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A FIRE broke out on the roof of the Pelican Hotel, corner of Oxford and Edward streets, at noon yesterday, and was unfortunately attended with loss of life. The o[?]imney of the shop occupied by Clarke, the tobacoonist, took fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A few minutes after two o'clock yesterday, Mr. Bown, superintendent of the Insurance Brigade, received a telegram from Mrs. Murray of Neutral Bay, as follows:—"Bush fire down in Neutral Bay, houses…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The annual picnic of the members of No. 1 Prince Alfred Volunteer Fire Company, took place yesterday at Correy's grounds, Botany The company has furnished a number of omnibuses for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the inquest held yesterday on the [?] of Jo[?] Carr, who unfortunately fell from the roof of the Pe[?] Hotel, on Tuesday when endeavouring to extinguish a fire that had broken out there, and was killed, the following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT the inquest held yesterday on the [?]ly of Joseph C[?]rr, who unfortnately fell from the roof of the Peli[?] Hotel, on Tuesday when endeavouring [?] extinguish a fire that had broken out there, and was killed, the following…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday afternoon at his office, Hyde Park, touching the death of Joseph Carr, who was killed on Tuesday afternoon by a fall off the roof of the Pelican Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five of the fire engines turned out to-day at noon on a report that a fire had occurred at Sorry Hills. There services, however, were not required as the fire, such as it was, was extinguished before their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About 2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon a large weatherboard house situate at Woolti Creek, Cook's Rive, the property of Mr. Edward Bradridge, building surveyor of this city, was burnt to the ground. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During the week bush tires have been raging in the neighbourhoods of North Rocks. Fairfield, and Haslem’s Creek. One house was burnt down at Guildford…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During the prevalence of the strong north wind on the 2nd inst, a fire broke out in the bush, and made rapid progress towards the premises of Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Thursday morning lust a very alarming bush fire broke-out at Haslem’s Creek, close to the railway station. It raged very fiercely for three of four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A FIRE broke out on the roof of the Pelican Hotel, corner of Oxford and Edward-streets, at noon on Tuesday, and was unfortunately attended with loss of life. The chimney of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FIRE IN OXFORD-STREET.âA fire broke out on the roof of the Pelican Hotel, corner of Oxford and Edward streets, at noon on Tuesday last, and was unfortunately attended with loss of life. The chimney…
Continued on Trove, page 599 →THE past week has been the busies ever known with the Sydney fireman. Since Tuesday last immense bush fires have been raging to the north and west of Sydney, and there has been some…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The TIMES reports that on Thursday morning, about four o'clock, a shed near to Mr. J W. Arnold's house, at the back of the town, was discovered to be on file; and before anything could be done to arrest the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A DEPUTATION waited on the Colonial Secretary on October 2[?], to urge on the Government the desirability of again introducing the Fire Brigades Bill, a bill designed " to make…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →About 2 o'clock last Thursday afternoon information was received by Constable M'[?]amara, of the Newtown police station, that an extensive bush fire was raging in the vicinity of Cook's River, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred yesterday at about noon in a house in Rose-lane, off Campbell-street. The furniture and bedding only were injured. The engines were is attendance, and prevented the spread of the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An extensive fire broke out yesterday at about 9 a.m. in the vicinity of Haslem's Creel, and speard so along the long dry grass that the houses near the line were in imminent danger, and which, in some instances,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Large bush fires ware burning at the North Shore yesterday, an immense conflagration occurring at Neutral [?]y. A running glass fire broke out near the North Shore cemetery, which is being refenced,…
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