape Breton
Two-thirds of the business quarter of Sydney, Cape Breton, has been burned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fire at Quirindi. Damages Between £6000 AND £7000. Quirindi
A disastrous fire occurred at about a quarter to three o'clock this morning. The Central Hotel, occupied by William Hill, Theodore Farlow's produce store, Burnett's fruit shop, Ernest Munn's…
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