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40 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2
DATING from Geelong on the 27th of December, our correspondent says:—At about nine o'clock last nigth a fire broke ont on the premises of Mr. Leon, an outfitter in Market-square. The neighbouring buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →On Sunday morning, November 9th, the metropolis was visited by the outbreak of two of the most serious fires that have accurred for a considerable period, which laid in ruins property valued at many thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EXTENSIVE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. ON Sunday morning, November 9th, the metropolis was visited by the outbreak of two of the most serious fires that have accurred for a considerable period,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LAST night, about eleven o'clock, an alarm of fire was heard from one end of George-street to the otherThey cry from the north end, convenient to which the fire broke out, quickly brought a couple of men of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last Monday night, about eleven o'clock, an alarm of fire was heard from one end of George-street to the other. The cry from the north end. where the fire first broke out, quickly brought a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shortly after tweive o'clock this morning the store promises of Messrs. Foss Son and Co., in Pitt-street, were discovered to be on fire. Inspector Singleton who first observed the indications of the destructive element…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One of those accidents which, happily, are of rare oc currence in the country towns of this: colony, and from which Goulburn has hitherto been almost entirely exempt, occurred this (Saturday) morning. About…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ABOUT a quarter-post 12 last night, the alarm of fire was given in Pitt-street. It was soon discovered the back premises of Messrs. Foss, Son, and Co. was the spot from whence it emanated. Mr. and Mrs. Foss…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN Tuesday's issue we gave an account of the fire which occurred on the premisis of Messrs. Foss and Son, in Pitt-Street, but the hour of publication, and the excitement caused by the conflagration, rendered it impossible to obtain all the information likely to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR—As in cases of warlike engagements wo fine lavish prnisesd bestowed on the general officer, while the subaltern and private soldier who stood the brunt of the engagement and by their bravery won the battle, are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About a quarter-past 12 on Monday night, the alarm of fire was given in Pitt-street It was soon discovered that the back promises of Messrs Foss, Son, nnd Co. was the spot from whence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—In a notice in your paper of the very serious and destructive fire which occurred a few days ago at the store of Messrs. Foss in Pitt-street, it is stated "But the origin of the fire still remains a mystery."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Times correspondent, writing on the 19th of January, sends the following particulars:— At five o'clock this morning the city was thrown into a state of the greatest consternation by an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Report of the Directors of the Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance Company to the twenty-first annual general Meeting of the Proprietors, held pursuant to the provisions of the deed of settlement, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →From the Geelong Advertiser of the 6th instant we learn the fact of the disastrous loss by fire of ship Jospeh Somes, form London, bound to Melbourne—"The captain of the Negotiator reports that on the 15th of March, when off the Cape of Good Hope, he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last night, shortly before 9 o'clook, a fire, attended with aloss of property roughly estimated at nearly £30,000, took place in the premises belonging to Mesers. Perkins, Bacon, and Bache, steel plate ongravers to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To celebrate the completion of their engine-house, the Australian Volunteer Fire Company No.1, of which Mr. Andrew Torning is President, gave an opening dinner, yesterday afternoon, in their new building at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE completion of the main portion of the Fire Engine House of the Australian Volunteer Fire Company (No. 1,) is satisfactory to those residents in the city ond suburbs who have carefully observed the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It is some time since we have had to record anything like an extensive conflagration in Melbourne, the fires for several months past having confined themselves to operating on a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From an official return just published, it appears that the total number of fires in France during the years 1854, 1855, and 1856, amounted to 22,023, being 0014, 0764, and 6245…
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