Destructive Fire. a Warehouse Destroyed. Sydney, Friday Morning
OUR Sydney representative, telegraphing at 1.58 this morning, says:— A great fire broke out at George Murray and Co.'s printers and stationers' warehouse,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1897
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The Fire in Sydney. Extensive Damage. Sydney
FURTHER particulars of the disastrous fire in the warehouse of Messrs. George Murray and Co., 91 Clarence-street, show that the damage was quite as great as was estimated…
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AT half-past 1 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered in a room on the top floor of the City Chambers, 243 Pitt-street, a bleak of five four-storey buildings immediately…
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LONDON, Monday.—A disastrous fire has destroyed the town of Windsor, Nova Scotia. Various banks, churches, and private houses in the town are in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fighting in West Africa. a Mistaken Fusillade. British Force Fired On. the Fire Returned. Three Hundred Natives Killed
LONDON, Monday.—Information has been received from Lagos, West Africa, that several thousand Caribas, mistaking a detachment of 80 British…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fire in West Maitland. Destruction of a Cycle Depot and Gunsmiths' Shop Explosion of Cartridges. West Maitland, Tuesday, 1 A.M.
ROBERTS BROTHERS' cycle deport and gunsmiths' shop, High-street, was destroyed by a fire, which broke out at a quarter past 12. The flames reached the cartridges and…
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A special meeting of the West Maitland Fire Brigade Board was held yesterday afternoon at the Town Hall. The Mayor (Alder-man Crothers) presided, and there were also…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The great petroleum springs at Baku, on the Caspian Sea, are afire. The damage already done is estimated at one million…
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THE quarterly meeting of the Northern District Fire Brigades' Association was held at the Newcastle West station last evening. Mr. G. Kempster (the president) occupied…
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As was stated in our issue of yesterday a destructive fire occurred at about a quarter-past 12 yesterday morning at Messrs. Roberts Brothers' cycle and gunsmiths'…
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The district coroner, Mr. G. F. Scott, P M., opened an inquiry at the courthouse yesterday morning concerning the circumstances connected with the late are at the…
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The firebells rang out an alarm shortly after 7 o'clock last evening, and within a few minutes the streets were thronged with people anxiously endeavouring to locate the…
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The local fire brigade is working with exceptional ardour in practising preparatory, to the forthooming competition at Albury, whither they intend to send a contingent…
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THE inquiry into the circumstances connected with the recent fire at the premises of Messrs. Roberts Bros., in High-street, West Maitland, was re-opened at the West Maitland…
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LONDON, Monday.—The great depot of Carter, Paterson, and Company, Limited, carriers, railway agents, and forwarding and shipping agents, in…
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THE report just issued by the fire brigade committee of the London County Council gives some interesting statistics as to the number and disposal of the brigade and the…
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THE Bijou Theatre was destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock this morning. The Rickards " Bunch of Keys" Comedy Company, which on Saturday opened a four nights' season, lost…
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Only about a week ago Hamilton was infested with a plague of destructive flying ants. These were got rid of to some extent by the aid of burning sulphur and tar. Now…
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The steamers Rose and Ethel have been engaged by the abovenamed brigade for an excursion to Tomago to-morrow. The boats will call at Stockton and the New Township…
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The annual outing in connection with the Stockton Fire Brigade was numbered among the events of yesterday, tasking the form of an excursion to Tomago. The steamers…
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