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353 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 18
About twenty minutes past one o'clock yesterday afternoon the fire-bell rang out an alarm, and the different fire brigades in the city were soon in readiness to proceed to the scene of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A very destructive fire broke out in Mr. P. R. Larkin's general produce store, situated in Dixon-street yesterday afternoon, and within two hours of its being discovered the building was one mass of ruins, only the stone walls being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The police reported to the City Coroner the occurrence of the fire at Mr. Larkin's store, and an inquiry will probably take place…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An extensive conflagration, which hat destroyed about £10,000 worth of goods and property, and for a long time threatened to consume the adjoining properties, broke ont-abont 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the deepest depth of midnight, while the sad and solemn swell Still was floating, faintly echoed from tho dread alarum bell—…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →[Many persons having expressed a desire to obtain a correct copy of Edgar Allan Poe's Firefiend, found amongst his unpublished papers after his death, a literary friend has kindly…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →THE 20th anniversary of the Parramatta Volunteer Fire Brigade on Wednesday, the 22nd ultimo, was a grand success and must have been a great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN extensive conflagration, which has dostroyed about £10,000 worth of goods and property, and for a long time threatened to consume the adjoining propertes, broke out about 1 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →WAGGA, Wednesday.—A fire look place yesterday afternoon at the stables of Cope's bakery, in Which woe stored a lot of furniture which, with some hay, and the building was entirely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last night an alarm WAS given of fire, which proved to be in the house of michael O'Brien, milkman Green King street greet excitement prevailed among the crowd on its being rumoured two children were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Considerable excitement was caused amongst the excursionists in the train from Wagga Wagga this morning. When the train reached about 20 miles on the Sydney side of Goulburn, one of the carriages…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Last night the settlers in the country surrounding the usually quiet town of Mittagong were startled by an unusual glare in the sky, occasioned by a tremendous conflagration which had broken out in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last night an alarm was given of fire, which proved to be in the house of Michael O'Brien, milkman, Groat King-street. Great excitement prevailed among the crowd on its being rumoured two children were…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →About half-past 5 o'clock, this morning, the flooring of the shop, No. 292, Pitt-street, occupied by Neils Tobias Jacobson, dealer, was discovered to be on fire. It it supposed to have been caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About 10 o'clock this morning a fire occurred in Bond-street, which resulted in considerable destruction of stock of various kinds. The premises in which the fire took place belong to Mr. R. E. Castle,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBAE, Saturday.—A tremendously destructive fire broke out in the township of Port Douglas on Friday morning at 3 o'clock. It commenced in the stores of Messrs. Walsh and Co.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Friday night, about half-past 8 o'clock, a wooden cottage, situated on the reserve at Coogee, owned by the borough council of Randwick, and occupied by a man named John Bird, was burnt to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In your report of the above in Saturday's issue the following unmerited remark appears:— "After the fire had raged about 25 minutes an engine arrived from the Insurance Brigade station, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CARCOAR, Tuesday.—The tannery and store at Nunberore was completely destroyed by fire last night about midnight. The damage done is estimated at about £1400. Nothing was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A preliminary meeting of the city and suburbanfire brigades was held on Friday night at the boardroom of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Mr. J. P. Garvan was voted to tho chair, and explained the objects of…
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