Fire at Stoney Creek
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 273
WE regret very much that we have to record the ent, destruction, by fire, of he house of Mr. Bourn Russ[?] M.L.C., at Stoney Creek, near West Maitland. The the took place on Monday morning. It first broke out at…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 7
A correspondent of the Express has sent the following account of a calamity which unfortunately was net limited to loss of property, but entailed loss of life as well:—…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1871 · page 3
SIR,—Since I addressed you on the 14th instant, I am most credibly informed that Mr. John Russell's report on the state of the Botany engines and pumping machinery, has been received by the Municipal Council. This report,…
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Empire · Tuesday 2 May 1871 · page 3
SIR,—Since I addressed you on the 14th instant, I am most credibly informed that Mr. John Russell's report on the state of the Botany engines and pumping machinery has been received by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fire at the Victoria Meat-preserving Works. (From the Melbourne Argus.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 May 1871 · page 2
A VERY destructive conflagration occurred on Wednesday night at the works if the Victoria Meat-preserving Company, Stony Creek. The fire broke out at about half-past 8 o'clocm, in the centre portion of the main line of the…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1871 · page 342
A VERY destructive conflagration occurred on Wednesday night at the works of the Victoria Meat-preserving Company, Stony Creek. The fire broke out at about half-past 8 o'clock, in the centre portion of the main line of the…
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Evening News · Monday 15 May 1871 · page 3
A fire of a rapidly destructive character, which, in addition to destroying a vast quantity of property. was attended with fatal results to three children of the ages of six years, four years, and two years, occurred…
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Empire · Tuesday 16 May 1871 · page 3
A fire of a rapidly destructive character, which, in addition to destroying a vast quantity of property, was attended with fatal results to three children of the ages of six years, four years, and two years, occurred…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 May 1871 · page 22
A fire of a rapidly destructive character, which, in addition to destroying a vast quantity of proporty, was attended with fatal results to three children of the ages of six years, four years, and two years, occurred…
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Evening News · Tuesday 23 May 1871 · page 3
THE loss of several lives has resulted from a fire which took place on Sunday night at Chapel-street, Edgware-road. The house was occupied by a Mr. W Halley, fruiterer, and the family were all asleep…
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Evening News · Monday 12 June 1871 · page 3
A FIRE was discovered in a house in Pavilion-ro[?]d, Chel[?]ea, occupied by a corndealer named Greene. The first floor was occupied by a family names Chalk, with two children, the second floor by a…
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Empire · Tuesday 13 June 1871 · page 4
A FIRE was discovered in a house in Pavilion-road, [?], occupied by a corndealer named Greene. The first floor was occupied by a family named Chalk, with two children, the second floor by a…
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Evening News · Tuesday 20 June 1871 · page 3
THE New York Times, April 17th, relates the following: During the early services, yesterday morning, in St. Mary's Church, Williamsburg, a body of about…
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Empire · Wednesday 21 June 1871 · page 4
THE New York Times, April 17th, relates the following: During the early services, yesterday morning, in St. Mary's Charch, Williamsburg, a body of about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trial of Fire-proof Safes. Milker V. Wearne
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1871 · page 521
ON Saturday afternoon last, a large number of people, estimated at one time as over 4000, assembled together in Belmore Park, Haymarket, to witness a trial (of which, notice had been given by advertisement) of two…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 July 1871 · page 20
THE advent of a colonial manufacture of fire and burglar-proof safes, with sufficient pluck and confidence in the article of his manufacture to issue a challenge to the world to produce another, by any…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1871 · page 27
CURIOUS and tangled are our thought sometimes, and queer ideas are horn from their intricate meshes. They come teeming upon us when we wish for them least, and banish happier feelings with their advent. " It is so with…
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Empire · Thursday 6 July 1871 · page 2
Early yesterday morning a fire broke out on board the ship Mary Shepherd, which was berthed alongside the Sandridge Railway Pier. This fine vessel only arrived in port yesterday week from London, and had…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1871 · page 27
Early yesterday morning a fire broke out on board the ship Mary Shepherd, which was berthed alongside the Sandridge Railway Pier. This fine vessel only arrived in port yesterday week from London, and had…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 July 1871 · page 6
ON Saturday, the 24th June, a large number of people, estimated at one time as over 4000, assembled together in Belmore Park, Haymarket, to witness a trial (of which notice had been given by advertisement) of two…
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