Destructive Fire. January 13
A fire at Crocker's Manchester warehouse, Malting-street, did damage to the extent of £20,000…
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10 stories in Illawarra's papers
Disastrous Fire Near Bolton. London, March 13
A disastrous fire has occurred near Bolton; 35 lives were lost…
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The usual Monday lecture was given by the London Institution on Monday night by Lieut F. Ingram Palmer, R.N., on the history of the torpedo. Although it appears that submarine…
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FIRE ON FIVE ISLANDS.—On Sunday afternoon last, some persons set fire to the grass on the largest of the Five Islands, and the place for some hours was in a blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—We have heard a good deal of late about water questions, Reform Committees, nuisances, and other sanitary matters connected with the town of Wollongong, but it appears to me that…
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THE special reporter or the Brisbane Telegraph writes that journal as follows, on Thursday :—A fire occurred here early this morning, which may be described as the…
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THE extensive pork-packing establishment of Charles H. North and Co., in Somerville, by the side of the Fitchburg railway, was totally destroyed by fire on the 16th June…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Is Kiama Ready for a Fire Brigade? to the Editor of the Kiama Independent
THE fire which broke out a few months ago in promises adjoining the City Bank must still be fresh in the memory of many, especially of those whose lives and property…
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SIR,—Permit me to ask though your columns what position our fire engine is now in. Some time ago I noticed with great satisfaction that the Council had decided by resolution to accept the…
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THE greatest consternation prevailed in the city of Bathurst on Wednesday last by the breaking out of a fire in the Bathurst District Hospital. The building was so well…
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