Destructive Fire. Saturday Morning, 1 o'clock
Last evening, about a quarter to ten o'clock an alarm was given that a warehouse, situated at the back of Messrs. Cohen and Sons' Temple of Fashion, occupied by…
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The City and Its Fires
THE recent fire on the premises of the Messrs. Stewart and Co. is an ample warning to adopt effectual precautions for the safety of property in the city. It is…
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WE regret to state that, yesterday morning, a fire broke out on board the brig William Woolley, 185 tons, Captain Bennett, lying alongside Millor's Wharf, which caused her total destruction. From particulars which we have gathered, it appears that about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Fire. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald
SIR,—One portion of your remarks on the late fire appeals to me to be so radically wrong, that I must claim space for a few words in reply. I allude to your suggestion that the insurance offices should be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Fire in George Street. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald
SIR,—The late fire in George-street, and the great loss sustained by the owners of the property destroyed, induces me to address you on the subject of Fire Insurance, and to call the attention of the Merchants'…
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The William Wooley brig, belonging to Mr. M. E. Murnin, and employed in the timber trade between Port Jackson and New Zealand, was discovered to be on fire between 3 and 4 a.m., on Tuesday morning. It appears that the second mate had gone on…
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On Tuesday morning, a fire broke out on board the William Woolley, 185 tons, Captain Bennett, lying alongside Miller's Wharf, which caused her total destruction. It appears that about 4 a.m.,…
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WE regret to state that on Tuesday morning, a fire broke out on board the brig William Woolley, 185 tons, Captain Bennett, lying alongside Miller's Wharf, which caused her total destruction. From particulars which we have gathered, it appears that about…
Continued on Trove, page 85 →Destructive Fire in Manchester. (From the Morning Chronicle, March 3.)
A fire, more destructive in its consequences than any which has occurred in Manchester for many years, took place on Wednesday night in that city. The invoice and order clerks in the employ…
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Mr. NICHOLS moved for leave to bring in a Bill to continue, for a limited time, the Act of Council, 16 Vict., No. 27, intituled, " An Act to regulate the Carrying of Fire Arms and other Offensive Weapons."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court House in Vermont on Fire, &c. Boston, July 5th
The Court House at Woodstock, Vermont, was in flames yesterday, and fears were entertained that that, with several other buildings, was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Formation and Regulation of a Fire Brigade Bill
The 1st clause enables the Commissioners for the city of Sydney, subject to the approval of the Governor to establish a Fire Brigade, to consist of a superintendent and such other officers and so many men as…
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The tenth annual meeting of the above Company was held yesterday, at the rooms of the institution, Pittstreet, the President, Mr. T. W. SMART, in the chair. The Secretary, Mr. MITCHELL, read the…
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This unfortunate vessel was destroyed by fire whilst lying in the stream in Darling Harbour, opposite the Market Wharf, on Monday last. She arrived from San Francisco on the 10th October, with a cargo consisting of 110,000 feet of timber, and which…
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This vessel, which was destroyed by fire on Sunday evening last, arrived from San Francisco on the 10th of October last, with a cargo of 110.000 feet of timber. It appears that the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance Company
THE gigantic proportions to which this Insurance Company has attained in the comparatively short period of 18 years, are worthy of the place of its birth, although the metropolis is the central money market…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fall of a Building—fire and Loss of Life. Boston, August 21, 1854
About three o'clock this afternoon, two five and ahalf story granite buildings, forming the last and of Tilden block, Nos. 93 and 95, Broad-street, opposite Custom-house-street, fell with a tremendous crash,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Paper. Report From the Select Committee on the Fire Brigade Bill
The Select Committeo appointed to consider the Bill "for the formation and regulation of a Fire Brigade within the city and suburbs of Sydney," have agreed to the following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigade Bill. Report from the Select Committee on the Fire Brigade Bill
The Select Committee appointed to consider the Bill "for the formation and regulation of a Fire Brigade within the city and suburbs of Sydney," have agreed to the following report:—…
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