Fire
Last night about half-past 7 o'clock, the city fire bells rang out an alarm of tire. Four or five engines proceeded to Mrs. [?] business premises, No. 19, Parramatta-street, where it was [?] that a…
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Destructive Fire.—Death
DALBY, Thursday.—Cobb and Co.'s stables and harness-house at Roma was burnt to the ground yesterday. The horses were with difficulty saved. Moore's hotel and other adjoining properties,…
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A terrible and fatal accident on the railway occurred on the 23rd of May, about 6 p.m. The mail train leaving Sydney at 5.25 p.m. is drawn by two engines, and on the night in question the one attached to the…
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THE annual meeting of this society was held yesterday, at noon, in the Temperance Hall, when the following report for the sixth year, ending March 31, 1878, was submitted to the shareholders…
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WE learn that afire occurred at Burwood, near the Parramatta road, on Thursday evening, about eight o'clock, by which the residence of the railway station-master, at Redmyre, was…
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As to bow one feels in going under fire for the first timel says a writer in Fraser, I may here record a personal experience at Kars, which, though, I believe, common enough under similiar circumstances, is perhaps not familiar…
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Between 3 and 4 o'clock this (Saturday) morning a fire broke out on the premises occupied by Wyatt, general dealer, at the corner of Maitland place. George-street west. The alarm was given by…
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About half-past two o'clock this morning the fire-bells gave as alarm, and the various fire companies were called to duty. It transpired, that a wooden building used as a shed for cricketers and others, who…
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YESTERDAY evening the ceremony of christening the engine of the Manly Volunteer Fire Brigade was performed at the residence of the captain. It may be remembered that about a year ago a disastrous fire occurred at Manly…
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The good people of Manly Beach are evidently proud of their new fire engine. Their fondness for it, in fact, resembles the affection of a young married couple for their first born. Last evening the…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—News has been received in town of a terribly destruction fire in Ipswich, one of the most thriving of our island towns. The fire occurred at daylight, and all attempts to…
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IPSWICH, Friday.—At 4 o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in the grocery establishment of Mr. Shanks, Brisbane-street. The edifice being of wood the fire rapidly extended, and in the…
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ABOUT daylight this morning a large fire broke out in one of the most centrally situated parts of Ipswich, and so quickly did the flames spread that they were not got under for a considerable time. The stores of…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—The following are the insurance policies on the property destroyed in the Ipswich conflagration:—Mr. M'Farlane's £2000 in the New Zealand: Mr. Tatham's, £500, Sydney…
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THE Special, reporter of the Brisbane Telegraph Writes that journal as follows, on Thursday:—[?] occurred here early this morning, which may be described as the most destructive that has…
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Our Goulburn correspondent writes:—On Saturday afternoon an inquiry was held into the came of the fire of the 22nd of June last, which destroyed uninsured outbuildings and buggies, to the…
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THE special reporter of the Brisbane Telegraph writes that journal as follows, on Thursday:— A fire occurred here early this morning, which may he described as the most destructive that has…
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An alarm of fire was given last evening at the engine station of No. 1 Fire Volunteer Company, York-street, and the engine was taken to Mr. Uncle's butcher's shop in King-street, when it was found that…
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THE following practical hints, advice, and direction for the prevention of fires on farms and farm yards, for which we are indebted to a recent number of the FIREMAN (English newspaper) cannot but be…
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