Destructive Fire Northward
BRISBANE, Tuesday.-A destructives fire occurred at Surat to-day. Marshall's hotel and Phillips's store were both destroyed. Very little has been saved. The insurances are light…
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City and Suburban Fire Brigade
An adjourned meeting of superintendents and delegates of the various city and suburban fire brigades was held Inst evening, in the offices of the City Mutual Insurance Company, Waterloo Chambers, for…
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About twenty minutes after 12 o'clock this morning a baker in the employ of Messrs. Slocombe, on passing Messrs. Moore and Co.'s hay and corn store, No. 207, Parramatta-street, observed smoke…
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The following are the insurances:-Messrs. Moore and Co., stock furniture, and mac[?]ery; Trans[?]atlantic £800, and City Mutual £400, Mr. Shying's stock-in-trade and furniture, North-German…
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About a quarter to 1 a.m. yesterday, a fire broke out in premises occupied by Messrs. Moore and Company, hay and produce merchants, situated in Parramatta Road, opposite the Newtown Road, and very soon the flames…
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Shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday morning one of the most destructive fires that have happened in the city for some time past, broke out in Parramatta- street, and raged with considerable violence till…
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GRENFELL, Monday.—A great fire occurred in Grenfell on Saturday night. It commenced in the tipper story of the Thistle Hotel, and the entire block of buildings from the corner of Forbes…
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A large fire occurred at Grenfell last night. It commenced at 9.45 in the upper story of the Thistle Hotel, and in a short time a large portion of the town was in flames, and had the wind blown…
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Sir,—In your report of the fire in Morehead-street, Redfern, it is stated that a wooden building close by was nearly igniting. This is perfectly correct, as I am the owner of the building, and was present at the start of the fire until…
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GRENFELL, Monday.—A destructive fire occurred here on Saturday night. Rich's Thistle Hotel, O'Rourke'e Family Hotel, and Stokos's Great Eastern Hotel, were destroyed; also the…
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A great fire occurred here on Saturday night It broke out in the upstairs room in Rich's Thistle Hotel. The whole of the Thistle Hotel was destroyed; also Stewart's Squatters' Arms, Carter's carpenter's shop…
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A[?] half-past 9 o'clock on Saturday night the upper story of the This[?] Hotel was discovered to be on fire, and is less than 10 minutes the whole building was one [?] of [?] and [?] very rapidly. For[?]nnately the…
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Sir,--When lately visiting some of the theatres and concert halls in Sydney, I was struck with the very inadequate provision which has been made to enable an audience to escape from the building in case of an…
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On the 25th November, Mr. Holden, a well-known solicitor in Sydney, who was on a visit to some friends at Grosford, left there with his family and some friends, to the number of eleven, in a coach for Maitland, on their way to…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.-A large fire took place at Gladstone, Queensland, yesterday morning, when Breslin's Store, dwelling-house, and the new buildings of the Joint Stock Bank, were…
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On Saturday evening last dense volumes of smoke were seen rolling towards the south-east, and the red glare enabled the looker-on to see each tree upon the Warraderry range with the utmost distinctness. It was soon known…
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BRISBANE, Friday.-A great fire occurred in Brisbane this morning.[?] Ulster Hotel and the six adjoining houses, with small shops attached, situated in Edword-Street, were burnt to…
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BRISBANE, Friday.-The offices affected by the fire in Edward-street, are:-New Zealand, £900, £500 re-insured; City Mutual, £150; South British. £480; United, £100; Queen's…
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On Saturday evening last dense volumes of smoke were seen rolling towards the south-east, and the red glare enabled the looker-on to see each tree upon the Warraderry range with the utmost distinctness. It was soon known…
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IF there is one filing that, more than another annoys a good wife, who is conscientiously sensitive to all that is gross and unworthy, it is the habit some husbands have of using profane language…
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