Fires and Disasters
On Saturday, August 22, the great hosiery factory of Messrs. Morley and Son, near Tottenham, was burnt down, and £100,000 worth, of property destroyed; 500 persons were thrown out of…
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Fire in Melbourne.—narrow Escape of a Family
AT about half-past 3 o'clock on Saturday morning a fire broke out on the premises of a carpenter named Livock, who carries on business and lives at No. 1, Lntrobe-strcet east. The basement floor of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →(From Our Correspondents.) Great Fire—losses Estimated at £30,000. Opening Museums, &c, on Sunday. Victorian Rifle Association Matches. Steamship Durham. Schatchings for the Melbourne Cup. a Levanter. Brisbane. Sunday, 9.25 p.m
A fire broke oat at noon to-day in Pettigrew's umber-yard, William-street, which totally destroyed timber and machinery, to the value of £30,000. The only insurance was for £1500, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Attorney Fined Foe Misconduct. the Great Fire at Brisbane. Finding of the Body of Miss Pittitt. International Rifle Match. Explosion at Richmond. a House Totally Weecked. Selling Spurious Gold. Brisbane. Tuesday. 12.45 a.m
The amount of tin ore received during the week was 95 tons. A motion in banco, by the Law Institute, to strike Mr. Henry Milford, solicitor, off the rolls…
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A FIRE, resulting in the entire destruction of Mr. Pettigrew's extensive mills in Williams-street, broke out about hall an hour after noon on Sunday…
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About 7.40 p.m. yesterday, information was given at the Fire Brigade Office, in Bathurst-street, that a fire had broken out in one of the houses known as Lyons's Terrace, Hyde Park. Mr. Superintendent…
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Shortly after 7 o'clock, yesterday evening, a fire occurred on the premises occupied by Mrs. Smith, Kent House, corner of Bathurst and Kent streets, the window curtains of one of the upper rooms having…
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THIS afternoon, shortly after 2 o'clock, there was an alarm of fire at Woolloomooloo, and the engines of the various companies hurried to the spot, but found that the fire had only been in a…
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Between 1 and 2 o'clock, yesterday afternoon, a fire broke out in the house of a Mr. John Brown, in Burrahpore-street, off Bourke-street, Woolloomooloo. It was confined to a bedroom in the back part of the…
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A FIRE resulting in the entire destruction of Mr. Fettigrew's extensive mills in William-street, broke out about half an hour after noon on Sunday…
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AN exhibition of a fire-resisting dress took place in the Friendly Societies' Gardeus-yesterday afternoon, when, according to announcements, M. Victor Becker, surnamed "the Fire King," went…
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ON Bathurst night at meeting [?] [?]ours were extensively circu[?] through Sydney that a most dest[?] fire his occurred in Goulburn, and it was excited that half the town has been…
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ON Saturday sight and during Sunday rumours were extensively circulated through Sydney that a most destructive fire had occurred in Goulburn, and it was asserted that half the town had been…
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About half-past 2 o'clock, yesterday afternoon, the fire bells rang out an alarm, and the engines from the different stations proceeded to No. 3, Brougham place, tenanted by a man named John Messenger. It…
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In its report of the destructive fire at Goulburn on Saturday last, the local paper says that the property is insured in the Liverpool and London and Globe Company as follows: The bank, £1450, destroyed, the…
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THE most destructive and dangerous fire that over perhaps occurred in Goulburn took place on Saturday morning last. It was just about 10 o'clock that the fire-bell as the lock-up commenced to ring, and the first exclamation of many who…
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CHILCOTT'S CREEK, the scene of the outrage recorded in a recent issue of this journal, has once more become remarkable by an event which must excite the sympathy of all. At that place…
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ON Saturday a destructive fire broke out at Goulburn, which resulted in the total destruction of the Bank of New South Wales, Auburn and Vernon streets, and threatened with…
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