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14 stories in Illawarra's papers
On Sunday morning, about half-past 12 a.m., a disastrous fire broke out in Mr. Fitch's store, High-street, West Maitland, the true origin of which is at present enveloped in mystery. Three reports are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fire, which early yesterday morning alarmed the city and suburbs by the extent and vividness of the glare which lit the sky to the westward, proved to be on the premises of Mr. Michael Boylson, lessee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The indisputable success, of .the experiment recently made of the application of steam instead of water to the extinguishing of fire, as made in the case of the burning of the candle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →I generally take up my hunting quarters at the White Hart, at Bastock. Do not be alarmed; I am not going to bore you with a story of a run, or the praise of my horse (good as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At about a quarter past 2 o'clock yesterday morning a fire, which threatened to be very destructive, broke out on the premises of Mr. Cowan, furniture-dealer, Pitt-street. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Newcastle correspondent of the Herald says:—Between 7 and 8 o'clock on the 27th instant the inhabitants of this city were alarmed by observing a red glare in the heavens,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the evening of Saturday, June 22nd, the metropolis was visited by the most terrific conflagration that has occurred in this country since the Great Fire of London. Some idea of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the evening of Saturday, June 22nd, the metropolis was visited by the most terrific conflagation that has occurred in this country since the Great Fire of London. An idea of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About nine o'clock last night the fine ship Sovereign of the Seas, 1226 tons burthen, commanded by Captain Cruikshank, which arrived in our harbour last Sunday week from Liverpool with emigrants…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At about twents minutes to eleven o'clock last night the residents in the northern part of the city were alarmed by the continuous ringing of bells on board the ships of the harbor and great excitement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The London correspondent of the Argus writes. The excitement produced by the calamitous conflagration at London Bridge is only now subsiding. Although the fury of the flames had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The large woolshed belonging to the head station of Mr. William Bradley, called Coolringden, near Cooma, was burned to the ground between seven and eight o'clock last Wednesday, together with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The large woolshed belonging to the heart station of Mr. William Bradley, called Coolringden, near Cooma, was burned to the ground between seven and eight o'clock last Wednesday, together with six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Christmas day of 56 I spent in Sydney Harbor. It glorious summer weather, the sun shedding down tropical heat; and strange was the feeling of a Christmas so different from the…
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