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353 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 18
Last night a public meeting, presided over by the Mayor, was held at the School of Arts, to take into consideration the advisability of forming a fire brigade. The movement was initiated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday, about noon, Constable Smith, on duty in King-street, observed smoke issuing from some [?]revices in the doors and windows of the ground of the Temple Court. He as once proceeded to break open the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A tremendous fire broke out in Wellington on Saturday night, and there was fearful destruction of property. The Opera House, Corporation Markets, and forty dwellings and places of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The largest fire ever known in Wellington occurred to-night. The Opera-house, the Wesleyan Church, two hotels, and a number of shops have been burnt. The loss will be £30,000 at least. The insurances do not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram from the Governor of Orenburg to the Minister of the Interior, dated Orenburg the 28th April, 11.50 p.m., reports that a great fire had been raging in that town since 10 o'clock on the morning of that day, a violent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →We gather the following further particulars of the great fire last Sunday at Wellington (N.Z.) from the Melbourne HERALD of June 16:—"News has been received hero of the destruction by fire of the Opera…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It appears from a private telegram received in Melbourne on Tuesday that the loss by the fire which occured in Wellington on Sunday night will amount to nearly £80,000. The fire, so far as we can learn, commenced in the theatre,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE cause of fire in a house is so important a subject, that I feel I may add a few remarks to "Enrica's" letter. It is a sad fact that a servant's sense is generally extremely deficient, and unfortunately…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The usual meeting of the Engineering Association was held last week, at which prizes were awarded for an " Essay on the Economical Use of Steam;" but PUNCH fails to find any record of how the association treated a subject of still more importance -- viz., " How to Keep…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A telegram from the Governor of Orenburg to the Minister of the Interior, dated Orenburg, the 28th April, 11.50 p.m., reports that a great fire had been raging m that town since 10 o'clock on the morning of that day, a violent…
Continued on Trove, page 992 →SIR,—For the benefit of proprietors of our theatres, large warehoused, &c., I think the following extract from "Year Book of Facts, 1876," sec. xxv., p. 255, is worth; a place in your columns…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We gather the following further particulars of the great fire last Sunday at Wellington (N.Z.) from the Melbourne HERALD of June 16:—News has been received here of the destruction by fire of the Opera…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →THE following is a list of the premise destroyed by the fire (says the Wellington correspondent of the LYTTLETON TIMES) which occurred on the 17th June:—Imperial Opera-house; Working Men's Club…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the 17th instant our correspondent telegraphed a brief message concerning this disastrous fire. We have now fuller particulars from the New Zealand papers. The Wellington correspondent telegraphs to the Lyttelton Times…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the 17th June our correspondent telegraphed a brief message concerning this disastrous fire. We have now fuller particulars from the New Zealand papers. The Wellington correspondent telegraphs to the Lyttelton Times…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →On the 17th June our correspondent telegraphed a brief message concerning this disastrous fire. We have now fuller particulars from the New Zealand papers. The Wellington correspondent telegraphs to the Lyttelton Times…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire broke out yesterday at half-past 3, in the premises of Mr. M'Longhlin's boot shop, Brickfield-hill, near Goulburn-street. The fire was first observed issuing from the room at the back of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A somewhat serious fire occurred at Five Dock last evening. It appears that shortly after 8 o'clock flames were seen issuing from the stables at Fair-light, the residence of Mr. West, mayor of that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Official Gazette of May 12 reports that anothor great, fire broke out on Friday night at ten o'clock in the town of Irbit, in the government of Perm. All the best parts of the town were destroyed. The losses were enormous. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A destructive fire broke out on Saturday night, June 28, in the Maryland Station, near Stanthorpe hayshed, destroying upwards of £600 worth of hay. The only thing saved was the chaff-cutter, and that…
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