Destructive Fires
Half the city of Peshawur, in India, has been consumed; the powder magazine narrowly escaped. At Spanish Town, near Valencia, 200 houses were burned, and 300 families rendered homeless. Great damage…
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Fires & bushfires, 1875
35 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 2
Destructive Fire in Sydney
A most destructive fire broke out in the promises of Messrs. Lane, Chester, and Co's, shipchandlers, shortly after 11 o'clock on Tuesday night, and which resulted in the destruction of property amounting to many…
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A fire occurred last night at Wallsand, at the left of New Ballarat. The victim to the devouring element was a humpy belonging to a miner and was built of slab and bark. The cogflagration for a few minutes was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The A. A Company v. the Liverpool and London and Globe Fire Insurance Company. Before Baron Bramwell, Mr. Justice Blackburn, Mr. Justice Lush, Mr. Justice Quain, Baron Pollock, and Baron Amphlet, in the Court of Error in the Exchequer Chamber
This was an action on a policy of insurance, from fire, and it raised a curious question as to whether, when goods are insured from risk of fire and also from "perils of seas", and they are…
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About five o'clock yesterday morning the large pavilion belonging to the Asiatic [?] Company, which is erected near the New Market. Lower Macquarie-street, was…
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A PUBLIC MEETING of the inhabitants of Lambton was held in Stoker's Hall, on Thursday evening last. T. Abel, Esq., (Mayor of Lambton) in the chair. After the opening remarks of the chairman…
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About half-past 10 o'clock last night, a fire broke out in the Castlemaine Brewery, the property of Messrs. Fitzgerald and Pendergast, situated at the head of Darling Harbour…
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A most destructive fire broke out in the above premises on Friday night between 11 and 12 o'clock. The brewery is situated in the vicinity of the Hay Market, and is one of the most extensive in this colony. It is…
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Evening News says:—The Pelican Hotel, corner of South Head road and Edward-street, caught fire on Tuesday and was partially destroyed. The house is occupied by Michael…
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A fire occurred on Wednesday morning on the premises of a miner, named R. Young, near the Wallsend Public School, which, but for the timely assistance of some of the neighbours, might have requested seriously. It…
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At about half-past seven, last Saturday, a cry of fire proceeding from Mr. Avery's Hotel, at the corner of Elder and Morehead streets, startled those who happened at the time to be…
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AT about 8 o'clock on Saturday evening, Elder-street was thrown into a state of excitement by the cries of fire. As several of the members of the Fire Brigade were at the Road…
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Last Sunday night, at about nine o'clock, an alarm of fire was given at the house occupied by Messrs. Darley and Glennie, in Church-street. It appears that both gentlemen had gone out…
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The office of the Evening News, Sydney, experienced a narrow escape from total destruction by fire, on Monday evening last, when property (plant and type) to the extent of some £6000 or £7000, was destroyed. The…
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The office of this journal experienced a narrow escape from total destruction by firs last night. As it is, so far as a hurried estimate can supply data damage to something like £6000 or £7000…
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