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214 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 11
THE City Coroner held an inquiry on Monday morning at the Belmore Family Hotel, and of Phillip-street, Circular Quay, as to the origin of the fire which resulted in the destruction of two of Flood's Blackwall Stores and wool…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ANOTHER meeting of persons interested in the recent fire at the Blackwall stores, was held at the Exchange, yesterday. The Hon. Thomas Holt, M.L.C., occupied the chair. The meeting was convened by the committee appointed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE recent inquest relative to the origin of the late fire at the Blackwall Stores was instituted at the instance of the Insurance Companies interested; and they were actuated solely by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortly before 3 o'clock on the morning of the 9th February the inhabitants of that part of the city near the Circular Quay were alarmed by the fire-bell, and shortly afterwards it was discovered that the extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT twenty minutes before 3 o'clock on the morning of the 9th instant flames were observed to be proceeding from an upper floor of one of a range of wool stores occupied by Mr. Flood and situated at the eastern side of the Circular…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the evening of Christmas Day a constable discovered that the second floor of No. 42, Sandwich-street, Gray's-inn-road, was on fire. The third floor of the house was occupied by detective constable Beetlestone, whose wife was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →While thousands of homes were brightened by Christmas fires, and happy little children gathered round Christmas trees, loaded by fond parents with gifts and toys, there was one house in the midst of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →While thousands of homes were brightened by Christmas fires, and happy little children gathered round Christmas trees, loaded by fond parents with gifts and toys, there was one house in the midst of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Business matters prevented me taking notice of the communication of your correspondent, W. J., earlier. I shall be as brief as possible in reference to his remarks, and touch only the points at issue. With the verdict of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →While thousands of homes were brightened by Christmas fires and happy little children gathered round Christmas trees, loaded by fond parents with gifts and toys, there was one house in the midst of…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →A fire at Tararu has resulted in the destruction of the pyramid lighthouse. It appears the lighthouse-keeper was in the act of retiring to rest, when he was disturbed by the noise of a bursting kerosene…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire at Tarara has resulted in the destruction of the pyramid lighthouse. It appears the lighthousekeeper was in the act of retiring to rest, when he was disturbed by the noise of a bursting kerosene…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →I H was ing two young women Were shown into the parlour, offering themselves for the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THE amplest and the most trustworthy statistical records of London fires, in the thirty-three years during which the late London Fire Engine Establishment was in existence, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A correspondent in the Yass Courier of the 1st instant makes an attempt anonimously to reply to Mr. Deases' spirited reproof, but does not even offer to deny the offensive…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific American—Mr. A Douglas, of St. Louis, sends to that journal the following ingenious plan for extinguishing fires: "I send you a plan of apparatus for extinguishing…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Late on Saturday night an alarm was given that a fire had broken out in the Old Hall Mills, Middleton, the properly of Mr. Thomas Dransfield, as to buildings, engines, shafting and boilers; and of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN inquest was held this morning by the city coroner (Mr. Henry Shiell), at his office, touching the death of a boy named Thomas Henry Williams, who died in the infirmary at three o'clock this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN inquest was held yesterday morning by the city coroner (Mr. Henry Shiell), at his office, touching the death of a boy named Thomas Henry Williams, who died in the infirmary at three yesterday morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SHORTLY after 2 o'olock this morning, Wednesday, the inhabitants of our city were alarmed by the cry of fire and the ringing of the fire-bell. The scene of the fire was at the rear of Mr. Shaw's buildings, in Hunter-street, The…
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