Fire at Minmi
ABOUT half-past 9 on Friday night the cry of fire was raised at Miami, and flames were seen issuing from a building in the vicinity of the Bonnie Doon Hotel. In a short time…
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Fires & bushfires, 1894
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(From Metropolitan Papers.) The London Fire
LONDON, Friday.—By the great fire in the city yesterday, by which 20 warehouses were burned down, over 2000 work-people have been thrown…
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The eighth anniversary of the Tighe's Hill Volunteer Fire Brigade was celebrated at Tighe's Hill on Saturday by competitions amongst the…
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THE inquest on the fire on the ship Habitant closed this morning. The coroner, is summing up, stigmatised the conduct of Captain Potter, the master of the vessel, as suspicious…
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AN extensive fire took place in the Roads and Bridges Branches of the Works Department, corner of Phillip and Bridge streets, this evening. The first intimation was given…
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PARIS, Tuesday.—A destructive fire has occurred at the arsenal at Toulon, resulting in great loss of Government stores…
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ANOTHER big blaze occurred to-night in the Safe Deposit building, off George-street. There was a big glare, and an enormous crowd assembled, but the damage is only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Wednesday. Fire
A fire occurred this morning in the photographic studio of Stump and Co., King William-street, by which £200 worth of damage was done…
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THE half-yearly meeting of the above Fire Brigade was held on Wednesday evening, at the station, King-street, a full muster of members attending…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. Fire
A fire occurred in Collins-street in the older part this evening. This is one of the immense buildings which runs from Collins-street to Flinders-lane and includes the…
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EARLY this morning a store and dwelling in West Crescent-street, North Sydney, a wooden building occupied by Mr. Robert C. Webster, was discovered to be on fire. The…
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A new fire alarm system has been invented for vessels by Mr. Lewis G. Rowland. The invention is an electrical contrivance so adjusted to give an alarm at any desired temperature, preferably 160deg…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The gun factory established by Li Chang, the Viceroy of China, has been destroyed by fire. No lives were lost, but the damage…
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AN investigation into the cause of the fire at the Public Works Office on July 9, when 14 rooms of the building were damaged by water and fire, was opened this morning…
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SHORTLY after 7 o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in the dwelling of Mr. David Lamb, a miner. It started in the chimney, and as the building was of wood and of long…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Wickham. Fire Brigade Social
ON Monday evening the members of the fire brigade held a most enjoyable reunion at the Wickham School of Arts. Arrangements had been made…
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LONDON, Monday.—A disastrous forest fire in the State of Wisconsin, in America, has destroyed a large amount of property. Farmers and…
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AN inquest regarding the fire in the cellar at the Engineers' Hotel, corner of Hay and Dixon-streets, yesterday morning, was initiated to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Fire at Young
THREE shops in Burrowa-street, Young, were destroyed by fire this morning. The shops are the property of Mr. Hayes. Two of them are insured…
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LONDON, Thursday.—News has been received of a terrible fire in Chicago. The conflagration is supposed to have broken out in a factory,…
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