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136 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 7
VERY few conflagrations would inspire more regret than the description of the most beautiful, most interesting, and most valuable end of the Crystal Palace. In the enumeration of the losses almost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A FIRE broke out at the Crystal Palace on Sunday, December 30, which destroyed the whole of the tropical department, with its fine arts courts. How the conflagration originated is not known. The following narrative will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR.—A paragraph in this day's Herald, in recording the lose of the Venus, from Batavia to Auckland, states thee liability of this company upon her as £8000. For the satisfaction of the sharcholders of the company, I have to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FIRES in the bush are part and parcel of Australian life, and on a warm summer day you can scarcely look from any eminence in Australia without seeing a bush fire. Many of these are occasioned by carelessness, or the instantaneous ignition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—In your issue of the 20th instant, in which the proceeding of the Municipal Council of the previous day are recorded, I perceive that the committee appointed to investigate the colduct of the [?]urncock on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A South Australian farmer writes to the Border Watch as follows, with respect to the best means of preventing bush fires:—"First as to bush fires on runs, plough from 50 to 100…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE New Ironsides was a broadside ironclad frigate of the United States Navy, built at Philadelphia in the yard of Messrs. Cramp and Son. Her length was 232 feet; beam, 57 feet 6 inches; depth of hold,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—It is with diffidence that I bug you will insert the following correct report of the above fire, your report not being a correct one, and not giving the credit to whom it is due…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ONE of the greatest calamities that has yet happened to Beechworth occurred on Saturday night, 23rd ultimo, by fire, destroying the whole of one side of a street from and including the post-office to the building used temperarily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is not easy to overrate the importance of what is now looked upon as "the great coal question." Whether our supply of coals will be sufficient for the coming centuries, or whether England will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IT is not easy to overrate the importance of what is now looked upon as "the great coal question." Whether our supply of coals will be sufficient for the coming centuries or whether England will…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →ONE of the greatest calamities that has yet happened to Beechworth occurred on Saturday night, 23rd ultimo by fire, destroying the whole of one tide of a street from and including the post-office to the building used temperarily…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE New Ironsides was a broadside ironclad frigate of the United States Navy, built at Philadelphia in the yard of Messrs. Cramp and Son. Her length was 232 feet; beam, 57 feet 6 inches; depth of hold,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Early yesterday morning the Help-me-through-the-World Inn, at Lochinvar, was totally destroyed by fire. The house, which was a two story building of pine and hardwood, was in the occupation of Mr. Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GENTIMEN, —It is impossible but that your attention must have been anxiously directed to the very serious depression that has recently taken place in the value of the shares in the various companies having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SHORTLY before 11 o'clock last night, a disastrous fire broke out on the premisos in the rear of the beilding known as Reiby Cottage, situated in the right of way adjoining the establishment of Mr. John Sands, nearly opposite the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN the Herald of Monday last, a short notice of a calamitous fire in Dunedin appeared; the following further particulars have been telegraphed to Wellington, and appear in the N[?] Zealand Advertiser:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire broke out last night shortly after 10 o'clock at the back of Mr. Sands' premises, George-street. Reiby Cottage, occupied by Simmons Brothers, wins and spirit merchants, in the yard adjoining Mr. Sands[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A destructive fire occurred here this morning at 1 o'clock, in a block of buildings between Armagh, Colombo, and Gloucester streets. Great damage was done to the stores belonging to Jameson, Lane Brothers, Coates, Prince,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The further particulars concerning this fire still leaves its origin to be ascertained by those who have the deepest interest in it. By all accounts the fire appears to have broken out on the premises of Mr. A…
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