Destructive Fire in Sydney
Between 1 and 2 o’clock on Saturday afternoon a fire broke out in the premises of Messrs. Lloyd and Collins, mercery and fancy warehouse, George-street, Sydney, doing…
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A Ship on Fire. London, August 4
The Loch Ness, sh., 1190 tons, loading at Glasgow for Melbourne, caught fire in port. The fire was extinguished with some difficulty, both the vessel and the cargo having been…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Destructive Fire in London. Damage Estimated at £500,000. [By Submarine Cable.] London, August 7
A disastrous fire broke out on the premises of Mr. W. Whiteley, the universal provider, Queen’s-road, yesterday evening, and is still raging at 5 a.m. The building is almost…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Open Column. Hay Fire Brigade Board. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)
Sir—I am [?]ther surprised to learn from a letter published in the last issue of your paper, that I have been guilty of "gross discourtesy," and hasten to assure your correspondent, F.J.A., that if I have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →International Fire Brigades Demonstration in Sydney
In a letter applying to the Sydney City Council for the use of the Exhibition-building and grounds in Prince Alfred Park for a demonstration in January next of the officers of the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Open Column. Hay Fire Brigade Board. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)
SIR,—The artistic manner in which the Mayor slips answering a straight forward question may be readily commendable from a certain standpoint, but is certainly the reverse of courteous, or at all in keeping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Column. Hay Fire Brigade Board. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)
SIR,—By your last issue I see that my friend F.J.A. is once more in the breach. By the way, he has again forgotten his name and address, and seems a little annoyed at my "bland and childlike innocence." which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Fire at Broken Hill. Burning of a Hotel.—two Lives Lost
A fire which resulted in the loss of at least two lives occurred at Harris’s Duke of Cornwall Hotel, Broken Hill, early on Monday morning. The origin of the fire is unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Terrible Disaster at Exeter. Destruction of the Theatre Royal by Fire. One Hundred and Thirty Lives Lost. [By Submarine Cable.] London, September 6
During a performance at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, last night, a fire broke out in the building, and a panic occurred amongst the audience, resulting in terrible loss of life. Up…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Open Column. Hay Fire Brigade Board. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)
SIR,—As from the editorial footnote appended to Mr Newton's last effort, I conclude you have decided this correspondence must cease, I beg you will allow me, on behalf of the Insurance Companies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Train Hurled Off an Embankment. the Wreckage Set on Fire
An extraordinary railway accident, attended with considerable loss of Government and private property, happened early on Friday morning: near Petersham, on the suburban…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Recent Terrible Rail-way Collision in America. the Train Set on Fire. 19 Passengers Roasted to Death
Details have been received by the last mail one of the series of terrible railway accidents reported within the last few months in America. It occurred, states the St. James’s…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Corowa Fire Brigade Sports
A meeting of the committee appointed by the Corowa Fire Brigade to consider the matter of holding sports on the show-ground on the 9th November next, was held at the School of Arts…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Late Fatal Fire at Walla Walla
An inquest was held on Wednesday at the Piney Range Hotel, Walbundrie, by Mr. L Solomon, coroner, on the body of Frederick Richard Johnson…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →A Ship on Fire. an Atlantic Liner Burnt at Sea. Castaways Rescued
Our American files contain full accounts of the burning of the Atlantic liner, the City of Montreal. A cable message to the New York World, dated London, 19th…
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THE promptitude with which the members of the Deniliquin Fire Brigade turned oat when the alarm was given announcing that a fire had broken out in Creasy-street on Sunday last, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corowa Fire Brigade
THE usual monthly meeting of the Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade was held on Monday. There were present Captain Ritchie (in the chair,) and 12…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade
THE usual monthly meeting of the Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade was held in the School of Arts on Monday evening. Captain Ritchie presided, and 11 firemen were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Copper Mines on Fire. London, November 25
The copper mines of the Calumet and Hecla Company on Lake Superior, in the State of Michigan, are reported to be burning…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Bush Fires
The past magnificent season has caused a finer and stronger growth of grass than has been soon for many years. But summer is fast approaching, and with it will come the danger of bush fires, which…
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