Fire
Shortly before noon yesterday a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr. Hill, III, Albion-street, Surry Hills. Constable Sproule saw smoke issuing from the window, and immediately broke open the door…
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Fire Insurance Companies and the Municipal Council
It was proposed by the municipal authorities of Sydney to hold a conference with representatives of fire insurance companies in the city, at the Town Hall, yesterday afternoon, for the purose of consultation upon all matters…
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A conference was to have been held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon between the City Council and the Fire Brigades, fort the purpose of considering a report from the City Engineer,…
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"The recent terrible [?] which have resulted in the loss of nearly a dozen lives by fire in the Walworthroad and Notting [?]ill have given a grim significance to the warnings addresses by us repeatedly to the Metropolitan…
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The Bill for making better provision for the protection of life and property from fire within Sydney and suburbs was laid on the table of the House by Sir Henry Parkcs on Wednesday, and read…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Escapes and Public Drill. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I am not desirous of holding controversy through the daily papers, but I feel it a duty to the public and myself to explain my remarks in reference to fire-escapes. It seems exception has been taken in reference to them. I…
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The municipal authorities of the city proposed to hold a conference on Monday afternoon last in conjunction with the various Fire Insurance Companies, for the purpose of consultation upon matters…
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Considerable excitement was caused in town yesterday by the receipt of a telegram from Mr. [?] of tuross Head, near Moruya, to the effect that a large ship of steamer had been seen…
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The bill introduced into the Legislative Assembly by Sir Henry Parkes, to make better provision for the protection of life and property from fire within the city of Sydney and suburbs, contains eight clauses, the first of which empowers…
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A fire took place shortly after 5 o'clock this morning on the premises of John Kavanagh, of George street, Camperdown, who keeps a grocery store. The fire originated in the shop behind the counter, and…
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About 9 o'clock last night Mr. Tunnant, of the Australian Bond, noticed an unusual and bright light in the Government Shipping Office, and reported the circumstance to Sub-inspector Donohoe, of the Water…
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IT appears that, in deference to an opinion expressed by the police authorities—whoever they may be—there is to be no attempt made to unravel the mystery connected with the…
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At an early hour yesterday morning the constable on duty at the corner of the Enmore and Cook's River roads observed a glare over the fence of Mr. Harrison, ironmonger, &c. He at once raised an alarm…
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The Abbey Park Theatre, in the city of New York, has been burnt to the ground. The calamity occurred only an hour before Mrs. Langtry's appearance on the stage…
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A narrow escape from a very serious conflagration occurred the other day in Pitt-street, Redfern. A resident named Mrs. M'Minn, while engaged in the performance of household duties in the front room of…
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The whole of the dominions which are nominally under the sway of the Sultan are at this moment in a state of profound agitation. The tension is extreme. Everywhere there is uncasiness, unrest, and a fixed conviction that great…
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The following is the bill introduced by Sir Henry Parkes to make better provision for the protection of life and property from fire within the city of Sydney and its suburbs, as amended in Committee of the Whole:…
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