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185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 10
You may find about the world—you may see even in England alone—every gradation between coal and growing forest. You may see the forest growing in its bed of vegetable mould; you may see the forest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A QUICK practical means of extinguishing fires at their commencement, on hand, ready for immediate use, in every building, would lessen the annual destruction of properly by burning to an extent difficult to estimate…
Continued on Trove, page 493 →A QUICK practical means of extinguishing fi[?] at their commencement, on hand, ready for immediate use, in every building, would lessen the annual destruction of property by burning to an extent diflicult to estimate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Your correspondent "R H." is entitled to the credit of good intention for apprising us that the immersion of ladies' garments in a solution of tungetato of soda renders them incombustible…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious fire took place in Canterbury Cathedral on September 3. It appears that at about half-past 10 a plumber waa at work ia the roof of the east end, when from some cause his coke fire got upset and set light to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A serious fire took place in Canterbury Cathedral on September 3rd. It appears that at about half-past ten a plumber was at work in the roof of the east end, when from some cause his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE bush fire that has been raging so furiously about Belle View Hill, a little to the north-east of Waverley, and distant aout a quarter of a mile from Charing Cross, spread rapidly down the Old South Head-road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A GREAT conflagration of petroleum occurred at Hunter's Point, opposite New York city, during the forenoon of the 30th of last July. Over thirty-five thousand barrels of crude oil and thirteen thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A GREAT conflagration of petroleum occurred at Hunter's Point, opposite New York city, during the forenoon of the 30th of last July. Over thirty-five thousand barrels of crude oil and thirteen thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE regret to record the destruction by fire of Mr. Robb a sugar factor, which was discovered to be in flames shortly after 12 o'clock on Tuesday last, and owing to the building being of an inflammable nature…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Joseph Lewis, the landlord of the Royal Hotel, died universally regretted to-day. The testimonial to Mr. M'Girr, the Catholic school teacher, was presented to-day at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A severe thunderstorm occurred this morn-ing, during which a woman named Gatly was struck dead by the lightning, while engaged cooking at the fire-place…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London, Saturday, November 9, 11.30 a.m. The Queen has approved of the appointment of Sir George Boiwen, the present Governor of New Zealand, to succeed Viscount Canterbury…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sunday, November 10th, 11 p.m. A most disastrous fire broke out here this morning. The whole of the buildings in the Commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WITH respect to the destruction by fire of a great part of the city of Boston, announced yesterday in our telegraphic columns, and some further particulars of which disaster will be found in another part of this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London, November 11,11.22 a.m. Copper, dull. Straits tin, £143 per ton. The extent of the Boston fire corers 100…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A most destructive fire broke oat in one of the rooms of Hamea's Corner Hotel, Alexandra, on Monday morning last, about 3 o'clock, which we regret to state resulted in a loss of building and other property to the…
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