The Lessors of the Chicago Fire
ONE action of an unruly cow, and the capsize of a hand-lamp filled with a destructively inflammable oil, has convulsed the financial world. That slight causes produce great…
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Great Fire in Sydney. Destruction of the Prince of Wales Theatre
THERE has been experienced in this city, though in a much lesser degree than in Chicago, the destructive effects of fire. The conflagration which took place on Saturday…
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The S. M. Herald' gives a long account of the disastrous fire by which the Prince of Wales Theatre and other buildings in Sidney were destroyed on Saturday morning last, from which it appears that the…
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IT is rather more than eleven years since the former Prince of Wales Opera House, which occupied the same site as the one just destroyed, was burnt to the ground by fire. It was about 6 o'clock on the…
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THE Christmas and New Year's festivities are scarcely over, when the city is overtaken by a calamity as sudden as it is severe—a calamity not merely…
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THE weather is dis greeably warm, and there appears no sign of a change. Bush fires all round us are adding very materially to the beat and general unpleasantness of the…
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THB following letter has been published in the Argus:— Sir,—The great loss of property to individuals and to the community by recent…
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WE regret to learn that on Tuesday night last a destructive conflagration broke out in the store of Mr. Henry Pollock, of Grong Grong, and resulted in the total destruction of the store and the whole…
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ON Saturday last the largest fire in Inglewood, since the great conflagration in 1862, which destroyed nearly the whole town, took place in Brook-street, and resulted in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Versus Fencing. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.)
DEAR SIR,—The severe losses of fencing by fires this summer have been so harrassing to many squatters as to make it with them a serious matter of calculation whether it is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. All communications to this Journal must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer. No notice will be taken of anonymous communications, and no rejected communication will be returned. FIRE v. FENCING. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.)
SIR,—Your correspondent "Bush Fires " in your last issue has suggested a very novel mode of enclosing a run, viz:— by means of a drains or cutting instead of fencing. This…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. All communications to this Journal must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer. Are notice will be taken of anonymous communications, and no rejected communication will be returned. FIRE v. FENCING. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.)
SIR,—"Navvie" evidently does not want work this winter. He finds fault with my measurement, the price I am disposed to give, and the amount of labour I require to…
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THE most serious and startling instance of conflagration, as occurring within the district that we have had to chronicle daring the existence of our journal, took place on Monday…
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THERE are few in the colony, whether connected with the turf or not, who will learn with deep regret the news which reached town yesterday morning of a disastrous…
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On the 23rd July, between one and two o'dook a.m. a fire, attended with great loss of property. happened from some unexplained cause in the birdwood and turnery warshouse of Mr. H.Barker, 30…
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MUCH alarm was caused throughout the country on Tuesday by a report that Canterbury Cathedral was on fire. The fire broke out boon after morning service. Flames were to…
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A SERIOUS fire took place in Canterbury Cathedral on September 3. It appears that at about half-past ten a plumber was at work in the roof of the east-end, when from some…
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AT Parkgate, near Sheffield,a most extraordinary phenomenon can be seen by all interested in colliery wonders. About 100 years ago several Parkgate gentlemen sank a shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Great Fire in Auckland. Auckland, Nov. 20, 4 a.m
A great are broke out in the Fort-street, at mid-night, and spread with fearful rapidity to the hack of Queen and Shortland streets. The fire is supposed to have originated in a slated…
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LAST night (Thursday, November 20), a few minutes before twelve o'clock, the alarmbell rang forth its warning, and the Pacific Fire Insurance building in Fort-street was…
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