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The following fuller particulars of the disaster to the steamer Kent are given in the Argus:— "The fire broke out in the after hold, where there was a good deal of inflammable cargo, in the shape of boiled linseed oil,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The inquest on the late disastrous fire at Messrs. Kirkpatrick and Co.'s bonded stores was held by the coroner at Tattersall's Hotel, before a jury of twelve. Mr. Freeman, from Sydney, attended, and watched the case on…
Continued on Trove, page 174 →The steamer Kent, which arrived at Port Adelaide on Saturday, reports that a terrible fire took place on board shortly after passing Gibraltar. Immense volumes of smoke burst from the…
Continued on Trove, page 159 →THE captain of the steamship Kent, which reached Port Adelaide on Saturday, reports that an alarming and very serious fire occurred on board that vessel shortly after Gibraltar…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Very serious fire has occurred in High-street Christchurch, by which a large amount of damage has been done, The premises occupied by Mr. Sampson, bookseller; Mr. Delamere, grocer; Mr. Smith,…
Continued on Trove, page 159 →A boy and a girl, two of Richard Marshall's children, who were so severely burnt at the fire on his premises yesterday, died at the hospital to-day, Mrs. Marshall, who was also frightfully burnt, is gradually sinking; but one…
Continued on Trove, page 174 →Very destructive bush fires have taken place during the afternoon. For about four miles round Newcastle there has been almost a circle of fire. Lambton, Adamstown, Charlestown, the Glebe, Waratah, and Stockton have all…
Continued on Trove, page 174 →Yesterday afternoon while the steam-threshing machine was at work on the farm of Mrs. Swan, Duncan's Creek, about 7 miles below Bowling Alley Point, a spark from the engine set fire to the stable, and the flames spread so rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Probably the greatest bush fire known for years in the district spread from the direction of Adamstown towards the A. A. Company's pits shortly before noon on the 23rd instant. The extent of the conflagration at first could not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortly before 3 o'clock on Saturday morning a destructive tire broke out in a wooden building used as a storeroom for hay and corn, at Hargrave-street, Paddington, and owned by a contractor named Dennis Brown. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Considerable excitement was caused in the city this morning by the report, which rapidly spread, that the institution above-named, situated in Boomerang-street, was on fire, which proved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred at a few minutes after 2 o'clock this morning on premises occupied by Mr. N. Drabuco, fruiterer, 641, George-street, Haymarket. The fire originated on a shelving under the counter amongst a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About 12 noon yesterday a fire broke out at the Industrial Blind Institution, at the [?] of Willism and Boomerang streets. It had its origin in some basketware stored in the hall--how, no one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A considerable amount of excitement and alarm was occasioned in the city a[?] noon yesterday through the breaking out of a fire on the premises known as the Blind Industrial Institution, at the corner of Boom[?]rang-road and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—I trust you will publish this letter for the purpose of drawing the attention of the public to errors which appear in the Metropolitan Associated Fire Brigades' report, and printed in your issue of the 18th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A fire broke out shortly after 2 o'clock on Monday morning on the premises occupied by Mr Natal Trabuco aa a confectionery store, at 641 George-street. Haymarket. The alarm was at once given. Sir,--The Treasurer is scarcely consistent in his proposal of taxation for raising the necessary million. He pretends to be favouring the working classes by imposing a property, tax, which is unfair,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Kaipara Hotel and Mr. M'Leod's store, at Helensville, upon the western shore of the river Kaipara, have been destroyed by fire. Harris (the cook in the hotel) and Mooney (an assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Auckland, Wednesday.--Intelligence has been received that the Kaipara Hotel, and M'Leod's store, has been destroyed by fire at Helensville. Harris, a cook in the hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Helensville, a township situated on the western shore of the River Kaipara, a disastrous fire broke out on the premises of the Kaipara Hotel, which has been burnt to the ground, together with the large store…
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