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The contests in connection with the Intercolonial Fire Brigades' Demonstration were concluded at the Prince Alfred Park on the 10th instant, when the remaining four events were decided. The weather was cool and favourable…
Continued on Trove, page 853 →About 7 o'clock p.m. on Thursday a fire, which might have proved very disastrous, broke out on the premises occupied by Mrs. Kingston, draper and milliner, 562, George-street, opposite the cathedral. The fire originated through the…
Continued on Trove, page 872 →On Thursday last a lady, whilst alighting from the tramcar at Hunter-street, and which had just come from the railway station, was discovered to be on fire; her dress and a handkerchief, which was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AFTER the recent successes of the Corowa Fire Brigade in Sydney, the competing members of the Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade were publicly welcomed on their return to Corowa yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →LONDON November 19.—The Custom-[?]e buildings at Valparaise have been destroyed by fire. The damage done is estimated at a million dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday about noon, a fire broke out at the rear of 48 George-street west, in some premises occupied by H. and R. Lyons, mattress and beeding manufacturers. The fire spread rapidly as the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON November 19.—The Customhouse buildings at Valparaiso have been destroyed by fire. The damage done is estimated at a million dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE first Intercolonial Fire Brigades' Demonstration ever held in this colony took place at Prince Alfred Park on the Prince of Wales' birthday, under the auspices of the United Volunteer Fire Brigades of…
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Continued on Trove, page 13 →The ceremony of christening the new fire-engine recently manufactured by Messrs. Howe and Rose, of Waterloo, for Pyrmont, was performed on Saturday afternoon last by Mr. Evan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Saturday afternoon 1ast the christening of a firecngine for the newly formed Volunteer Fire Brigade took place on the green facing Union and Pyrmont streets, Pyrmont, when a large concourse of people—some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A telegram received from Cobar states that a large fire broke out this morning. The Metropolitan hotel, public school, and chapel were burnt to the ground. The bounded store and Customs' office were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A disastrous fire has occurred at Sheerness, where the dockyard and a church have been burned. Several persons lost their lives during the confiagration, and others were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It will be remembered that some few weeks since Mr. Elam Squires, of Penrith, placed a new steam launch on the Nepean for the use of excursionists to explore the scenery on that pretty river, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The christening ceremony of a fire engine, for the newly formed Pyrmont and Ultimo Fire Brigade, was performed on Saturday afternoon last by Mr. Evan Jones, the local aldermanic candidate. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A DISASTROUS fire broke out and destroyed the Metropolitan Hotel last night, at about a quarter to 9 o'clock. In less than 10 minutes the whole building, composed of wood and an iron roof, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A great conflagration took place here last night, by which Messrs. Barton and Gould's Metopolitan Hotel, kept by Thomas Stain, was entirely destroyed. The building was of wood and was soon consumed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A disastrous fire broke out at Cobar at about a quarter to 9 o'clock on Monday night. The fire originated in the Metropolitan Hotel, and in less than 10 minutes the whole building, composed of wood with an iron roof, was one…
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