Fire in Cumberland-street
Shortly before midnight yesterday a fire, which [?]…
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The Recent Fire in a Railway Carriage. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—The accident that delayed the evening down train on the Southern line on the 22nd instant has been made the subject of some comment. It has been claimed as showing the necessity for establishing some means of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Fire at Port Pirie-Magarey's Mill Burned Down
A terrible conflagration occurred at Port Pirie on Christmas Eve, when Messrs. Margery and Co.'s mill and office were totally destroyed by fire. The fire broke out in the bran silks, and spread with great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small-pox in Sydney—purification by Fire. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—Long expected—long deserved for our neglect in providing sanitary precauti[?]ns—we have in our midst the loathsome dise[?]se of small pox. I do not wish to assist in creating a panic in the public…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at the Kerosene Works
A fire occurred at the Botany Kerosene Works at a quarter o eight o clock last evening, and but for the prompt and judicious action of Mr. Kind, manager of the works, very great loss might have been incurred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Fire and Explosion at Inglewood, Victoria. Inglewood
A GREAT fire and explosion occurred here to-day. At a quarter to 4 o'olook a fire was discovered in O'Donovan's general store, and immediately afterwards a terrific explosion of gunpowder took place, bursting through…
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About five minutes to eleven o'clock on Saturday evening a fire occurred in the dwelling-house of Mr. Burthold Spehr, a baker in Glebe-street, Glebe, which, but for timely assistance, might have been…
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At noon, yesterday (Sunday, January 8) an alarm of fire was raised, when it was found that the cottage owned by John Davis, sexton to the English Church, was in flames. A considerable number of inhabitants…
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A destructive fire took place on the farm of Mr. Richards, Rochester, on Friday, 5th instant. It appears (says the Riverine Herald) that the men had just returned from the field with the teams, and bad…
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LATE on November 14, a fire, which was attended by the loss of two lives, occurred at Rupert-street, Haymarket. The house was in the occupation of a French hairdresser, named Emile Henri. The…
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On the night of the 8th instant, Mr. Betts, an old resident of Wangaratta, met with a severe loss. It would seem, from the Border Post, that at the time mentioned Mr. Betts and his family had retired to bed, when Mrs…
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Afire broke out at Riley's Home Rule, about 4 a.m. on Tuesday, and in a very short space of time the building was co[?]mmend. The place, according to the Gulgong Argus, was uninhabited and quite isolated, so…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Volunteer Fire Companies. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—AS the [?]entative [?]lluded to by Mr. J. C Neild, jun., in the paragraph in your pauer of this date, headed "No. 2 Volunteer Fire Company, per [?]it me to state that, in the speech referred to, 1 and bear special testimony to the…
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Late on November 14, a fire, which, was attended by the loss of two lives, occurred at Rupert-street, Haymarket. The house was in the occupation of a French hairdresser, named Emile Henri. The…
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Considerable alarm seems to have been created yesterday asking the railway line from [?] Blayney, after passing the Bathurst station. A spark from one of the lo[?]es set to the pass between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Fire at Echuca
An Echuca correspondent writes to the Melbourne Argus:—Between 2 and 3 o'clock on Sunday morning the inhabitants of the town were aroused by the ringing of the fire bell, and fit was then discovered that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fire at South Grafton
About half-past 3 o'clock on Saturday morning last, says the Clarinet Examiner, a destructive fire broke out in the premises owned and occupied by Mr. Patrick Kennedy, storekeeper, Through-street, South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mount Buninyong on Fire. (From the Ballarat Star.)
A COLUMN of smoke was seen from Ballarat, arising from behind Mount Buninyong, between 9 and 10 o'clock last Saturday morning, looking as though the old volcano had once more awaked its clied-out fires…
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This morning shortly after seven o'clock attention of Mr. R, Kippax and another of No. 1 [?] Fire Co. was drawn to the signs of a fire in George [?] They hastened to the [?] of Mr. Priddy's hat shop, a few…
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On Wednesday night, at eight o'clock, William Death, on old nun who it in the employ of Mr. James M'Grath, of the Telegraph Inn, on the Bowning road, looked the stable door and went to bed. The inmates of…
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