The Sydney Fire Station
Tenders for the new principal fire brigade station were opened by the board a few days ago. They numbered 13, and varied in amount from £13,000 to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1885
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Fire and Confectionery
The damage done by fire at Mr. Green's confectionery warehouse, on Friday night, amounted to several hundred pounds. The storeroom was completely…
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The principal damage done by the fire which occurred on board the seamer Waihora last night was confined to a quantity of flax shipped at Wellington for…
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There has been a fire at Mr. M'Lure's Albury residence. A large quantity of wine was destroyed. Heaton Brothers' stores at Orange have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →VICTORIA. The Late Fire at Brunswick. Distressing Results
The fire which occurred at Messrs. Crook and Swinbourne's timber yard, Brunswick, between five and six o'clock on Monday morning has been attended…
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Mr. Mordaunt Clurke, of Sydney, has given evidence before a Select Committee of the House on fire brigades. He said that he considered the suppression of…
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A fire broke out at the above institution, but was fortunately extinguished before much damage was done…
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Mr. Granger's small goods bakehouse, Parramatta, was destroyed by fire at 5 o'olook this morning. The building was uninsured. The amount of the damage…
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THE steamer Daisy, of the Raymond Terrace S.N. Co., had a narrow escape from destruction by fire last night Just before midnight Mr. Wm. Smith, of the Railway Department…
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At about 7 o'clock this evening a are broke out near Horderns', drapers, Brickfield Hill. Steam fire engines were at work about 7 o'clock; fire said to be at Lyous', tailors and…
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An extensive fire took place on Saturday night at Ryan's draper's shop, George-street south. The damage is estimated at over £11,000…
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PERHAPS there is no company in fire or other insurance doing business in New South Wales that exhibits such steady and great development as the Australian Mutual Fire Society…
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A fire broke out at 9 o'clock to-night on the premises of R. A. Jones, tailor's shop, George-street West. The damage done was insignificant, as the…
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There were two small fires to-day—one at Waverley, which turned out to be scrub, but caused alarm through the brillliancy of reflection; the other a cottage…
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A fire occurred last evening in the drapery establishment of Messrs. Stephens and Watts, Bourke-street, through a boy in lighting the gas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CORRESPONDENCE. Alarm of Fire. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—In your issue of Saturday last there appears a item, in the column devoted to "Local and General News," with reference to the "Alarm of Fire" the night before,…
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An enormous fire broke out early this morning, in Charter House buildings, on the west side of Goswell Road. It rapidly extended to the adjoining buildings, resulting…
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A destructive fire occurred early this morning in High-street, Charlton, by which four wooden shops were burned to the ground in less than half-an-hour…
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A destructive fire occurred at Townsville on Saturday morning. Wilmett's book and stationery store, and O'Carroll's jewellery shop, were totally destroyed. The loss…
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The steamer Shannon, the property of Messrs. Reid and Hosseltine, lying, at Morgan, caught fire on Saturday evening. Only the hull was saved. An inquest will…
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