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217 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 11
ONE of the most disastrous fires which have occurred since Horsham has become a township broke out on Wednesday evening. Shortly after 10 o'clock, Beaumont's Hotel, where the coach horses are stabled, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About a quarter-past seven last evening, two gas isghts in the drapery establishment of Messrs. Claney and Scott, in Market-street, ware blown, by a sudden gust of wind, and set…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—As the City Corporation have decided to use the large bell about to be erected in the tower of the Town Hall for the purpose of signalling fires, it is to be hoped that a different system than at present in force will be adopted for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Sunday, the 26th of December, a destructive [?] broke out at Messrs. Mort and Company's Meatpreserving Works, at the head of Darling Harbour. It is so recently that the public interest has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two large factories have just been burned down in Glasgow. The fire broke out in the spinningmill of Messrs. Robertson and Co., of Greenheadstreet. This building, which was 300 feet in…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →On Sunday last, about midnight, the Dunmore mill, commonly known as Mr. John Mitchell's mill, standing on the bank of the Paterson River, was destroyed by fire. The property, we (Maitland Mercury)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. F. A. Tompson, the district coroner of Wagga Wagga, held an inquest last Monday to ascertain the cause of the fire which destroyed the public school at Take Albert on the 22nd January. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The large cotton mills at Glasgow belonging to Robertson and Co. and Young and Co. have been totally destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at £400,000, and by this disaster 1200 persons ore thrown out of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Royal Victoria Theatre was densely crowded last night to witness the production of the new sensational exhibit "Fidelia, the Five Waif." In this drama Nell, the California Diamond was quite us successful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON the 13th instant (reports the Melbourne Argus), a fire broke out in Earl-street, between Cardigan and Lygon streets, Carlton, in a small two-roomed wooden dwelling occupied by William Edwards, a hawker. Edwards was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Royal Palace at Barcelona is almost entirely destroyed. The barracks on St. Helen's Island, Canada, are burnt, and the armoury destroyed. A fire in the Marine Infantry Clothing Warehouse at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At a little before 12 o'clock on Thursday night the whole of the town was thrown into a state of excitement by the cries of " fire," and the now well-kno«n tones of the fire-bell. A general rush was made to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The [?] and old line-of-battle ship of eighty-one guns, was destroyed by [?] on December 22. The v[?] was [?] off [?] and, in [?] [?] with the [?] Training School, [?] as [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Royal Palace at Barcelona is almost entirely destroyed. The barracks on St. Helen's Island, Canada, are burnt, and the armoury destroyed. A fire in the Marine Infantry Clothing Warehouse at…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Shortly after nine o’clock, yesterday mornsng, the residents of Parramatta were again startled by the tones of the local fire bell ringing out the alarm. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Balmain Fire Brigade rendered valuable assistance on Friday night in extinguishing, with buckets of water, a fire which broke out in Mr. Perkins' shrubbery, at Perkins' Point, facing North…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Monday night, at about a quarter to 9 o'clock, a kerosene lamp exploded in the drapery compartment of the establishment of Mr. Hill, storekeeper, Wodonga. In a few minutes the whole of the goods in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A great fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Egleton, bookbinder, in Broadway, Ludgate Hill, and by 4 o'clock the whole building of three stories was destroyed. The damage is estimated at £50,000. During the progress of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At about half-post 2 on the afternoon of the llth January, a flue broke out in the house belonging to Mr. Thomas Nicholson Egleton, bookbinder, of 12 Broadway, Ludgate Hill. The premises consisted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There was a great, fire at Manchester near the Royal Exchange. It broke our in a warchouse in StruttStreet, Newmarket-street, Moult-street, and Robison-street, in the office of Mr. C. Tattersall, yarn agent, and spread…
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