City Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Evening News · Friday 16 November 1877 · page 2
The election for the first directors and auditors of the above company took place on Tuesday last, at the office Waterloo chambers. Mr. W. F. Hinchey occupied the position of returning officer, and Messrs…
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Evening News · Saturday 17 November 1877 · page 5
The list of the missing is narrowed down to six, namely, Albert Lee and Nicholas Mang, Teigs,Grab, Kmubinger, and Bisch all varnishers in the employ of contractor John Bartnell. The…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 November 1877 · page 8
SUCH a stupendous calamity occurred on the 3rd September, in ono of the busiest portions of the city, while the bustle of traffic was at its height, as has not befallen New York for many a year. A fire suddenly…
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Evening News · Wednesday 21 November 1877 · page 2
A destructive the took place on the 6th instant on the farmm of a Nicholas in which a kitchen and dwelling house was burut to the ground and all they contained was consumed except a few articles of fur…
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Evening News · Friday 23 November 1877 · page 2
A most distressing case of hardship and suffering (says the BURRANGONG CHRONICLE) has come before, our notice within the past day or two. Mr. Henry Light, living at Millong, about four miles from Messrs…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 November 1877 · page 31
The list of the missing is narrowed down to six, namely, Albert Lee and Nicholas Mang, Teigs, Grab, Kumbinger, and Bisch, all varnishers in the employ of contractor John Hartnell. The…
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Evening News · Thursday 29 November 1877 · page 3
A disastrous fire took place at Gisborne, New Zealand, on the morning of November 16, and destroyed a vast amount of valuable property. Over a dozen houses were burned down, including some of…
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Evening News · Thursday 29 November 1877 · page 8
A destructive fire occurred here last night. The premises of William South, Woolpack Inn and sheds, containing valuable chaff-cutting machinery and twenty tons of hay and other farm produce…
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Evening News · Friday 30 November 1877 · page 2
This evening was looked forward by the people of Mudgee as the time appointed by the committee of the Fire Brigade for the christening of the engine, and the formal handing of over to the Mayor of Mudgee, as public custodian and…
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Evening News · Saturday 1 December 1877 · page 4
Bland's cotton mill, at Olbam, was burned to the ground. 40,000 spindles were destroyed…
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Evening News · Saturday 1 December 1877 · page 3
The most mysterious and iniquitous attempt at fire-raising that has ever come under our notice (says the BALLARAT COURIER) was perpetated in Sunday morning, and which, if successful, would have resulted…
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Evening News · Saturday 1 December 1877 · page 3
A fire broke out in a wooden house in Hargreaves-street, Sandhurst, shortly before 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning, and in a few minutes the building was completely destroyed. It appears (says the…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 December 1877 · page 7
Such a stupendous calamity occurred on the 3rd September, in one of the busiest portions of the city, while the bustle of traffic was at its height, as has not befallen…
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Evening News · Friday 7 December 1877 · page 2
Last Wednesday, evening, about 8 o'clock, a fire occurred in the Friendship Hotel, kept by Mr. Swaddling, corner of Goulburn and Sussex-streets, but it was extinguished before any damage was done…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 December 1877 · page 30
Bland's cotton mill, at Olham, was burned to the ground. 40,000 spindles were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →English and Foreign Extracts. Destructive Fire at Inverary Castle
Evening News · Monday 10 December 1877 · page 3
Inverary Castle, one of the most princely residences in the kingdom, was nearly destroyed by fire on October 12. As a fisherman was going to bis boat in Inverary Harbour, he noticed an…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 December 1877 · page 24
INVERARY Castle, one of the most princely residences in the kingdom, was nearly destroyed by fire on October 12. As a fisherman was going to his boat in Inverary Harbour, he noticed an…
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Evening News · Wednesday 19 December 1877 · page 4
The mansion belonging to the Marquis of Bute, at Rothsay, has been partially destroyed by fire…
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Evening News · Thursday 20 December 1877 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald
The mansion belonging to the Marquis of Bute, at Rothsay, has been partially destroyed by fire…
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