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353 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 18
A great and destructive fire has occurred at Viazma, in the province of Smolensk. 200 houses were burnt to the ground. Fears are entertained that the fire is the work of…
Continued on Trove, page 424 →ABOUT 7 p.m. yesterday the fire-bell rang, and almost immediately Hunter-street was brilliantly illuminated by what turned out to be a fire that had broken out at Mr. E. O'Gallagher's drapery establishment. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The task, says the Melbourne HERALD, of elucidating the mystery attaching to the circumstances which are said to have led to the fire that so mysteriously broke out on the promises of G. C. Carr, tobacconist…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have been furnished by a gentleman now in Sydney; who was for many years a. resident in Dunedin, with the following particulars of the great fire that occurred there on the 8th instant, The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AUCKLAND, Friday.-The investigation into the Dunedin fire, by which thousands of pounds' worth of property was destroyed, and l5 lives lost, shows that the affair was the diabolic act of a cafe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire, more terrible than any that has ever previously occurred in Dunedin and possibly in the colony, broke on early on the morning of September 8 in a block of buildings situated on the east side of the Octagon. The block…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The task, says the Melbourne Herald, of eluci[?]ing the mystery attached to the circumstances which are said to have led to the fire that so mysteriously broke out on the permises of G. C…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →About 7 p.m. yesterday (says the Newcastle Pilot) the firebell rang, and almost immediately Hunter-street was brilliantly illuminated by what turned out to be a fire that had broken out at Mr. E. O'Gallagher's drapery…
Continued on Trove, page 475 →A fire, more terrible than any that has ever previously occurred in Dunedin and possibly in the colony, broke on early on the morning of September 8 in a block of buildings situated on the east side of the Octagon. The block…
Continued on Trove, page 476 →The inquest on the fire at Dunedin, and the Victims who lost their lives during the conflagration, terminated to-day in verdicts of incendiarism and wilful murder against a man named Waters, proprietor of a Cafe,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning the fire-b[?]rang out an alarm, and dense volumes of smoke were seen issuing from the premises 477 George-street, occupied by Alexander Munro, confectioner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Quite a little gala was hold at Newtown on Saturday, on the occasion of baptizing the new fire engine, obtained for the use of the local brigade In front of the enclosed green, at the side of the residence of Mr. S. C. Brown, a dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →About half-past 12 o'clock this morning a fire broke out on the premises occupied by Mr. Alexander Munro, 477, George-street, and used by him as a confectioner's shop. It appeared that the upper part of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The peculiar circumstances of the insurance policy being found perfectly clean and dry on the premises of Mr. Alexander Munro, 477, George-street, after the place wan almost submerged in water, it appears…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—In your report of the christening on Saturday last you state that the engine is by Mason, of London. We have to inform you that the engine is from the celebrated manufactory of Messrs. Merryweather and Sons, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--Will you kindly grant me apace for a few Hues in your valuable paper to correct an error in your report headed " Mysterious Fire." I know that you are a lover of fair play, and would wish to give…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--As I was the first fireman to arrive on the spot, and to enter tho building, I think I am in a position to prove the fallacy of Mr. Kelly's statements with respect to late fire in George-street. In…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,âIn your issue of this morning two letters appear under the above heading. It was my intention to have corrected the error noticed by Messrs. Mason, Brothers. They have, however, saved me…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,--Kill you kindly allow me space in your valuable paper to answer Mr. C. Down's letter in reference to the late fire in George-street? Mr. Down admits that my engine was first in George…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This morning the City Coroner, after viewing with the jury the premises where the fire occurred, hold an inquiry into the circunistances attending it at his offices. From the evidence it appeared that houses,…
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