FIRE. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald
GENTLEMEN,—Permit me to inquire, through the medium of your valuable journal, it any of your numerous leaders are able to form a proximate estimate of…
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FIRE. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald
GENTLEMEN,—In reply to T H. J.'s letter of yesterday, I have to state, that there are no data by which to form an estimate of the total value of the buildings within the boundaries of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald
GENTLEMEN,—During the whole period of my residence in this district, upwards of sixteen years, I have never witnessed such extensive, and it is to be feared destructive hush fires,…
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GENTLEMEN,—In your paper of Tuesday there is a letter by "An Old Colonist" on this subject. By his calculations it would appear that the total value of house property in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Bush Fires. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald
GENTLEMEN,—The alarming bush fires which have lately occurred in the neighbourhood of Windsor, Parramatta, and more particularly of Liverpool, and which, if the present dry…
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IN consequence of a requisition addressed to the Right Worshipful the Mayor, his Worship convened a meeting to be held at the Royal Hotel, at one o'clock yesterday…
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One half Of the town of the Dardanelles has been destroyed by fire. At hall-past eleven a. m. of the 25th of October, the fire commenced in the Greek quarter, a gale of wind blowing from the north-east at the time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. Fire at Surry Hills. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald
GENTLEMEN,—In your report of the fire at Mr. Hanslow's premises, on Monday evening, you state that it originated by a lighted candle being incautiously attached to the side of one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News From the Interior. (From our various Correspondents.) Providently Escape of Life From Fire
On the night of Thursday last, the 4th instant, at about half-post twelve o'clock, the family of Mr. Thomas Harpur, of Cecil Hills, were disturbed from their sleep by the ciy of…
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On Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out in the warehouse belonging to the Rev. Mr. Monk, in the vicinity of St. George's Dock. The warehouse was heavily stored with cotton, corn, and…
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GENTLEMEN,—Our English word fire is derived from a Greek word, which implies that flame is invariably of the form of a pendant pear —that is, that it always points upwards. Your…
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ON submitting to the members of the Sydney Fire Insurance Company this Second Annual Report, the Directors have much pleasure in informing them that another year has passed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, November 10, 1846. Sworn to no matter, of no sect am I.' Fire Insurance
THE public were reminded, less pleasantly than we could wish, on Saturday, of their insecurity from the casualty of fire, by the destruction of a small house near the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destruction by Fire of St. John's, Newfoundland. (From the London Shipping Gazette.)
WE have received from our Teignmouth correspondent, under date of yesterday, June 29, 1846, the following important information:— "The Pearl, of this port, has this moment…
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THE Princess Royal, steam packet, from Glasgow, has this morning brought intelligence of the almost total destruction of St. John's, Newfoundland, by an awful…
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WE regret to learn that this important town has been within the last two days the scene of two destructive fires, involving the loss of an immense amount of…
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We have received from our Teignmonth correspondent, under date or yesterday, June 29, 1846, the following important information:-- "The Pearl, of this port, has this moment just…
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We regret to learn that this important town has been within the last two days the scene of two destructive fires, involving the loss of an immense amount of valuable property. A letter from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →English Extracts. Terrible Fire in Quebec. (From the Quebec Mercury, June 13.)
LAST night, at ten o'clock, a fire broke out in the Theatre Royal, St. Lewis-street, at the close of Mr. Harrison's exhibition of his Chemical Dioramas. From the information we…
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Last night, at ten o'clock, a fire broke out in the Theatre Royal, St. Lewis-street, at the close of Mr. Harrison's exhibition of his Chemical Dioramas.—From the information we have been able to glean,…
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