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367 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 19
To those who were possessed of insecure safes, or safes of doubtful reputation, the suspense during the recent conflagrations must have been very trying. And yet this might easily have been averted, if they had availed themselves of M. Bechet's store, and selected from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning Mr. James Johnson, proprietor of the Waterloo scouring and woolwashing establishment, discovered flames issuing from those premises, which are situated on the Botany Road. He immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 210 →The deplorable conflagration at the Victoria Theatre and adjoining buildings, brought with it a warning to those self-satisfied owners of property who seem to think that fire is a respecter of persons, and therefore, to save a few pounds, won't encourage the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →" Misfortunes tread upon each other's heels, so fast they follow," we are told, and fires in Sydney prove no exceptions to the rule. No sooner has the excitement attending the recent destruction of the Victoria Theatre abated than a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 210 →THROUGHOUT the whole of Fridaycrowds of people were loitering about the seene of Thursday night's confiagration, to obtain some information with regard to its cause, and to see its effect. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →EXTENSIVE fires are becoming so alarmingly frequent in Sydney, that no sooner do we furnish the public with the particulars of one, than another has to be described. The last, like the other two, occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →VERY early on Sunday morning the buildings occupied by Messrs. Gordon and Gotch, news and other agents, Mr. Boake, photographer, Messrs Albery and Co., and Mr. C. Read, warehousemen, and nearly the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →On the 15th July the Woolpack Inn, Renwicktown Blenheim, occupied by Mr. George Stevenson, was completely destroyed by fire. One man perished in the flames, and four others sustained injuries of a serious nature…
Continued on Trove, page 210 →Sir,--Kindly permit me to correct a mistake ill your report of the meeting of the above brigades. I am reported as advocating the election of a general superintendent that would be independent of either…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pesth, June 20.—The village of Homanna, in the county of Zemplin, has been destroyed by fire. Many of the inhabitants were burned and others were injured. Famine having raped since…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The past fortnight has been remarkable for the occurrence of three fires of an extensive character. The most important conflagration was that which broke out on the night of the 22nd ultimo, and by which the Victoria Theatre, situated in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Since the sending of last summary three destructive fires have visited the metropolis and its surroundings. On the night of the 22nd ultimo the old Victoria Theatre was burned to the ground, only a few chairs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A preliminary meeting at the friends of Mr. John Bennett, lessee of the late Victoria Theatre, was held at the Royal Hotel yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of initiating a movement to assist in some way…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—After such great fires as have taken place in Sydney, I would respectfully suggest that it is full time that better precautions are taken for future contingencies—as are carried on in the sister colonies…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The annual meeting of the members of the City Fire Brigade was held last night, at the depot, Park-street, for the election of officers and other incidental business; Mr. H. C. Parr in the chair. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the EVENING NEWS of June 14 appeared a brief account, by cable from our London correspondent, of a calamitous steamboat collision that occurred in North America, near the Connecticut…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WITHIN a few hours of the destruction of the Victoria Theatre by fire, a second conflagration spread alarm throughout the whole of Sydney. It appears that about a quarter past 12 o'clock on the night of the 24th ult…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,--It was wretched and disgraceful to seethe waste of water and energy at the tires at Victoria Theatre and Gordon and Gotch's: too many engines, too many masters, throwing water away. One engine from a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This case was settled. By consent a verdict was entered for thE plaintiff, with damages £375, without costs. Mr. M. H. Stephen, Q.C., and Mr. C. B. Stephen, instructed by Mr. A. H. M'Culloch, jun., appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About 8.30 p.m. last Thursday night a destructive fire broke out in an outhouse adjoining the residence of Mr. Huntington, of Wellington-street, Kingston. The origin of the fire is shrouded in…
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