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657 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 33
A fire broke out yesterday ofternoon, about 5 o'clock, at the buildings in course of erection for Messrs. Anthony Hordern and Sons, at the corner of George-strcet South and Gipps-street. The fire was first seen under one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, January 14.—A disastrous fire has occurred at Gal[?]eston, a seaport of Texas, in the United States of America. The property destroyed is estimated at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire was discovered about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the buildings in course of erection for Messrs. A. Hordern and Sons, at the corner of George and Gipps streets. Fortunately the fire was seen at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A cabman, who was driving along Wynyard Square last night, about 8 o'clock, noticed the flickering of flames in a bedroom of the residence of Mr. Gustavus Gabriel, dentist, Carlton Terrace, Wynyard Square,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An extensive fire has occurred at Galveston, in the United States, by which destruction of property was caused to the extent of a million dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New York, December 9.—The "Herald's" cable from Vienna says:—Yesterday was a fete day in Vienna, in the celebration of the feast of the Immaculate Conception, but it ended with a public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE report of Mr. Martin R. Evans, City Inspector, on the means of egress from theatres was read at a meeting of the Melbourne City Council on the 16th instant. The report is dated December 17, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Very serious fires have occurred in the Mount Pleasant district, the town of Mount Pleasant being only saved by a. change of wind. Many miles of telegraph wire were burnt down,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Between 2 and 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon an alarm was given that the premises occupied by Messrs. Forsythe and Sons, as a hay and corn store, in Regent-street, Redfern, was on fire. Fortunately…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The annual meeting in connection with the Metropolitan Associated Fire Brigades was held in the Protestant Hall, Castlereagh -street, last night. There were upwards of 150 members in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The second annual meeting of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades' Association was held last night at the Protestant Hall, there being about 150 members present. Mr. C. J. Bown, the superintendent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A destructive fire broke out this morning, between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock a.m. Mr. C. Penrose's grocery and ironmongery stores were burnt to the ground. The loss sustained is about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A large fire took place this morning at Sandridge, which completely destroyed seven houses. The tile was discovered in n seven -roomed two -storeyed house in Nott–street, inhabited by Mrs. Higgings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, January 14.—A disastrous fire has occurred at Galveston, a seaport of Texas, in the United States of America. The property destroyed is estimated at a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SIR,—On reading an account of the burning of the Rink Theatre at Vienna, and…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The somewhat unusual occurrence of three successive fires in one I ocality took place at the Redfern Railway Station goods department, daring Saturday afternoon and Sunday. The origin of the last was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The St. Paul (Minn.) correspondent of the Alta California, writing on 4th December, gives the following account of the destruction of fire mills in that town, and the attendant loss of life:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three fires occurred at the Sydney railway station—two on Saturday, and one yesterday. The first fire broke out at about a quarter-past 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the sheet and tarpaulin store, corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire broke out about 9 o'clock last night on the premises of Messrs. Fitzgerald and Collins, coach-builders, Castlereagh-street. It originated near a furnace where some of tho workmen had been heating…
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